This resonates with me. However, I'll add another factor; I'm spoiled for choice. My steam library is full of games I'm excited to play but don't want to start until I've put more time into, or finished, the large collection of half-finished games. When I sit down for time I've set aside for entertainment and playing a game, there have been so many times where I'll just stare at my library unable to pick one. This phenomenon happens with books too if I'm not careful. It's not even that I'm finished and need to move on, there are instances where I'll pick a game back up again, have a blast, and finish it. I go through waves of this happening but I feel like I'm currently much better about it. I haven't been buying anything new until I finish one. I'm also much more selective about what I will dedicate my time to. AAA games all share so many of the same common tropes that it will inevitably require spending a great deal of time doing the same familiar thing. The past few years I've been spending much more time with quality indie games that introduce something new or distill their mechanics and message down and refine them.
I've noticed this as well. Which is why I tend to avoid major titles. Nintendo has been doing a decent job, but still produces a lot of the same. Personally I like revisiting the Zelda series, so I keep picking them up. Even though I know it's going to be a lot of the same. Indie games are pretty much key here. Each is unique and different, because they can afford to be. Major titles need to be the same to get sales. Indie games are much more free, since they don't require a million dollar income.AAA games all share so many of the same common tropes that it will inevitably require spending a great deal of time doing the same familiar thing.