Regardless. Some of us don't have a lot of friends. I've barely ever played my Wii with anyone else. All my friends live elsewhere... and it is had to make new friends around here.
Try not being so negative man. Seriously, every post you make around here is critiquing this or that or slamming this or that design (or person/persons work).
Stop thinking that you have all the answers to everything and that the solutions to some huge problems are as simple as "this and this and this." Seriously, there are a ton of smart people in the industry and there are a lot of reasons that things are the way they are. I'm not saying things can't be improved, but it's just not that easy. It's just like how all the armchair politicians always have all the answers - if it was really that easy don't you think SOMEONE would have solved whatever problem by now.
That's something that I think needs to be kept in mind in general. Making games is hard. Making a triple-A title is extremely hard. Making one that is fun and fresh and innovative is ridiculously hard. All the talent in the world helps but still, there are no guarantees. Great bands write lackluster albums. Great authors write lackluster books. And each of the above generally have a lot more creative freedom than the game studios.
I'm just sayin.