I don’t think it’s necessarily GAAS. Games have become so bloated and long… I just spent like 2-3 months playing through Lords of the Fallen 3x. Oddly enough each NG+ run only took a week. I spent like 2 months playing Metaphor Refantazio, etc, etc…
Instead of ripping through a game in 1-2 weeks I’m spending 4-8 weeks with a lot of stuff. All single player titles. As games grow so too does how long players engage with them. Where as during the PS2 era games were about 6-20 hours now games are 50-100+ hours. That’s going to eat into sales and it’s evident by my own slide in games purchases over a generation. not everything is related to GAAS, but for those who do enjoy that thing, more power to them. Having to decide which game to play next is often a daunting task in a sea of options.
