This covers mostly the pay-for-gems model of scamming, which is certainly a big part of the problem.
Another problem is that it is hard to find "complete" games now. Years ago, you could play a game for literally 200 hours and still not see everything. Now, for the same price, you get what feels like about 40% of a real game, and a series of ten-dollar "downloadable contents" fill in the rest of the game that you should have had.
Yeah, mobile games are crap. If you want to play portable games get a Playstation Vita.
The console and PC games industry looks pretty healthy in term of creative output these days, both at the high end and the indie level. I am not worried, and the fact is there are enough Xbox 360 and PS 3 games you haven't played yet that you can be playing games for years.
Another problem is that it is hard to find "complete" games now. Years ago, you could play a game for literally 200 hours and still not see everything. Now, for the same price, you get what feels like about 40% of a real game, and a series of ten-dollar "downloadable contents" fill in the rest of the game that you should have had.