I didn't buy any of the new consoles, although if I had to it'd be a PS4. My heart has remained in the 2000s, and the early 2010s for handhelds. Up to that time period, I've played almost all the major games, and even if I haven't then I at least know what they're about.
I don't play too many new games, unless they are from series I already know of and enjoy. There's been a serious dearth of single-player games that don't require DLC or online discussions to experience them fully, whereas with my PS2 games, I learned all there was to know about them simply by playing them. I feel like if I'm not 'in the know' about the online aspects of new games, then I'm missing out so I don't play them altogether.
Even with single-player games, either my laptop can't run them or I get turned off by aspects that feel like 'trying too hard.' If a game tries to pass off its ugly/lazy aspects as 'retro nostalgia,'chances are I will never try it.
I also make the mistake of reading reviews before planning to play a game, and most reviewers are snobs (not me, I was a great reviewer - I regularly feel that my reviews were better than the self-righteous, political, better-than-you garbage most reviewers spit out) who nitpick and make good games sound like they're not worth playing, unless they're AAA titles by big publishers which are guaranteed to get good scores no matter how hard they suck.
So yeah, newer games require you to invest a lot more time, and since my main interest has shifted from video games to music, I don't play that many new games. Not that I'm unwilling to try them though. If you know a game I'd like, tell me. I wanna try Lucius.