I'm not surprised. Studies show that American's don't read much any more, not literature, and I think gamers especially don't read much beyond geek-centric genres like sci-fi and fantasy, spending most of their free time on the video game hobby. Literature has covered this ground before, as have films (most gamers probably only watch "fun" Hollywood escapism). This is why video games will continue to be culturally behind, no matter how much money the industry pulls in. They don't explore human nature. And I mean real human nature, not archetypes and dramatic tropes ripped from cinematic thrillers and pulp novels.