The reason this fact is true is because everyone relies on their friends and family to say which games are good. Then you go buy the game that your cousin said rocked and find out he just liked it because the main character has breasts.
READ VIDEOGAME REVIEWS. These people are not paid to lie. They are not fanboys like your cousin. They are not opinionated. They are trained to notice and point out aspects of games that gamers want to know about. Read the reviews and buy the games that get good reviews. It's really not hard!
And Vivendi is probably spending all of their money on WoW.
-Lasereth