Yeah the old Gold, Platinum and now Game of the Year options were great. Just sucked that it took a year or sometimes 2 for the released to have the full content for those release. Also when games had these full versions released a lot of them had issues like multiplayer no longer had mass players so you lost that ability becuase next game in the series was recently released.
I also know how it goes with the TV use. Until recently I gave up being hardcore gamer and gave it up for her to have TV/MOVIE time. Since she left I have been using it again for just about anything. I may miss the extreme game time but rather give it up for someone else anytime like that.