Nostalgia's a wonderful thing; games have always been buggy (atleast as far as I can remember). Games such as Hidden and Dangerous, Delta Force and although newer, even Operation Flashpoint.
They're not getting any worse, it's just people are more vocal about it now-a-days.
Even if it were true, it wouldn't be that surprising - there's a LOT more different combinations of hardware available now then there was 4 - 6 years ago!
-RaZ
