As a reaction to this post on NeoGAF. Malstrom has challenged forum posters to show him the error of his ways:

"...

I want to issue a challenge to these ‘brilliant’ hardcore gaming forum posters. I want you to tell me why I am wrong about Zelda. Send the email at…

seanmalstrom@yahoo.com

Instead of just saying ‘Sean Malstrom doesn’t know what the fuck he’s talking about’, why don’t you tell me why I don’t know what I’m talking about. Anyone can say anything on a message forum. I want to confront you guys. Just be careful, remember what happened to the Sakamoto worshippers when Metroid: Other M came out

...." - Still waiting for the ‘hardcore’ to tell me why I’m wrong

I've read similar claims from vgchartz forum posters and I thought they' might like to accept such a challenge.

Will you be posting your e-mail in here?

if your ego is so fragile that you have to goad forum posters then you obviously aren't deserving of having such a challenge validated.

What did he say about zelda?

I can't wait to see if he will post any replies in his blog.

Awww, is Malstrom crying again?

Which post of his?

The points he argues are ultimately sound, but they are too strictly utilitarian. While gaming is a business, there is room for diversity in a first-party's portfolio that may not (or in cases like Sin and Punishment or Ico and its sequels, definitely will not) promote console sales, so long as these games are profitable in and of themselves and do not entirely take the picture away from console pushing titles.

In a world of pure numbers, there isn't a way to disprove Malstrom's arguments, mostly because proof against them would require a first-party to focus so entirely on console-pushing titles that we could be able to analyze the weakness of his ideology if it came to pass, but that won't happen, so he'll continue to take his refuge in his own world of things that cannot be disproven, similar to any man of religion who has lost an argument to an atheist

Take valid complaints and ignore them completely. It's like he didn't even read what you wrote, and use it to talk about bloat