I have to call BS on the arguments about third parties developers profits not being great due to HD consoles ....
Activision 2007 : record profit
Ubisoft 2007 : record profit
Konami last quarter : +56% profit
Capcom last quarter : +43.5% operating income
Saying the industry is having losses due to HD consoles is cherry picking.
Overall the industry is expanding fast and so are the profits..
There are tonns of counter-example in history of why bigger budgets don't necessary mean smaller profits.
It means more risks yes, but big publishers are able to hand those...
It's ok to argue all day long about how you like small budget games but put your money where your mouth is.
At the end of the day people still go see 'The Dark knight', 'Titanic', LOTR trilogy, Spiderman, not the last 10 million $ budget independant movie............
And games have a lot more in common with the movie industry except that in terms of evolution they are still lagging behind by something like 10 years...
PS3-Xbox360 gap : 1.5 millions and going up in PS3 favor !
PS3-Wii gap : 20 millions and going down !
