EA cutting more jobs, issues warnings of lower sales and profit

[Groucho]

Khuutra said:

Groucho said:
I wonder if EA, and other 3rd party publishers, could "force" HD console owners into purchasing Wiis and Wii titles, by simply not producing HD titles any longer. Would they benefit from lighter development costs, even though their demographics would initially be not-so-easily targetted?

Would enough of the existing gaming populace be willing to ditch their HD consoles, for a future of Wii-grade developments, due to declining profit margins and rising development costs?

If the developers all jumped ship, the consumer would have to follow or they wouldn't have any games to play.

That's the question though.  Would that fly, as a development strategy?  Same old, same old?  I realize that the Wii opens up some new horizons with its controller, but on the whole, its not really that big of a revolution at all.

Would the PS2, or some sorta new PS2.5, make a comeback?  Would console gaming die out, if they got... I hate to say it this way but... stagnant, in those terms?

What would happen to the console games industry, if console generations really only happened every 15 years, instead of every 7?