We're approaching the lowest point of the waning cycle for genres that were dominant between 1995 and 2005. Around 2010, we will have hit that low point. These waning genres would include RPGs, FPSes, yearly sports games, and so forth. And of course, we're seeing a rise of their anti-genres: the adventure game, the platformer, the simple sports game, etc. A sort of natural reaction to the genre shift is to demand that the shift not happen, that the cycle reverse itself so that the previously dominant genres return to dominance. It didn't work last time this happened, of course, and it's not going to work this time, either.
Don't worry, though. Thanks to the cyclical nature of the industry, we'll see the emerging genres start to wane eventually, and the complex genres re-emerge. Though it'll be about 2015 or so before that even starts to happen in any meaningful way.
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