Quoting stops here.
I don't have any opinion about your personality, I just pointed out that your "Malstrom interpretation" (LOL, Demotruk was right about the religious debate thing) makes no sense at all.
Simplified version:
Malstrom says: the current high tier/traditional/hardcore/cinematic games will disappear or become a niche, and Social/New Market will take over the gaming industry. The so called "casual games" are the first, lower tier games for the new market, and higher tiers of social/new market games will follow.
You say: Malstrom is wrong because he believes that social/New Market/casual gamers will give up their values and start playing with traditional/hardcore/cinematic games, but it didn't happen.
The cinematic games will disappear because of their skyrocketing production costs, that doesn't result in extra consumers.
They might stay a small niche, but now that that there is a more profitable New Market, they won't stay in the focus of the industry.
Just like 2D platformers, that were once the leading genre, and surely there are people who still want them, but they are not relevant anymore.
BTW Did you read His Theory of Cycles article?
