Is it so wrong to hate "casual" games?

[BMaker11]

noname2200 said:

BMaker11 said:

Killergran said:
Basically, you are upset that people do not have the same taste as you do. Spin it any way you want and this is still what it comes down to in the end.

And it's because people don't share his taste, the "gamer" taste, the kind of games he enjoys most won't end up on his system, because the casual games sell millions, while his types of games flop. Developers see the trend and think "do I spend tons of money and years to make a game, of do I toss in $5, make crap, and have it sell 10M? Yea, I'll take the latter option"

I dunno. I mean, most developers are still making big-budget HD games and losing cash hand over fist. Over a tenth of the American game designers were fired last year, and studios are closing at alarming rates.

Long story short, I don't think you have to worry that your favorite developers will suddenly get some business sense.

 

Other than Lair, Haze, and Too Human (of note), how many HD games with "big budgets" have lost money? Stuff like movie tie ins and Naurto: Rise of the Ninja aren't big budget. And other than Free Radical, what studios have closed, and who's been fired?