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Alterego-X on 17 May 2009
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The Ghost of RubangB said:

I disagree.

Without competition, why would a game system suddenly start to suck?  Why don't we all buy SNES games anymore?  Because the SNES started to magically suck on its own?  Or because the SNES started not looking as good as a competing product?

So you believe, that in this scenario, if the publishers would keep releasing sequels for the same game, with the same graphics, that would be basically expansion packs for new levels and missions, people would keep buying them until the end of the world as we know it? 

Also, in this case, why did ANY of Sony, Nintendo, and Sega release the next, 3D generation, that caused a drastic increase in production costs? They could have agreed to stay in that generation's technologiacel level for an eternity, and make much more money, while competiting about other differences, like gameplay.

But it is not just the competition that made them release a new console. Generally, after 3 years, a console's sales start to decline. It is a rule. In this generation, basically every company said that they hope this generation will last longer. they WANT it to last longer. But it is not depending on them. The gamers will get bored, and they must release a new experience, to recreate the interest.

The Ghost of RubangB said:

Film and music and every other art form seem to stay interesting without hardware improvements.  Picasso didn't start to suck when digital imaging happened.
Actually, originally I wasn't talking about graphical improvements, but gameplay, and, by an extension, controls. I believe that the graphical quality reached the "good enough" level this generation, and it will be other forms of innovation that will be relevant in the next generation. Technically, Picasso himself didn't start to suck, and SMB 3 didn't start to suck either, but both 2D platformers, AND cubism got outdated. Even the arts show this, while they are less hardware driven than gaming, but the content itself must innovate. Cubism, just like renessaince, baroque, realism, surrealism, all got outdated, for some reason. The same with music, and films.