Maelstrom specifically hasn't been right about anything. What Maelstrom does it correlate Blue Ocean Strategy by Kim Chan and Inventors Dilemma/Solution by Christen Clayton. The fact that often the correlated evidence fits in line with the mentioned books/strategies is a testament to their research. One in which we should all consider before slamming some of the "his" predictions.
Maelstrom I find has 2 types of articles. Ones that informs which are generally reasonably written. The others to goad people into reading, writing and thinking. Possibly even just to rub the biased hardcore faces into it. He is often a jerk in these for that specific reason.
So i'm not all that surprised that he took the high road on this one. Even a faction of the hardcore fans are getting on the more elite hardcore for there nonprofessional. Now I don't mind unprofessional reviews, but people like that should stick with their preferred games and the mag should really be considered before review copies are sent.
He is right though. Times are a changing. If they don't change with the times they will be left behind. Console gaming was ridiculed by PC core gamers, now everyone gaming is being ridiculed by core console. While at the same time PC gamer culture has matured. Sooner or later even the console gamer will be mature, but it's going to be a long rocky road.
Squilliam: On Vgcharts its a commonly accepted practice to twist the bounds of plausibility in order to support your argument or agenda so I think its pretty cool that this gives me the precedent to say whatever I damn well please.
