The increasing popularity of games may hurt games as an art.

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@Spummbuddy: Well SMG and Mario Kart Wii differed largely from their predecessors, while Wii Sports, Fit and Music were more about new imaginative ideas. Then again, the games mentioned can be subject to critisism aswell.

I'm not sure whether a merger of Valve and id would benefit anyone. Something like Valve and Hudson could be very interesting and might actually lead into new kinds of game innovations.