"ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND? Your telling me that during the PS1/PS2 era gaming shrunk!? Look, I'm a Nintendo fanboy, but it was Sony that made gaming cool and expanded it beyond anything it was before with the PS1. Then they broke all records with the PS2."
Nintendo tracked sales in markets (they did this for several presentations before they first showed the Wiimote), and it showed that the gaming public was shrinking despite the PS2 selling well.
A flashy-first game is awesome when it comes out. A great-first game is awesome forever.
Plus, just for the hell of it: Kelly Brook at the 2008 BAFTAs








