"Ive got to ask, why are 'casual' and 1st party games touted off as unimportant to your argument?"
Because "Nintendo can't get third party support" has been a way to put down their home systems for the past 3 generations, and was even done to the DS until that picked up.
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








