Even though our graphics are reaching realistic levels we are still far from getting to the point where games are indistinguishable from reality, the characters on screen still don't act like real humans so in that regard its still not at a point where costs are going to go down, AI still has a long way to go before it can fool a person. And like couch said all these things don't make a game better, as some of the best games don't have those features to begin with, so the quest to just make things bigger and faster isn't going to help attract more people to the medium.
Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!! It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!! Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)
