Alot of people in this thread appear to be elitist, kinda like the people who only listen to classical music. I almost get the impression that if you like a game that has any blood in it then you're an idiot, if a game looks great and sells well then people only care about graphics and the game isn't fun. It doesn't seem to allow any room for the others.
Anyway on topic I found the article to be quite interesting with alot of ver y good points, even though it is largely speculative.