Diet Maelstrom: Going Against the Grain, but Less Spite and Smarminess.

[LordTheNightKnight]

"Abandoning HD won't make companies any more, or less, smart."

If you read the whole paragraph again, you would see I explicitly said not to do that. My point is to mix up the big and small games among the HD systems and the Wii, not just separate them, where the costs escalate.

"Your telling me that the system with nearly twice the install base doesn't have an established market?"

I didn't mean "established" in that sense. I meant knowing what games sell best and consistently isn't established.

"rgue all you want, but major milked franchises are where companies are making most of their money. GTA keeps 2k afloat, Madden keeps EA afloat, Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest keep SE afloat."

GTA isn't milked, as it doesn't release constantly with only some minor changes. And Take-Two (not 2K) lost money when GTA IV came out. So all those profits didn't keep the company afloat. They spent more than the game made.

Madden is milked, but EA is still losing money, so it's not keeping them afloat.

Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest I guess could be milked, but if almost every game one of those, that isn't milking. It's more like a primary product. There is a difference.

"The reason EA isn't making money isn't because of Madden"

I did NOT CLAIM THAT. "can't help EA make money" means the entire company, not the profits of the franchise itself.