"games with similar technical abilities to the games they made 10 years ago"
The PSP is still around, and they make those games for those systems and not the Wii. So the sacrificing vision and scope argument is false, and you didn't do any real research.
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