Specialist press outlets are playing casual games wrong

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I think the article is pretty spot-on.

There is a disconnect between say, me, the grizzled gamer. Veteran of 5 console wars, decorated for acts of heroism like the Sonic vs Mario food fight of '92. And, say, for instance ...someone who doesn't give a flying flip over a flaming red rolling rubber donut about anything video games related (the other 90% of the population).

Nintendo has opened up the market, just like they set out to do. The level of success is astounding, and my guess is it's going to keep on going at it for a while. The whole 200,000,000 consoles sold doesn't seem at all out of hand. I honestly can't say with a straight face that the PS1 or PS2 has anywhere near the wide appeal of the Wii. It speaks volumes when old people and parents have video game parties, which used to be the province of kids and occasionally young adults.

The times are changing and changing fast.

The problem is video game developers are generally uncreative hacks. There will be growing pains until someone finds a successful formula for everyone else to copy until it's no longer profitable.

The real joy in the Wii and DS is that development cost is so low you can actually toy with new and unique ideas, and with the user base rapidly growing you can throw it out there and see who nibbles.

It's a good time to be a gamer, old and new.