They're right though. From a sales perspective, it's hard to argue against GT5p's sales, but the majority of the industry would much rather an arcade racer than a sim racer. F1 reviewed well and sold well, but not one peep came out of the gaming press. The popular podcasts didn't acknowledge it, barely any articles were written for it and it just left a big feeling of disinterest on their end.
Most of the press have a crush on Criterion, who has some very talented developers, but that crush can also be very dangerous sometimes. I've noticed that nearly every racer that comes out is some how compared to Burnout Paradise at one point, which is ridiculous because not every racer wants to be like Burnout. It's similar to the industries love of Infinity Ward, Harmonix, Valve and Blizzard, no matter what those developers do, they'll always be praised for it, mainly because of how well they get along with most of the press on a personal level.
The press got a taste of something they like (arcade racers) and now they'll judge everything else based on that new found taste until something else comes along and changes their mind.
The same thing applies to WRPG's over JRPG's, Pacman over Tetris, Street Fighter over every other fighting gaming, Uncharted over every other adventure game and Gears of War over every other third person shooter. What ever's trendy in the gaming press is the new standard that every other game must be compared to and it's pretty annoying.
Bet with Conegamer and AussieGecko that the PS3 will have more exclusives in 2011 than the Wii or 360... or something.
