Its obvious some sales data over the last year or so that the only games pulling in massive amounts of sales/revenue has been the casual lower production value games like Brain Age and Nintendogs.
The big budget games like MGS4, FF13, etc are going to be in a situation where their sales numbers are likely similar or lower than before but with a budget 2-5x larger than before. Do you honestly think that is a sustainable business model? There is a reason why games have been raised to $60 for 360/PS3 games, the business model is no longer sustainable for most companies.
MGS4/FF13 will no doubt make a profit but the rate of return will be pitiful compared to previous gen due to the oversized budget. Its now at the point where a single flop of a big budget game can cause small to medium sized companies to basically go out of business.
It can only be argued that its healthy if all these new games are pulling in Nintendogs numbers but they are not.
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