What is the place of 2d games on home consoles?

[GooseGaws]

I blame Sony for initially trying to bar devs from producing and releasing 2D games for the original Playstation. We also have them to thank for Working Designs now being out of business.

As for the current state of console 2D gaming, the last, best hope seems to be VanillaWare. Unfortunately, their games could hardly be called "mainstream"...