I'm really curious to see what happens this generation. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see these "blockbusters" do very well with core gamers (and continue to expand the Wii's audience in the traditional segment), but it wouldn't surprise me if titles like Ubisoft's "My Word Coach" or whoever's "Carnival Games" compete well sales-wise with these big-name releases. The general public is a massive beast that's only now beginning to get interested in games again. Some of them will become "gamers" in the traditional sense, while others will look for different experiences than we die-hards expect. Frankly, I think the Wii is the biggest videogame industry event since the Atari 2600, when it seemed everyone had or wanted one and got a huge kick out of simple games played on the TV. As the technology has gotten more sophisticated and the interfaces more intimidating, some two decades' worth of "lapsed gamers" who enjoyed games but haven't really been into them lately may have built up to a substantial backlog of interest. Nintendo's trying to rope the mainstream audience back in, and if they succeed we're going to see heretofore-unheard-of diversity in the software library. I can't wait!
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