I know this very much.
It's like seeing a child grown. The little darling that was to aspire to greater things. As a young child, they were so cute, so darling, the apple of mother's eye(Us). They couldn't do no wrong.
Then they grew to adolescence. They were cruel, they didn't play well with other kids(publising companies that had to by their cartridge from Nintendo just to sell it). And for that they paid the price for being so immature(Sony takes lead in sales).
Then that awkward phase, puberty. Part of puberty was fitting in. Conformist. Our little darling has grown his hair and I can't tell which one he is(Gamecube=Xbox=PS2). Rolling along with the big boys, too bad our dearest wasn't so big, or else he could have put up a better fight at the big game(the big game being Sales).
Then, our lovely graduated highschool(Gamecube and traditional gaming). It seemed as if they have learned and grew to be a fine young man(business model). They looked at their options for school, and they chose their route(Wii vs going along with Microsoft and Sony with their HD). Our child met new friends and started to act a new way(casual crowd). We wanted him to visit and he did, but more and more we knew his priority was somewhere else(core vs casual). And our child was no longer our child, he was the worlds now.
He is about to graduate to an unforseeable future. He's more willing to visit now, but we all know it's not like the same child we cherished so much.
But the future is before him once again. As he looks to his past and towards his future, he is armed with the tools to succeed in a world harsh and uncaring. Only time can tell whether he fails or not.
Only one thing is certain. We will always love our child.
