UnknownFact on 03 May 2013
First, there wouldn't be so many military shooters around, so developers would have invested those resources in something else. Second, games wouldn't have followed the simplification route to appeal a wider (and more basic) audience as hard as they have done so far. And third, as a consequence of #1 and #2, we would have more games of other genres, which I find to be extremely positive.
