It really just depends... If the Wii dominates, and by dominate, I mean more than 40% of the worldwide marketshare, we will see more E-rated titles and less T-M rated titles. Looking at the film industry, a similar entertainment venue, we see the same thing happening: a transition to more G through PG13 movies. Outside of gaming, most forms of entertainment are this way. Many movies cut their R rating down to a PG-13 in the US in order to make more money. If the Wii succuedes, then companies will go a similar direction, and put more content into such games. I don't know if there'd be less M rated games, or edgy T rated games, but there'd be a far larger, more innovative section of E rated games. Also, it depends on how Wii would dominate in this scenario. If Wii merely converted the PS2 users from last-gen, and really didn't create a new base, we'd see actual fewer T/M titles versus E and E 10+, as the content demand would transition. If the Wii won new gamers, then the T/M titles wouldn't go away, due to more money being poured into gaming as a whole, allowing for bigger studios to create more content. A great example would be Nintendo, makers of kid friendly titles: Yes, they've done great with casual hits such as Nintendogs, Brain Training and such, but that doesn't mean they have abandoned Mario, Zelda, Metroid, ect. Their extra profits have allowed them to expand their studios to suit these new franchises in gaming habits, as opposed to shifting their development dollars elsewhere. Besides, it's a far better strategy as to what they're doing: Maintaining the ever-loyal Nintendo fanbase, and attempt to create a new fanbase rather than pour their money into the "non-game" fad Japan is in. After all, if that bubble burst, and Nintendo abandoned their mega projects like Zelda and Mario, they would be utterly ruined.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
