The Future of Gaming

[Bodhesatva]

Well, I was looking for more of a discussion than an answer, but I do largely agree with your analysis.

Simply put -- whether you like Brain Age, Cooking Mama, The Sims and Wii Sports or not, most people should be happy, regardless of affilliation, that video games may be expanding into a full fledged entertainment market for all ages, genders, and lifestyles, and not simply a diversion for boys and young men. These games are the flagship titles in that push. Therefore, even if you don't play them yourself, I really believe you should appreciate their existance because of their significance to gaming as a whole.

Now, I do suspect that some people actually would prefer that all the games -- and all the billions of dollars producing them -- were spent entirely catering to their own interests, even if this means that gaming can never expand beyond the market it holds now. To those people I say: you're foolish, myopic and profoundly selfish. That's about as harsh a criticism as you will ever see me give here :p