Switch is where the Industry should be by now

[Boutros]

MTZehvor said:

Boutros said:
Why should I care as a consumer that developers and publishers take risks creating games?

From the last paragraph of the OP:

...we should see a stagnation in evolution of hardware in favour of a larger focus on keeping costs down and lower the risk-taking in creating games. That way we might see even more innovation in gaming and less focus on hunting PC levels of hardware all the time.

In other words, risks lead to additional innovation, which in turn leads to new genres being formed and a greater deal of variety in the industry.

Of course, if you're not all that concerned with variety, then the point probably doesn't apply to you.

That's what indies are for and they can coexist with AAA.