THat's why I'm happy. It's the direction, mind, not the state of the industry, that is being asked about here.

We're headed toward a critical mass where something is going to give in a fiery explosion, and thereafter the slate will be clean, and a new focus will be brought to the table, with developers honed to a razor's edge (assuming they survive).

And inn the meantime, there's some bitching games to play.

Oh hey Gamerace it seems like we had a similar idea

Only what you called "market correction" I prefer to think of as an "apocalyptic reckoning"

Stop the Console Wars !!!

You've more chance of persuading Israel and Palestine to stop shelling one another and organising an international love in.

Heck of a call on a site which wouldnt exist without the console wars tho !

Bravo killeryoshis.

DLC!!! I hate it, I want to be able to move on to different games, and by obsessive nature means I come back for over priced DLC to get the extra achievements (less so trophies)

I also have no interest in motion controls, what so ever.

The trend of darker games seems to be reversed in most cases, which is good. I want a nice balance.

Multiplayer is becoming too dominant, though I accept the need to prevent consumers from returning the game

Considering that we are heading towards a new crash i am not happy with the direction of gaming. Mark my words expensive HD-games and shovelware will make the industry crash

The direction of the industry is what I stated.  People pointing fingers, calling each other names and blaming each other for the 'problem'.  Which is just an extention of last generation, but taken to the extreme due to a number of reasons.  In this generation, the 'direction' is the same as the end result, because its just an endless cycle of blame and people/companies thinking they're right.

Their won't be a full industry crash. We will see Smaller companies gaining suscess with the wii. They will slowly grow bigger and in
time be the big companies of tommerrow. While the big companies of today lose money and go bankrupt or become smaller.
They will be a shadow of their former selves. This happened before. So expect it to happen again. Unless for some reason
Nintendo doesn't win next generation of some other company that doesn't focus on graphics in the console wars

I see the current state as transition and am somewhat satified...

Companies are still:

- Figuring out how to make money with games more consistently
- Realizing that the core gamers buy way more games than the casuals
- Pushing the envelope to see where video games fit in society as entertainment
- Figuring out what works and doesn't from a digital distribution point of view
- Trying to still find the defining what consoles are and are not
- Figuring out where PCs and consoles fit together and work differently

Oh I think the end result will be quite different

But we'll see

Hell yes. I also enjoy the graphics of today. Motion controls and download games rock. Steam is fantastic. I'm also glad that VGChartz is doing well. It is the most trustworthy site I know of when it comes to reviews.