True about games not being around as long as the other art forms/entertainment industries but I guess I just meant that games have "held out" against the tide of post-modern infiltration sucking the life and creativity out things........how long a particular art form has existed does not come into that, as what I feel is the problem simply permeates throughout whatever culture and art is around at the time, regardless of how well established and long running it is.
As for your point about game developers missing the opportunity to bring REAL gamers what they want, that is where I see the issues associated with pure risk based thinking come in......as when they can push a game, push the boundaries of what form games take, it becomes too "risky" from a financial point of view and so the safe road is taken.
The worse thing is, that when games do push the boundaries, try and do change things up (either through innovation or incorporating old classic forms)............those games inevitably do not do well! lol........sure, people like us here will buy them and hail them as something great but the vast majority of consumers will find it "confusing" and "weird" and want the old safe familiarity of FIFA/Madden and CoD.
That for me is the dirty little secret of the gaming world..........we (as in gamers who give a crap about things actually developing and improving in real creative ways) can sit here and say this is all going to crap but at the end of the day, we are the vast minority..........look at sales figures each year for gaming overall, the games that push boundaries do not do anywhere near as well as games that repeat the same formulas over and over.
I think the Wii U is fascinating right now from this perspective........as, given its vast under appreciation (regardless of whether it is valid or not), I can see it becoming heralded as a true classic in 15-20 years time, and not even really because it IS a true classic but purely because people will realise that it was the only system trying to do things different during a time when NOTHING was trying to do things different.
That is always what Nintendo is about, and why they will always have a share in the market and attract the most passionate and dedicate followers.........I mean christ, who follows and is as passionate about Playstation and Xbox etc. as they are Nintendo?
In the end, like you said with your experience of trying to operate in the music industry (sorry about that by the way but you are at least trying your damndest to fight back!), trying to do things differently will be largely unsuccessful in the present day you are trying it.........as most great art is only ever appreciated after the fact! once people realise the fallacy of the shit they are shovelled day to day.
Right, Im late now!..........will look forward to engaging with some replies when I get home later on!
