Originally Posted by screwtype
As it happens, I was listening to a long interview of one of the founding fathers of Atari a couple of days ago (who went on to found Activision, forget his name).
He said there is no longer innovation in the computer gaming industry because games have become so expensive to make. Once upon a time two or three guys working together could program a game in a few weeks, so you could afford to take risks. But today, dozens of programmers spend a total of several man-years to put together a game, and with such high costs, they can't afford to risk failure so they stick to tried and true formulas, sequels and so on.
My own opinion is that game companies will continue to churn out the same old garbage as long as people keep buying - so people should stop buying. Unfortunately, it's kind of hard to persuade people to do this...