sequels

I came upon this article from one of my Twitter feeds. We Have Been Abused as Gamers This Generation. Totally agree with pretty much everything the author has written in it. Some highlights:

http://kotaku.com/5397058/xbox-360-owners-defecting-to-ps3-for-sequels Multi-platform console gamers may be making the switch to the PlayStation 3 for sequels to games they may have owned on the Xbox 360, analysis from consumer research and consulting firm OTX shows. Gamasutra's report on that...

Have you noticed some games have been spawning sequels once a year now, instead of the good ol' days when it was a 2-4 year gap. The question here, is when is a sequel TOO soon? The game industry keeps tripling the budgets of these projects every sequel it seems to outdo the original title...

http://kotaku.com/5163118/lay-off-the-sequels-says-harvest-moon-head-man Harvest Moon creator Yasuhiro Wada says "the games industry worldwide is in danger if we keep making sequels," just weeks before the 19th installment of Harvest Moon hits PSPs in Japan. Speaking to Eurogamer Italy, Wada...