[Lynk Former]

Uhm, Mav... consoles have been hugely popular since the days of the NES... and that was over 20 years ago... and of course videogames are far more popular than they used to be, it's the sign of a healthy industry... one that includes console, handheld AND PC games under the same banner.

Also... I have no idea where you got the idea that consoles games are "new and emerging" but... console games were popular along with arcade gaming machines before they became popular on personal computers. Atari and Nintendo made certain of that. Also, a lot of very old game developers... a lot of which don't exist or have been merged with other developers over time, started off as arcade and home console game developers. This isn't opinion, this is fact. (Before Chim says it.... THIS IS SPARTA)

Now, onto my opinion...

What you really need to do is stop separating PC games into its own little thing as if console games and PC games are so alien that they have no relation to each other. I've said this before in this thread and in other threads... PC's should be treated as another platform for videogames, the same way we have platforms like the 360, PS3 and Wii. Sure, there is some kind of small form of separation, but in the end, we're all just one big happy family of videogames and videogamers here.

Also, don't think I'm singling PCs out. I've said there are some developers who choose not to focus their attention of PC games but there are a lot of developers who choose not to make Wii games as well... I think I said that before somewhere... *looks around*


EDIT: Oh and Indie developers have begun to make their marks on consoles as well through PSN and WiiWare... though I guess not so much with Xbox Live Arcade anymore... You're right, consoles aren't free to develop for, but there is an interesting shift where they're trying to make it cheap enough for developers to start making games for their platforms.