There's not even a slight chance of this happening like at all. M$ and Sony are pure hypocrites. They laughed @ Nintendo when it was announced that the Wii will be using motion control, and now they're doing the same ( the move is a pure rippoff ).
But here's the difference.
Casual games have good sales, but hardcore games like Mario Galaxy, Zelda Wii, Monster Hunter 3, Halo Reach, Final Fantasy 13, Gears of War 2, God of War 3, etc have/will have enormous sales. These games sell in the millions @ launch and continue to sell until they're @ 5 - 6 million or in the case of Mario, Final fantasy, etc even more.
Adventure games are ( my opinion here ) hardcore games. They've got good stories, characters, music, challenging puzzles and great graphics. Games like Aura or Myst can rarely be played by a casual gamers.
Here's the problem though. AG are rarely high budget titles, because big publishers rarely release AG. EA, Activision, Ubisoft - no AG at all. So, AG are mostly being published by small publishers, not being marketed at all, etc. That results in poor sales.
We, the AG users know about the upcoming AG, but the common player that does not visit the site probably knows nothing about them. If an adventure game with high production values is given the marketing push of a Halo, Gears, Mario game I can guarantee you that it will sell in the millions. People just need to know about it.
P.S : Just look at Layton's sales in Europe and NA.
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