Atari seems to encourage interesting ideas, but the studios don’t seem able to follow through with them. I think Tomb Raider will be a sure hit, but it is a shame that there isn’t more quality all round. MS, Ubisoft, EA, and Activision are so big with so many resources that it is hard for other groups to keep up.

That worries me for independents and smaller studios on one hand, but does mean that studios have to strive for a high mark to compete. I don’t want to see cool ideas die, but I do want to see them be more than a cool idea and be a cool game too.