well my point of view is that when something becomes too popular (as in being played by bored housewives popular) then the market has to shift accordingly (so as not to offend people).. this means that games are being watered down to appeal to a wider audience because whilst money is a contributing factor, i sure wouldn't want my game being criticized by people who think their opinion is more important than everyone else'... anything different on the market these days will be immediately slammed by gaming simpletons as being a boring game and that paints a bad picture for the company... angry birds has suffered from the fact that the aforementioned people will buy anything that's put in front of them and they won't say anything bad about it because angry birds, for example, is the only game that most of them seem to understand...  this phase will die down before long don't worry about it...