Maybe a current day AAA title can't be made in blitz because of lack of pixel shaders, and whatever other new technology it doesn't handle, but guess what? Only hardcore gamers have ANY clue what the hell a pixel shader is! I am still fuzzy on it, and I don't really care. I really couldn't tell you which games use pixel shaders and which don't, because i'm not a hardcore gamer. Yet I love games. But start talking pixel shaders and zzzzz....
Most gamers are not so hardcore, and if the market is going to grow, there will be more and more people who don't care anything about all these details. I think it's ridiculous that a game gives you a feature list that contains all kinds of technical terms. When you buy a movie, you don't buy it based on a list of technical features, you buy it based on actors and story. The continuing trend of listing all these technical details on games will go away as games become more mainstream and publishers realize they are seriously alienating many of their potential customers.
Guess how advanced a movie like Casablanca looks nowdays? Yet, it continues to sell.
Most gamers are not so hardcore, and if the market is going to grow, there will be more and more people who don't care anything about all these details. I think it's ridiculous that a game gives you a feature list that contains all kinds of technical terms. When you buy a movie, you don't buy it based on a list of technical features, you buy it based on actors and story. The continuing trend of listing all these technical details on games will go away as games become more mainstream and publishers realize they are seriously alienating many of their potential customers.
Guess how advanced a movie like Casablanca looks nowdays? Yet, it continues to sell.