A globalized game market?

I’ve just read with great interest this article Analysts warn of "struggle" for Xbox. I’m proud to say things are slowly turning as i had anticipated last year, when everybody was praising 360 domination and crying ps3′s doom… even the Wii seems to be getting it’s warning signs, but i expect there may be another year before it gets serious. Anyway, how does this affect us artsy gamers? Well, first off I’m probably what they call a "core" gamer… and in theory I’m 360′s target. Yet I don’t have one (yet): I have yet to have my confidence gained in a durable reliable system (at a mainstream price). I don’t have their data but if somebody had asked me I would have assumed this might be the reason Europe wasn’t won over by the 360: MS seems to me to have strongly supported US while getting a bad rep & low support in Europe… but what do I know? I live in my own little world (but they know me here :D all my imaginary friends).

Anyways, a more relevant point would be this: i’m happy to announce that I feel this is proof that we’re becoming a more and more globalized society. Not winning everybody over seems to be a "dooomed" level of "bad". This is really great for the games industry (us!) because it combines with the second point i wanted to mention: one genre is no longer the definition of games, meaning games have grown up a lot, meaning we may see the end to game cliches and the kind of variety that spawns passionate niches, people who love their particular types of games… and many types… which is sooooo great I just can’t say it in words! Long live the games-are-art niche!!!