[chii]

> it encompasses the technical and the artistic domains

these days, the amount of knowledge required in those two domains are such that no one person can be an expert in both ( at least,for a non-genius!). Think about 3D artists, and think about people who write the pipeline and tools etc for them - one does not know anything about the other really. I wish there's a way to simplify it all so that modern games can be made just as "simple" and intuitive as the old 2D bitmapped graphics.

[aout]

True, but today's studios need the proper APIs and hardware to produce the games people want. Nintendo is failing to provide such basis for development and that's one its biggest mistakes.