http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3197911.stm
'Not as popular as films because they dont have as wide an appeal'
THIS IS A GOOD THING SINCE MOST MODERN 'POPULAR' FILMS ARE SO SH*T I'D RATHER CHEW OFF MY TESTICLES AND GOUGE OUT MY EYEBALLS WITH A TOOTHPICK THAN WATCH THEM!
also 'pretty but hollow' games tend to flop* at the retail level where as 'pretty with gameplay' or 'gameplay but ugly' trundle over everything in their path and amass armies of fans who would (in all likelyhood) KILL to own them.
Deus ex,Halo etc.
Sorry I needed a rant.
*I accept that there is a portion of people (we call them parents and/or idiots) who buy the really pretty games that suck beyond the telling of it.