: I'm sure I'll catch flak for this but I blame the gamers. Yeah, you heard me,
: I blame us.

: Companies produce products at a rate and pace that best matches public demand
: (abiding by the laws of supply and demand of course, so lets say that
: supply is not an issue in this discussion please).

: It seems the majority of gamers are fine with more frequent sequels- if
: that's what they want companies are more than happy to sell to them.

I'm not one of those people, though. I'd rather a company take its time to make sure a game is good instead of rushing game after game. Quality > Quantity. That's why I like Irrational Games. It took them over five years to bring out a new BioShock, and Infinite was actually delayed, but the wait was well worth it. I wouldn't have minded waiting until 2015 for Halo 5 if it meant letting 343I get to learn to work together as a team and improve their overall workmanship. So much stuff was lacking in Halo 4 — Campaign scoring, various Forge features, various gametypes and custom options, etc., etc. — that I would have been willing to wait a while longer for the game to come out if it meant I could get those features.