Never bough Halo: Reach, MW3, or Black Ops, and are you actually advocating that this route that said games have taken is actually a good thing?
You mean... the same route Mario, Final Fantasy, Zelda, Metroid, Ratchet and Clank, Crash Bandicoot, etc, etc all took before it?
You mean relying on what works? Making adjustments or additions on top of what works? Knowing what their fan base like? Trying to maintain a sect of long time fans as well as new fans? Every now and then trying something completely new to see if it works?
Yeah, those are good things.
I dislike the direction Skyrim took because I personally don't like it.
But trying new things and building a larger audience is what keeps the industry going. So [censored] yes I'm for it.