Too commercialised - Why I think consoles are rubbish?

After browsing the net looking at what games are due to come out I notice a trend. Nearly all of the games were the same for each console. Now this is something I've noticed before but now I'm fed up.

First Person Shooters, First Person Shooters, War Game, First Person Shooter with some strategy thrown in, more shovel-ware...it goes on and on. The 360 and PS3 are just full of First Person Shooters (FPS)  or some other shooter and racers - Gears of War, Call of Duty 4, Rainbow Six 15: let's have it on the Falkland islands to make it interesting, Army of Two, Medal of Honour, Counter Strike, Halo, Quake, Unreal Tournament. I realise these games have slight variations in style and storyline but not a whole lot. 

The Wii is no better - arguably worse. Apart from a handful of titles the rest of the Wii's library is full of copycat shovel-ware and shallow tacked on motion controlled ports. There was hope that with less focus on graphics and more on gameplay the Wii would actually fuel innovation. Things started promising with Wii sports - yes a casual game but nonetheless it showed perfectly what the console could do. Yet, ever since we've had hardly anything to spend our hard earned cash on. In fact some of Nintendo's best franchises don't utilise motion controls that well if at all; Mario Kart Wii (allegedly) and Super Smash bros.

I played a number of upcoming shooters on the 360 and PS3 at play.com live but none seriously impressed me. Haze was good but still nothing new. Every game promises to deliver a 'new element' or 'a degree of realism never seen before' and each time they usually manage to do this...so what?! Big deal if some bushes catch on fire, whoopee if buildings are damaged when a great whacking bomb just exploded. 

I want games that are new, different and interesting. Don't get me wrong -  I enjoy FPS games etc but I'm fed up of the sheer amount. You buy one and you've essentially bought them all. 

Things are looking up though. With planned services such as Wii Ware and the already existing Xbox Live Arcade we could see innovation come from smaller developers as they get a chance at the big time. Maybe we'll actually see decent use of the hi-def consoles power other than graphics and perhaps we'll see intuitive use of the wii-mote for games with new concepts. 

I think big developers and publishers have ruined the industry to an extent. Just when things were getting interesting. We see a lot innovation on the net where not much processing power is available or nifty controls, just a mouse and keyboard, flash and some lateral thinking from hobbyists and small development teams. Some games have had phenomenal success over the net with games such as 'Defend your Castle'. A simple game where you must defend your castle by clicking and chucking the enemy stick men in the air. (There are other elements but that's the general idea). Defend your Castle is even making it's way to Wii Ware.

I really hope the industry wakes up, takes some bold decisions to make some genuinely different and interesting games.