[Lenny]

I still say it's the fault of EA and Ubisoft and their mutliplatformy things. I know of very few first-party or even second-party games that need patches - Sony, MS and Nintendo usually give FP and SP developers all the time they need to finish the game before it's released.

If anyone's at fault, it's not "the industry", it's a few companies that are trying to cover all the bases. Trend in the industry? Nope. Publishers trying to force games out of the door? Only third-party mutli-platform.