Have Gamers Started to Like Simpler Games?

Generally in the gaming world, each and every year, one expects to have bigger and better releases.
The sound, the graphics, the story line, and the gameplay is expected to be better. For the most part since technology improves fairly quickly, this happens.
The second version of a game is always exponentially more advanced that the previous one.
But with console sales and video games down but gaming sales up, could this be an indication that the biggest and the best is no longer sought out by gamers? Some of the most played games and most sold games are very simple. Farmville has more users on a daily basis than any games that are for sale on the PC or consoles. It's extremely simple and many enjoy playing it.

Look at the Wii console and many of the most popular games are the simplest. There are also millions of sales for simple games that are on cellphones like the iPhone.
What do all these trends mean? Have gamers starts to want simpler games? What has happened is that the average gamer is no longer the hardcore gamer. Many more people who used to not think of playing games have joined the market.
They are new to gaming and enjoy things that are simple and fun. The millions of new gamers are being given things that they enjoy.

Many aren't computer savvy so it's necessary that the games are easy to install, easy to use, and easy to get the hang of.

Concepts like better graphics or a story line that lasts a couple hundred hours doesn't matter to this group.
If you are a gaming company, you could spend millions of dollars on something complex that will be something hardcore gamers approve of or you can make something simple for the masses.

It's a no brainer which one is being done in today's market.