Gotta give some props to the New York Times for saying gamers might want to forgo the big budget sequels this holiday season and check out some great indie titles: 

"...the very best of what video games have offered in 2012: small, downloadable titles that feel more personal and meaningful than many of the big-budget sequels that flood the market. JOURNEY and PAPO & YO, each a PlayStation exclusive, are my favorite games of the year so far. Journey is a quiet, mesmerizing pilgrimage to a mountaintop that feels like — seriously — an allegory for religious discovery. Papo & Yo is a moving, magical-realist fable about a boy and a monster who are stand-ins for a son and his alcoholic father. " 

Not bad for an article that focused on the launch of the Wii U. 

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/23/arts/video-games/the-wii-u-featuring-a-touch-screen-controller.html?_r=2&