Meh, shooter games right now are the most popular games on the market because theyre fun and competitive online and with friends. With the PS4 being a popular platform with a good quality online service, its no surprise to see games that are fun online selling well.
| anthony64641 said: The days of Ratchet & Clank, Sly Cooper, Final Fantasy, Devil May Cry, and Jak & Daxter filling PlayStation consoles worldwide are long gone, and may never come back. With the release of Sony’s latest console, the PS4. The firm has successfully transitioned the fanbase from platform and RPG fans, to shooter and online multiplayer fans, in about one generations’ time. |
You have to look at why.
Ratchet and Clank isnt gone, its still here just not as popular as it once was, due to series fatigue and a number of poor quality games.
Sly Cooper never sold really well and isnt missed in the slightest.
Final Fantasy has been raped, killed off then raped again by Square Enix this generation, though using VGC numbers as you are doing then we can see that Final Fantasy XIII has sold over 5 Million copies on the PS3. The following game, XIII-2 didnt sell well because it was the sequel to XIII. The fault here lies with Square Enix, not with Sony or PS owners.
Devil May Cry is another one with the developer at fault. Though DMC4 is the 2nd best selling DMC release when you combine platforms. The new, updated DMC we know how that one ended.
Jak and Daxter was left behind so Naughty Dog could work on new projects, the said new projects were gigantic success stories, so we cant really complain here.
As for Platform games and RPGs, theyre doing well enough for whats available. Platformers simply arent all that popular anymore outside of Nintendo. Despite this, LBP as a platforming series sold over 8 Million units on PS3. Ratchet and Clank sold ~6 Million on PS3. The problem with platformers is that a lot of them being made are simply downloadable titles. RPGs? Theyre doing great! FFXIII, Skyrim, Oblivion, Fallout, Dragon Age, Borderlands, Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Valkyria Chronicles, Ni no Kuni, Tales of...
The problem Im seeing here is that the writer is dismissing anything outside of the top 10, which is an extremely silly thing to do. Oh wait...
| anthony64641 said: Just two generations ago, the PS2 had games like Need for Speed Underground, Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons of Liberty, Final Fantasy X, Dragon Quest, and Gran Turismo 3 in the top 10 for sales. Man, how times have changed. |
Yeah, the problem is not looking outside that Top 10. We have LittleBigPlanet, Metal Gear Solid, Assassin's Creed, God of War, Final Fantasy, Need for Speed, Batman, LA Noire, inFamous, Gran Turismo, Resident Evil, Tekken, Heavy Rain and numerous other titles that arent "shooters" per say in the Top 50.
Silly article is silly. Not giving clicks.
