Agree, gaming is going downhill with all this FPS crap ... i miss the days when people played REAL games with a good story

I blame microsoft and the xbox ... ever since the 360 came out, everyone is obsessed with FPS's ...

M$ RUINED GAMING!

OP trolled you all something fierce (I hope he was being sarcastic at least)

Top selling 7th gen games listed by genre

1) Sports
2) Arcade
3) Simulation
4) Simulation
5) Platformer
6) Racing
7) Educational
8) RPG
9) Racer
10) Educational
11) Siimulation
12) Shooter
13) Fighter
14) Platformer
15) Shooter
16) Platformer
17) Sandbox
18) Sports
19) Party
20) Educational

inb4 'some of those aren't actualy genres' I am aware of this.

Edit: I actually had a conclusion to make. You own a PS3 and a 360, but not a Wii, and have the nerve to lament about a lack of platformers? This is your own fault, don't try to blame it on others

Edit2: You don't own a DS and are complaining about a lack of RPG's, again, your fault, no-one elses

How about Metroid Prime 3 and Trilogy?

You go around in first person and shoot stuff, do you not?

Like i said i dont mind shooters but out of the shooters fps are the ones are dislike the most.

I dont mind playing them but not constantly. I used to love golden eye because i could play 4 player split screen with all my bro's and have a laugh. I dont mind online but that instead of local multiplayer just drives me mad.

I aint saying that the is no games to play that are not shooters. I am just saying it is getting harder and harder to find them.

You know... I know you hate the wii and stuff...

but if your really that upset about lack of platformers and other not shooter games... You really should look into one.

Or at the very least get a lot of downloadble games.

Truth is... do to the massive expense of HD games and how hard it is to make a hit.  They need to focus on the genres that are more likely to produce hits.

Shooters are here to stay. I love any game that involves high level animated violence, death and has lots of guns in them. The other gaming genres are very stale and not as popular as they used to be. Shooter games are king.

the funny thing about that is i keep going to purchase a Wii but everytime i go to the store i can never find enough games to play lol.

I really dont know what to look for lmao

Well, when it comes to platformers do you perfer 2D or 3D?

3D
Mario Galaxy

Upcoming Sequel

Some people say the Sonic ones are good.  Never played them though.

2D

Paper Mario Wii (listed as RPG... plays just like a platformer)

NSMB Wii

Warioland

Klona

"porn game" is the way

+1

I remember the best time for gaming being between late SNES era (FFVI, Chrono Trigger, ISSD) and the PS1 era. PS1 had so many awesome games in its first iteration, you just couldn't stop of finding something new, original or better done than before. Tekken, Gran Turismo, Parappa the rapper, Bust a Move, FFVII, FFT, MGS, Driver, Wipeout, Castlevania Sotn, Resident Evil...

In this generation, the lack of new awesome things is palpable. Sure, I like nice graphics, but beyond that, you generally have no great advances. I could mention some improvements like better storytelling (wich wasn't that hard, because it's been historically awful in most cases), but for the most part the tendency has been to implement more and more ways to make the games easier (checkpoints, regeneration, vitachambers, etc); too much focus in online elements, wich for some is great, but I really enjoy more SP expereriences; and in general technical elements that do nothing to make the games more original in some way.

Please, understand that I'm not saying that this generation's games are bad, at all. The fun factor has been great, no doubt. But I miss the shock factor.