Shooterbox confirmed, lol? Soon the top 6 games will be shooters!

[Onyxmeth]

I don't see it as being much different than the PS3. Instead of using a weird number like Top 6, let's expand to top 10 and see what happens. I don't agree with this but I will play by Squilliam's rules and award any game that has it's primary weapons as guns will be labelled shooter.

Pos	Game	Console	Publisher	Hits	Score	Sales	Last Update
1		Grand Theft Auto IV		Rockstar Games	253,443	7.74	5.12m	08th Oct 08
2		Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare		Activision	123,779	7.88	3.85m	13th Apr 08
3		MotorStorm		Sony Computer Entertainment	27,980	7.63	3.73m	21st Oct 08
4		Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots		Konami	702,227	8.01	3.67m	29th Oct 08
5		Resistance: Fall of Man		Sony Computer Entertainment	148,178	7.75	3.40m	26th Jan 08
6		Assassin's Creed		Ubisoft	37,608	7.76	3.14m	24th Sep 08
7		Gran Turismo 5 Prologue		Sony Computer Entertainment	71,034	7.86	2.51m	02nd Apr 08
8		Uncharted: Drake's Fortune		Sony Computer Entertainment	272,274	8.09	2.29m	05th Nov 08
9		Call of Duty: World at War		Activision	1,551	0.00	1.80m	03rd Sep 08
10		Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock		RedOctane	10,915	7.74	1.75m	05th Apr 08

Notice the PS3 has six games that qualify as "shooter". They are MGS4, COD4, COD:WaW, Uncharted, GTA IV and Resistance.

Pos	Game	Console	Publisher	Hits	Score	Sales	Last Update
1		Halo 3		Microsoft	566,611	7.08	8.68m	17th Nov 08
2		Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare		Activision	80,606	6.99	6.78m	03rd Nov 08
3		Grand Theft Auto IV		Rockstar Games	80,884	5.76	6.47m	08th Oct 08
4		Gears of War		Microsoft	42,192	7.64	5.65m	07th Nov 08
5		Assassin's Creed		Ubisoft	29,537	7.36	4.26m	24th Sep 08
6		Forza Motorsport 2		Microsoft	26,485	7.53	4.24m	14th Nov 07
7		Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock		RedOctane	14,615	7.34	3.74m	03rd Sep 08
8		Gears of War 2		Microsoft	57,039	6.63	3.44m	18th Jul 08
9		Call of Duty: World at War		Activision	3,245	0.00	3.16m	03rd Sep 08
10		Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion		2K Games	13,264	7.70	2.61m	29th Nov 08

Notice the 360 has six games that qualify as "shooter". They are Gears, Gears 2, Halo 3, COD4, COD: WaW, and GTA IV.

In conclusion, each console has six. If we then go back to the rules of reality and only include FPS then each console has three. If we add TPS into there we get Gears and Gears 2, and a morally gray area with MGS4 and Uncharted, depending on where on the fence you lie. GTA IV is really not a shooter at all, considering the littering of other things that can occupy your time in that game. Again though, these are Squill's rules, not mine.

What this shows is not that one is more of a "shooterbox" than the other, but that each basically appeals to the exact same demographic of gamer, and games featuring guns are popular among them. As we expand to the top 50, FPS accounts for 10 games on the PS3(20%) and either 8 or 9 games on the 360(16-18%). The maybe is Bioshock since some don't consider it an FPS but a FPA(Adventure) game.