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Khuutra on 02 January 2009
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BenVTrigger said:
Khuutra said:
BenVTrigger said:

This post is exactly what i'm talking about.  He didn't say the wii can't sell games.  He's saying wii can't sell SHOOTERS.  While DQ will make a huge impact especially in Japan on RPG titles it will do little to change what platforms SHOOTERS fall on.  And believe it or not there is still a HUGE market for shooters.  Thats why the OP is so full of fail.  The problem is DQ won't kill HD gaming because other genres such as shooters sell on them and there will always be a market on PS360 for that demographic.  Is it really that hard for you guys to see that?

The problem lies in how niche shooters are, and how little they affect the overall market.

People joke about the "shooterbox" now. It may not be so funny in another couple of years.

oh your quite right COD WAW shipping a combined almost 6 million units in 6 weeks is very niche, as well as halo 3 shipping over 8 million.  Or maybe Gears 2 doing nearly 4 million?   The thing is a shooter is no more niche than an RPG and that is the thing people ignore in both software fanboy wars as well as console fanboy wars (not calling you one, just speaking in general) there is always markets available other than the side your defending.  Anyone saying DQ or the install base of the wii will have no effect are simply lying to themselves.  That being said however, those 2 killing HD gaming?  Come on give me a break neither the Wii nor PS3 nor 360 is dead anytime soon

For a moment I thought we had comee to some sort of agreement.

Yes, shooters occupy a large niche, but they are still a niche. People who primarily play shooters are a visible minority, but they are still a minority amongst gamers. There are much bigger, more terrifying genres, but no single genre is going to matter in the long run. After appealing to new markets, a diversified library is going to be necessary, and if trends continue in the direction they're heading then the shooter and yearly sports game fans are going to be increasingly important for the current-gen HD consoles, which is bad.

DQ isn't going to kill "HD gaming", but it is indicative of a negative trend which may hurt the consoles in the long run.