In the last few years RPG has passed sports and become the third biggest genre in unit sales (check the milly sellers list for example: http://vgchartz.com/worldtotals.php ). This is true at least on the Playstation and Xbox.
1. Shooters
2. Action
3. RPG
4. Sports & racing
This is thanks to the huge breakthrough of the WRPG genre on consoles (The Elder Scrolls, Fallout 3, Mass Effect, Fable, KOTOR).
If you add Nintendo Wii it becomes harder for me to make a ranking, but perhaps (overall on PS360Wii):
1. Platform
2. Shooters
3. Action
4. RPG
5. Sports
In a way I still understand why many want to classify RPGs as a niche genre. Everyone know that these games still have a relatively steep lurning curve, and it's no coincidence that on gamings sites such as this the discussions about RPGs are very common while no one talks about sports & racing games.
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