The Official December NPD 2008 Thread

[Oyvoyvoyv]

Khuutra said:

Oyvoyvoyv said:

Well, it is Ameria. People there are all violent madmen you know :D (oh crap, you're American!)

I have to say though, that's not true. X360 first. (BTW, I'll use VGC numbers here)

 

4 top sellers for 08 are shooters.

 

In the top 10, 5 are shooters.

 

In top 20, 8 are shooters (12 are "violence" games though).

 

Ps3:

 

Top 3 are shooting games.

 

Top 10 has 6 shooters

Top 20 has 10 shooters.

 

 

I was wrong it seems... ~ half of the titles are shooters. It's far less in Others and Japan though.

Fair point, though I was referring primarily to NPD's top ten.

It does show why my girlfriend thinks of the two systems as being primarily for shooters and Final Fantasy, though.

It isn't like there's a huge shift though. The difference from Ps2 to this gen is mainly that

1. Racers aren't selling

2. JRPGs aren't selling (or are yet to be released).

 

Shooters, Racers and JRPGs are all the genres in the Ps2's top 15.