Intellectual excercise

[Bodhesatva]

I had a thought earlier today, and I'm looking for others to help me flesh it out.

I began thinking of all the genres that Western developers had created (or at least championed) before Japanese devs. In other words: genres that Western developers were principally responsible for creating. This is the list I came up with over the last decade and a half:

1. Real Time Strategy
2. First Person Shooter
3. Sandbox games
4. Western-style "choice" RPGs such as Fallout or Oblivion

You can argue that the fourth doesn't really count as a new genre, if you'd like, but I think WRPGs are distinct enough to warrant the title.

And then I realized: every single one of these genres began their life on the PC. Orcs and Elves, Wolfenstein/Doom, Grand Theft Auto, Oblivion/Fallout: these were all PC titles first and foremost.

So, that's the point I'm making here, and I'm hoping someone can either support it, or refute it. Can anyone think of any genres that Western developers created, and began their life on consoles first? I'd really love input if anyone can think of something!