Game genres vary boom and bust in popularity. The FPS genre is currently the most popular but there is no guarantee that this will last forever. More and more developers are trying to hop on the bandwagon and steal some of the CoD/Halo pie. Many of the FPS games, while still selling well, are already starting to seem like copies of each other.
Over the last 25 years we have seen the rise and fall of the following genres: platforming, racing, JRPG, fighters, music games, and more.
I don't think the FPS genre will ever fall off the map, but hybrid games will continue to chip away at the FPS stronghold. Is ME2 an RPG or an FPS? Is Borderlands an RPG or an FPS game? I believe we continue to see different different genres being blended into FPS.
Most anticipated games of 2011:
Uncharted 3,Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Rocksmith
Modern Warfare 3, Super Mario 3D
