What happens if the FPS genre crashes the way music games have?

[dunno001]

I doubt that they will crash, but I might be happy if they did- it would depend on what replaces them. (The reason for my joy would be that it removes from the limelight one of the things that people love to point to for legislation.) I can see 3 things replacing them:

• Platformers (again). These are seeing a resurgance again in popularity, and if things continue forward, it may lead to a renassaince type of gaming for these. This would be my happiest situation
• "Interactive movie" games. Both the type that know they are (Heavy Rain) and the type that pretend they aren't (FF13). Many people seem to like this alternate way of telling a story that's really been picking up lately. Happiness-wise, it'd be okay, I guess?
• Sandboxes. Games like GTA5 could be allowed to fill the limelight and flourish. It's already a very popular genre with surprisingly few games; the FPS fans may move on to this other "hardcore" category, causing further sales growth and getting the attention of many other developers. But I'd not be happy with this; I feel that this would increase the chance of some asinine law getting through.