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

[robzo100]

oniyide said:

@robzo  I honestly dont think people see those services that way, if they do, they are ignorant and missing out on some fantastic stuff. IMHO those services have games made by small dev teams that dont have the finances to go to the "big leagues". Or the games are to small that putting them on full retail disc. Stacking is game that is just as good if not better than some of the retail releases. Flower, Limbo, Beat Trip, Wipeout HD, Castle Crashers, Scott Pilgrim. The list goes on and on, their loss i guess

I agree, it is their loss.  But in the end it becomes the medium's loss, because the genres that require smaller budget and development end up having that  second class stigma.  As much hype as World of Goo got, I think it would have a higher chance at popularity if it was a hard copy to pick up your local game store, and perhaps marketed with standard advertisments like the other AAA titles.  

As for rail shooters, of all the genres born in the arcade they have had the worst transition to home consoles. Id hate to admit it, but i dont see how you can really add to the experience, those games are designed to be short and to take your money. You could say the same about beat em ups, but you can add to that experience increasing longivity. Hell they all have RPG elements anyway, and for all the crap you could do in Warriors it was just a 3d Streets of Rage when its all said and done. So when people say that they dont wanna spend full price for those games, i can see why. BTW if you got Wii give Zombie panic in Wonderland a go, its pretty much a tamer, cheaper Sin and Punishment but its still fun

I played Sin and Punishment a bit before, though I don't own it.  I do apprectiate these suggestions though, thanks.  I don't know what there is to improve upon.  But I feel like these games are shooters that are more inclusive as far as gamers go, than something like CoD etc...  I mentioned it before but what I like about Halo is that it's much more imaginative in it's story, environment, and gameplay because it has no realistic restrictions.  It's not based in strict reality like CoD.  The origins of FPS that we've been talking about are all looser in this similar sense and so more inclusive.  That is why I think FPS as we know them may die down and be replaced by the likes of the original FPS games, or just plain original shooter genres.