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enrageorange said:

Here are pie charts using the catagories vgc sorts games by except puzzle which is way under 0.1% for both systems. This is the most fair instead of people including obscure genres that only one game qualifies for, and yet combine fps and tps games.

 

XBOX 360

PS3

So basically the only really popular genres on both systems are Sports, action games, and fps. Sports games are slightly more popular on the PS3, and FPS/Action games are basically flipped for the ps3 and xbox 360. Racers, rpgs, and others are fairly popular on the 360, while racers, rpgs, and fighters are fairly popular on the ps3.

 

And to anyone who says action games have way more variety than FPS, it is not my fault you only think of military simulators as fps, but if you are a fan of the genre you would realize games like left 4 dead, borderlands, halo, bioshock, call of duty, portal, team fortress 2, etc. are just as different from each other as uncharted 2 is from ninja gaiden, metal gear solid, or assassins creed. The only thing all fps have in common is the view point, just like the only thing all action games have in common is their view point.

 

The only thing I find weird with the genres is the difference between action games and shooter games. I have no idea how uncharted 2, Alan Wake, or resident evil 5 are more action games than some of the games in the shooter genre such as crackdown, and mercenaries which from my playing involve less shooting then those action games.

I would consider MGS, Uncharted, and Resident Evil shooters, but Alan Wake is an action game just like Heavy Rain. Amazing pie graph, solves this debate.



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