Are guns in video games holding the medium back?

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KLXVER said:

GOWTLOZ said:

But the other games do have shooting. This is about guns in games. GTA V isn't a shooter but has shooting and wouldn't be as popular without guns. Same with Watch Dogs.

You don't see games without guns selling more than Witcher 3 which sold six million units outside of game series that have nostalgic fans like Mario, Pokemon and Final Fantasy. Games with guns often sell more than ten million, even more than twenty million is not uncommon for these games.

But thats been the case for a long time. Look at the N64 and PS1. Games like Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, Resident Evil, Silent Hill etc... I mean even Donkey Kong 64 had guns ffs.

Games like Gran Turismo, Crash Bandicoot, Mario and Pokemon were very popular and none of them had nostalgic fans at that time. Shooters were popular but weren't the most popular genre by far like they are now.

SegataSanshiro said:
Space Invaders is ruining our youth! That Ninja Gaiden is fine but OH MY Galaga is so violent with the shooting!

This article isn't about violence at all.