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Demotruk on 29 January 2009
SmokedHostage said:
Phrancheyez said:
I think you couldn't be farther from the truth..music games will stay as they are, if anything they're in their hayday now..they're only going to decrease, IMO. FPS will never lose popularity..they just won't. They may fall off slightly, but they'll always be a force in the gaming industry and a major genre forever basically.

 

 I guess I'm wrong about the music games but... what about the "casual" genre?

Wii Sports killers, anyone?

 

There is no "casual" genre. If you mean collections of simple sports games (that are not necessarily shallow), well third parties have been attempting to get into that with varying degrees of success. It's not the next big thing but high quality entry-level games should be a mainstay for future consoles.



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FinalEvangelion on 29 January 2009

In Japan, they are extremely niche.  Kind of like Cel-shaded jRPGs in the West.

That reminds me. I have to go back to America next week. I don't look forward to it at all.



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Rainbird on 29 January 2009

All genres have their highs and lows in terms of popularity.
So yes, it will drop of, and yes, it will come back.



memory2zack on 29 January 2009

Well some day, they won´t be selling as much as they are these days. There ´ll be a new genre or existing genre that takes over. Or even a resurgence of a long existing genre (see the music industry).



Mr Khan on 29 January 2009

Music games are quickly coming to their saturation point, i think. Rock Band 2's sell-through will probably be lower than Rock Band 1's, but then we'll see what happens if it does sell more.

 

FPS certainly won't ever become niche. Racing games were the big things in the N64 generation (JRPGs were at their peak then, too, but Racers were more accessible and equally prolific), and racing games haven't gone away, they are just no longer the main event (aside from Mario Kart Wii). FPS will no longer be the main event one day, perhaps not too long from now, but never niche



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