Will the mighty FPS Genre be history?

Hi Guys I'm a Huge First Person Shooter fan my favorite Games are Half-Life 1 & 2 & All Episodes,Far Cry, Crysis and all other FPS titles. I am also a huge fan of other Action Games like GTA, Assasin's Creed etc.......But what is worrying me is that I have read in many mags that MMORPG is taking over the PC Gaming platform.........And Considering the recent failure of the most wanted FPS for the PC ' Crysis '. Will funny & casual ' Genres ' like MMOPRG take over the PC Arena?.......Please clarify me I'm mystified.......

If there is no ' First Person Shooter ' or ' Action ' Genre in the future then I won't play games anymore...........

i dont think u have anything to worry about, MMO's are popular but there still a little Niche, and i dont think companys wanna try MMO's because a lot of them die because of WOW being so big

FPS's and action games wont die out any time soon

interesting things thrown around in this topic. MMORPG's arent really a casual genre. they aim to grasp every type of gamer. i'd say hardcore MMORPG gamer's are the most hardcore in all of gaming. MMO's are certainly not a niche either...

I think FPS will continue to evolve, melding with other genres much as the RPG did. remember when RPGs used to be so easily defined? they still exist, just in more varied ways. most of the genre's that have disappeared or diminished are those which require 2d gaming, but even those are seeing resurgence on the DS and downloadable portions of all 3 consoles.

Will MMORPG is going to become the only game genre for the PC?prasath_amd

I highly doubt it....MMO's are very popular in Asia, but in the West, they are not as huge, no matter what WOW makes you think.

FPS genre has taken over the consoles... COD 4 around 7 million and Halo around 8 million. Right now it's huge for the consoles.

You will almost no exclusives for the PC when it comes to FPS, unless Blizzard decides to make one.

The last FPS exclusive to sell over a million for the PC, was BF2.

I am hoping for a revival of single player rpgs on the PC since the Witcher did decently.

The PC will almost be home to niche genres like City Building, or TBS, or those 4x games, adventure games etc etc.

You said MMORPG is very popular in Asia but here in India, RPG is the most hated genre.......I personally hate RPG to the core.....The most popular genres in India were :

1.'Action'(Through GTA)

2.'FPS'(Through Counter Strike)

3.'RTS'(Through Age Of Empires)

What about Crysis? Its an exclusive for the PC that didn't sell as expected.......I am very disappointed with the sales figure of Crysis.....I really want Crysis to be released on the Xbox360 & PS3....SO that more gamers will play it.........prasath_amd

I enjoy both online RPGs like World of Warcraft and first-person shooters like Half-Life 2. The reason Crysis didn't sell well is due to the heavy system requirements. It's the best looking game out right now on the PC, and I'd love to give it a shot, but not if my system can't handle it well. I'm not about to shell out a boatload of cash on a super high-end gaming rig just for the sake of Crysis.

Also, when people say MMORPGs or RPGs in general are big in Asia, they're talking about South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan. They aren't talking about India, because gaming isn't nearly as big there.

Yeah, I agree about Crysis having hefty system requirements. But I don't think FPS genre will be gone at all. When you think about it, no genre really disappeared at all. I can't think of one genre that used to be popular no longer existing. Maybe the SHMUP, but that's because back in the day it was because of technical limitations that made SHUMPS some of the best in gaming. But even that is still around and I think there are still some SHMUPs in the works like a new Gradius for example.

The FPS has a huge market. Can the market be over flooded with so many bad FPSs that people are no longer interested in them? Maybe, but I think as long as good developers make good FPSs, it will be around.

Also, out of all the FPSs that come out every generation, only a handful are worth playing. Same with every other popular genre like RPGs for example.

[QUOTE="prasath_amd"]Will MMORPG is going to become the only game genre for the PC?cobrax25

I highly doubt it....MMO's are very popular in Asia, but in the West, they are not as huge, no matter what WOW makes you think.

No genre ever really dies, but I'm sure that we're going to start seeing a decline in the genre either starting this year or next. This happens with all super-popular genres. During the 8/16-bit days, the platformer was king. What happened? Fighting games also had a massive following, but you don't see a billion releases of those games anymore. Point-and-click adventure? Same thing.

I don't konw what genre will become the new king of the roost, but the decline of the FPS is inevitable.

I think multiplayer is a fad i don't see digital distrabution lasting what thats just going to fuel more piracy.

FPs fun but there is no risk.

No genre ever really dies, but I'm sure that we're going to start seeing a decline in the genre either starting this year or next. This happens with all super-popular genres. During the 8/16-bit days, the platformer was king. What happened? Fighting games also had a massive following, but you don't see a billion releases of those games anymore. Point-and-click adventure? Same thing.

I don't konw what genre will become the new king of the roost, but the decline of the FPS is inevitable.

Vampyronight

A decline is one thing, but what happened to point and clickers was downright extinction.

[QUOTE="Vampyronight"]

No genre ever really dies, but I'm sure that we're going to start seeing a decline in the genre either starting this year or next. This happens with all super-popular genres. During the 8/16-bit days, the platformer was king. What happened? Fighting games also had a massive following, but you don't see a billion releases of those games anymore. Point-and-click adventure? Same thing.

I don't konw what genre will become the new king of the roost, but the decline of the FPS is inevitable.

nopalversion

A decline is one thing, but what happened to point and clickers was downright extinction.

Well they arn't completly gone tell tale are still making them and have the two greatest adventure game and comic book heroes in their possion so they have a fanbase supporting them. The space sim has died out only a few indie devs tackle them.

Hi Guys I'm a Huge First Person Shooter fan my favorite Games are Half-Life 1 & 2 & All Episodes,Far Cry, Crysis and all other FPS titles. I am also a huge fan of other Action Games like GTA, Assasin's Creed etc.......But what is worrying me is that I have read in many mags that MMORPG is taking over the PC Gaming platform.........And Considering the recent failure of the most wanted FPS for the PC ' Crysis '. Will funny & casual ' Genres ' like MMOPRG take over the PC Arena?.......Please clarify me I'm mystified.......

If there is no ' First Person Shooter ' or ' Action ' Genre in the future then I won't play games anymore...........

prasath_amd