Top 3 genres that kept the PS2 on top

In your opinion, what were the top 3 genre of games that helped the PS2 be so successful?

I would say action/adventure games like God of War, Devil May Cry, Metal Gear Solid, and Resident Evil

Sport games like Madden, MLB The Show, Burnout, Gran Turismo, and NBA sports games

And fighting games like Tekken, Street Fighter, Soul Calibur, and Mortal Kombat

These are series/franchises, not individual games.

That's my opinion... What are yours?

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RPG is far below.

Sports is the big one, even if I don't play them I can see that.

There's a reason madden for the ps2 is the best selling game year in and year out.

1. RPGs, the PS2 had a huge advantage over the Gamecube and Xbox

2. Mature action/adventure games such as Devil May Cry, Silent Hill, Onimusha, Metal Gear Solid etc.

3. Either fighting or racing, since GT3 and GT4 were big sellers.

I don't say sports because even though they might be big sellers, for the most part sports games are available for all consoles, so it's not like the PS2 had some kind of advantage over the other consoles when it comes to sports games.

Sports (Burnout, Pro evo, NFS, Fifa etc), Action/Adventure (GOW, DMC, Lara croft, GTA etc) and Platformers (Crash, Jak and Daxter, Ratchet etc)

1. Action

2. Sports

3. RPG's

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RPG is far below.

Sports is the big one, even if I don't play them I can see that.

There's a reason madden for the ps2 is the best selling game year in and year out.

raziellich

You don't like RPGs do you? You have a lot of sports games right?

I say(in no order)

RPG

Action/adventure

Sports

A lot of people are saying RPGs is a key genre, well name them (besides FF& Xenogears)?

I don't believe RPG is a top genre. 

A lot of people are saying RPGs is a key genre, well name them (besides FF& Xenogears)?

I don't believe RPG is a top genre. 

mrvic87

A lot of people are saying RPGs is a key genre, well name them (besides FF& Xenogears)?

I don't believe RPG is a top genre. 

mrvic87

Absolutely it's a top genre, although Xenogears was a PS1 title of course. If you really aren't aware of the huge selection of good RPGs on the PS2, just select that category here on Gamespot, and brace yourself for a massive list.

But anyway, the question wasn't "What genres of games sold the most total copies?", it was "What genres kept the PS2 on top?" I take that to mean, what genres of games were this consoles strongest suit? The ones where it was clearly superior compared to the other consoles of its generation, which it completely dominated. To me, sports is clearly not one of those genres, because you could play most any sports title on any console. The major sports game franchises were available on all platforms, and were particularly well done on the Xbox, frequently better than the PS2 versions. The sports series sold well on all platforms of course, and because of the sheer number of PS2's out there, it added up to a ton of PS2 sports titles sold. But that was not a genre that made the PS2 superior -- the consoles were largely even in terms of sports games being any advantage. If anything, I think the PS2 lagged a bit behind the competition in both sports and shooters, when compared side by side.

Where the PS2 did dominate was in action/adventure games and in RPGs. Those were the genres of games where it offered a lot of great gaming that the competition just couldn't match. I might pick action/adventure as the main one, if you define it broadly enough to include MGS, GTA, Devil May Cry, Okami, God of War, etc. Clearly the PS2 led the field in games of that type, boasting lots of signature exclusives, and lots more that debuted here first. But truthfully, the console RPG genre (in all its various types and sub-genres) was the one area where the PS2 was truly untouched by the competition. Nobody comes close to it in that field, period. So that is the one area where the PS2 always has been, and likely always will be, on top.

My first 2 picks for the question that was posed are obvious -- RPG and action/adventure. As to the third genre, I'm honestly not sure if it'd be driving (primarily due to Gran Turismo being synonymous with the Playstation) or fighting (due to the Tekken and Virtua Fighter lineage, as well as most of the Soul Calibur games). Either way, they're a distant third and fourth.

It was great to  have read your post with an excellent breakdown of why you felt which particular genres kept the PS2 as one of the strongest consoles ever made(I think it's the strongest of current-gen consoles).

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A lot of people are saying RPGs is a key genre, well name them (besides FF& Xenogears)?

I don't believe RPG is a top genre. 

Silvaryn

Absolutely it's a top genre, although Xenogears was a PS1 title of course. If you really aren't aware of the huge selection of good RPGs on the PS2, just select that category here on Gamespot, and brace yourself for a massive list.

But anyway, the question wasn't "What genres of games sold the most total copies?", it was "What genres kept the PS2 on top?" I take that to mean, what genres of games were this consoles strongest suit? The ones where it was clearly superior compared to the other consoles of its generation, which it completely dominated. To me, sports is clearly not one of those genres, because you could play most any sports title on any console. The major sports game franchises were available on all platforms, and were particularly well done on the Xbox, frequently better than the PS2 versions. The sports series sold well on all platforms of course, and because of the sheer number of PS2's out there, it added up to a ton of PS2 sports titles sold. But that was not a genre that made the PS2 superior -- the consoles were largely even in terms of sports games being any advantage. If anything, I think the PS2 lagged a bit behind the competition in both sports and shooters, when compared side by side.

Where the PS2 did dominate was in action/adventure games and in RPGs. Those were the genres of games where it offered a lot of great gaming that the competition just couldn't match. I might pick action/adventure as the main one, if you define it broadly enough to include MGS, GTA, Devil May Cry, Okami, God of War, etc. Clearly the PS2 led the field in games of that type, boasting lots of signature exclusives, and lots more that debuted here first. But truthfully, the console RPG genre (in all its various types and sub-genres) was the one area where the PS2 was truly untouched by the competition. Nobody comes close to it in that field, period. So that is the one area where the PS2 always has been, and likely always will be, on top.

My first 2 picks for the question that was posed are obvious -- RPG and action/adventure. As to the third genre, I'm honestly not sure if it'd be driving (primarily due to Gran Turismo being synonymous with the Playstation) or fighting (due to the Tekken and Virtua Fighter lineage, as well as most of the Soul Calibur games). Either way, they're a distant third and fourth.