About a week ago, I started a thread & some thought I was hatin' on FPS games. I probably never mentioned before that I own FPS's. I have way too many games, but never play them. I gave Resistance some play, Halo 2, Hitman 2, & Call Of Duty 3. I must now admit that, I can easily see for myself why this genre is so popular nowadays. The stories and the games themselves overall, were great. I think it's better for me to say that I just don't like the first person camera view. I can only imagine what those games would be like in third person. I wish developers would add a camera view option (ie. Hitman series). Maybe I'm being greedy! Lol Lol. But seriously though, an optional 3rd Person View would be a great way to introduce these good games to a broader audience, that otherwise wouldn't play them because we dislike the 1st nperson view. BTW, the 4 games above, I really enjoyed them all. IMO Resistance was the most impressive. (I've had M$ 1st console since 2003...got 15 games that I hardly ever played. I hope that justified Hitman 2 & Halo 2 being mentioned.)

well you see, theres a demand for them.

casual gamers are very big on three genres: sports, racing, and first person shooters. not that theres anything wrong with that.

companies that want to make a lot of money are therefore best off making one or all of these games (EA).

its true that these genres were not big in classic gaming (except sports), but that was mainly due to system limitations.

by the way, there were more systems than the NES, SNES, and Genesis, such as the TurboGrafx16, Sega Master System, and Neo Geo, so don't act like you "played it all."

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I appreciate everyone's opinion. I did say that FPS's have grown on me. I actually like them, I'm just saying that every new game doesn't need to have that same style of play. I referred to 8 & 16-bit consoles, because developlers were really limited technically compared to todays standards. Yet, still games had that intangible quality about them, almost like a fun factor/replay type thing. I had a Master System & TurboGrafx16 too, but feel as if they weren't major enough to mention. Neo Geo was like $700 in 1993-94! Ok, so I didn't have that! But still their impacts paled in comparison to NES, SNES & Genesis. It's not about me having "played it all", but I've played enough to see that things have changed for the good or the bad. You can almost compare gaming with the music/entertainment business now. If a record is a hit, A&R's & Execs search for the next artist with the same kind of sound as the last artist. That's what the game industry suffers from now. Hell, I can't even remember the last new arcade game that had folks flocking to play it. Commercial is always healthy, but too much of commercialism can be a bad thing. Look at what too much commercialism has done to the Hip-Hop community.

I've been coming to this site since 2003. I usually just read without ever posting. Lots of negative stuff on here lately, regarding PS3. I bought one on launch day, & I admit that things could be better.....but I remember back when I bought PS2 a month after it launched. That was November 2000. I got Madden 01 & some lame game called Orphen. I'm an RPG/Action/Adventure gamer. I love Madden, that's basically the only sports game I really get deep into. Orphen was so bad, I returned it the very next day. In Jan. 01, I picked up NBA Live. Needless to say Madden & Live both suffered badly from that 1st Gen disease. I continued to play PS1 games all the way until November of 2001. I didn't buy another PS2 game until Metal Gear Solid 2 came out. Between Nov 01 - Jan 02 I picked up MGS2, GTA3, & Final Fantasy X. What I'm trying to help you understand is that it really does take time. I estimate 1 year to 18 months into a console's life beforegreat games start rolling out. Not to mention I also got a 360 on launch day. Due to the lack of a high end TV at the time, the 360 was sold to a friend later the same day. Anyone that has owned a 360 from the start, can tell you that M$'s toy had very limited games for many months. Trust me, PS2 was sh*t that first year. Dreamcast had so many more games at the time. Take these words of encouragement, to just hang in there & see what happens. Try not to pass judgement too quickly. I can't remember a drought after that initial rough period came to pass. What's the worse that can happen anyway? Buy both systems if you need to. Hell, I always had 2, back since Snes & Genesis. We the consumers should wish that the 3 major companies do excellent. Competition keeps Sony, Microsoft & Nintendo on their toes to deliver the best products to us.