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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire
I'd like to know what you based your assessment of the Western market from to be honest. Because as a Westerner I have to agree with MMM. Here in NZ console games (especially sports games) are the most popular from what I see. Also gamers who play MMORPG's are typically seen as being losers or having no lives. Maybe it's a regional thing but MMORPG's aren't really "cool" here apart from certain cliques.
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It may vary from region to region, but as a whole, I would say that the genres I mentioned dominate the market, because you have more games of those genres than sports games. And regardless, a loser playing an MMORPG is still a gamer. And you have to count them in as well. When I look at the region here, I see FPS and MMORPG's as being the most popular. World of Warcraft alone is played by over ten million people.
You have a point though, Sports games are very popular as well. But they're not dominating the market, and they don't bring new innovations with each release. All they're doing is making them more and more realistic. I know sports games do more, but I'm just pointing this out out of a general perspective.
x08: My point was that there aren't enough of those games. Shadow of the Colossus and ICO are last-gen. I could mention several other innovative games, but the point is that, if you look at this generation of consoles (including the PC), the market could use a few more games that aren't too similar to another existing game.
Finally, I'd like to point out that original doesn't necessary mean good, and that plenty of the games out today are awesome.