Talk:Shooters (Ohga Shrugs)

Time for a tricky question: what would the state of shooters be in the Ohga Shrugs timeline.

You see, we still have Goldeneye and Perfect Dark popularizing the FPS genre on consoles during the fifth generation. But during the sixth generation in real life, the popular series was Halo; no Dreamcast or GameCube shooters really rose to prominence, save for the single-player oriented Metroid Prime series. And if games like Medal of Honor and Call of Duty remained primarily PC games, I don't see how FPS's would suceed much on consoles.

That's why I'm proposing that the FPS be only popular on consoles during the Goldeneye era.

However, that is not to say that shooters would be entirely absent on consoles. Enter Resident Evil 5 and 6. These games would have the mass appeal, and would fulfill the niche left behind by a lack of 3rd person shooters like Gears of War. In fact, Resident Evil 5 might be remembered as "The game that brought online shooters to the consoles." This would have some interesting effects, most notably due to the emphasis on cooperative play in that game.--Salnax (talk) 19:57, December 18, 2012 (UTC)