Are first person shooters essentailly a console genre now?

I can kinda get with you on point B, but ignore this year's best system at your own peril.

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Pc Shooters > Console Shooters so id say no

No.

#1. Currently the competitive FPS scene is nearly exclusive on PC. That scene is a joke on consoles, and practically dead.

#2. The currently 3 most played FPS on the planet are best on PC. Most if not all shooters are best on PC. (Ghosts, BF4, and soon TitanFall are all factually superior on PC)

#3. PC currently has exponentially superior FPS controls.

That says ALOT. Especially #1.

I don't know where I said I ignored the PC?

duke nukem 3d is still on pc

so pc>consoles

Joke question?

Haha, so much bitter :P

I guess its appropriate that I like both though (JRPGS is getting to be less though due to constant bullshit stories)

It is still ludicrous to play fps on consoles, no k/m, small fov, aim assist, acceleration crap, 30fps.

No wonder why COD's are the most popular fps on consoles, it have just one ingredient(60fps) of the 5 ingredient of success.

Heck no.

They're a console genre in that their mechanics are now dumbed down exclusively in an effort to make them fully functional on a dual analog controller.

Even if they function "better" on a PC, they're still just watered down garbage because they have to work on a console controller in order to maximize profits. The popularization of the genre on consoles has taken a large toll on the quality of the genre as a whole.

I remember playing the old school Doom's on the 32X. I've played shooters and every genre on a Console/handheld for as long as I can remember. I think the only real shooter I enjoyed that wasn't on Consoles was UT2k4.

as ludicrous as playing Street Fighter on PC right? But hermits will swear that it doesn't get in their way.

Better reserve judgement on MMOs for the time being. MMOs have paywalls and log in screens, which were not the norm for consoles. I see that changing in the future. Black Flag on consoles already has that stupid U-play log in screen. I don't see it taking much for MMOs being brought to consoles.

1. Left 4 Dead 2
2. Team Fortress 2
3. Counter Strike: GO
4. Counter Strike
5. G-Mod
6. and Day-Z (I believe you can still go first person in this game)

Are on Steam's Top 10 right now.

So to answer your question. No.

naivete controller support for PC say hi...

Nah. Consoles still have little memory (they're decent now, but in couple years? nah) and controls that aren't suited for MMOs. Not to mention consoles are concentrated in few countries, while MMOs are more of a global thing. Another problem is that you have short time to launch truly successful console MMO, in couple first years tops, in later years it becomes much harder to make money off i.

I can see MMOs becoming more popular on consoles, but PCs have better chances of dominating fighters than consoles have of doing the same to MMOs.

I could see how you could say that cod is a console game but to say that the fps genre is for consoles well you went to far with that one.

The only difference between playing a fighting game on PC vs. playing on a console is how you start up the game.

Microsoft's XBOX controllers are compatible with Microsoft's Windows Operating System. Imagine that.

They aren't either. They are arcade.

A: The 3DS handheld has arguably been the best console this year.

B: The RPG genre has been mostly dominated by JRPG's this year.

lowest common denominator has ruined what used to be an amazing genre.

totally ruined? No, but it hurts when I say Quake and hear "oh like call of duty"

Bad FPS with terrible controls are certainly a console genre now. Fortunately, the PC still gets lots of good ones every year.

So your argument is that the popularity of a genre on multiple platforms (consoles) is greater than that of the genre on one platform and thus the genre is now "primarily the domain of console gaming."

Your threads are so stupid.

Halo came out years ago so mentioning that then talking about how sales skyrocketed past what FPS sales on the PC were doing (even if it were accurate) is not "now", it's past. Way past. So you're contradicting your own context.

Don't forget lead platform. Consoles are lead platform, not pc's. Thumbsticks, xbox360 controller comes first e.t.c...

1. the only competition is getting you to bathe.

2. you are also the smelliest on the planet

3. you have exponentially smelly pits

A: Arguably is a qualifier to point out that this is a point that can be argued pretty extensively, and yes I would argue the 3DS? wasn't really the best platform in 2013.

B: That's fantastic, there were a bunch more jrpgs this year. That doesn't necessarily mean they were all good, enjoyable, entertaining to me now does it? exactly.

A: I know you already said PC, which is why I said "best console". The 3DS had more high-quality exclusives this year than the home consoles.

B: The point is that the best RPG's this year have been JRPG's, but as the saying usually goes, "your mileage may vary."

FPS on consoles are still scoffed at...