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I don't agree with the OP. Just look at the past few months. How many FPS games were released? Four, five? The only notable ones that I can remember are MAG, Aliens vs Predator, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, and Metro 2033.

On the other hand, 2010 has already seen the release of Bayonetta, Mass Effect 2, Napoleon: Total War, Heavy Rain, Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising, Supreme Commander 2, Dragon Age Origins: Awakening, Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Final Fantasy XIII, God of War III, Splinter Cell: Conviction, and more.

dgsag

And that doesn't even include Tactical Intervention (spiritual sequel to Counter Strike) or Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead (standalone expansion) or the many other third-person shooters coming out. (still pew pew)

Yes, lets put everything with guns under the genre of FPS. How narrow-minded can one be? :roll:

You listed ten FPS games for this entire year. I've already listed fifteen non-FPS games (in my edited post) from the past four months.

But games aren't divided into fps' and non-fps.

I'm not arguing with you, just a quick cheeky comment

What I suspect has been more of a catalyst for this phenomenon (if it actually exists) than superior technology is the increased popularity of online multiplayer, which as I understand it, wasn't nearly as big in the last generation (halo 2 notwithstanding). I wouldnt be at all surprised if developers put more of an emphasis on multiplayer than campaigns.

I play shooters online a little (they certainly aren't my favourite genre, action/adventure or jrpgs are, ie. my two favourite franchises are Zelda and Final Fantasy), but I do get nostalgic for the old days whre multiplayer was split screen, with bots and the like. I remember playing james bond games with friends and my brother for ages like this :P

Just out of interest, how long as aiming down the sights been part of shooters? COD was the first series I played with this feature, though i've never been a gaming fanatic, and played nothing between 2005-2009.

Hi all =)

Does anyone know a good place/site to buy good pc monitors at a good price? My current monitor (1680 x 1050, 20inch, LCD) would be perfect but for the fact that it only has a VGA slot, and no DVI port. I'd like to sell it, does anyone know a company that would accept used models (less than a year old), or is ebay my best bet?

Thanks alot everyone who's taken the time to reply :) I'll take a little while now to investigate the possibilities, and I might post again if I have any queries. Thanks agian =)

NB: my monitor does not have a DVI port.

wait, im confused here. I'm guessing you don't care about HD considering you were using vga on your 360. So am I right in guessing that you're using the av connection on the ps3 and not the hdmi. because vga to hdmi isn't possible is it? analogue to digital screams disaster!tirralirra

That's not really true, I'd like it to look as good as it would on a HD screen. The graphics when I play the xbox on my monitor look great (certainly not less than HD), this may be bacause it was a VGA HD cable (I can't remember, and i discarded the packaging), or it may be down to my monitor itself.

Scrap that, just saw you used a £ sign instead of $ sign. In that case go to www.mrmodchips.com and search ps3 vga. The cable is £19.99. It's what I use to run my ps3 AND wiii on my pc monitor.

rgallard

Thanks, that sounds ideal.

I searched PS3 VGA on that site, and I saw two cables (one in HD). Is there any reason not to simply get the HD version?

Also, I've read a few reviews on amazon for that cable, and several people seem to have issues with it, such as poor quality, sound etc. Is this something you've noticed in your experience?

UK

I might be wrong so maybe someone else can chime in, I believe you will need a monitor that has a DVI port that is HDCP compliant. Then you can just get a HDMI to DVI cableEmperorSupreme

Ahh thanks, but that's no good, I'd much rather stay with the monitor I have :S