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Originally posted by: mantidor
It looks like Im probably the only one who think that melee first person combat is a hideous idea, even with the remote.
Why so?
Even if I never enjoy the genre itself, it's a genre which can only be explored on the Rev and will likely earn the console a great deal of popularity with an audience which would otherwise ignore it completely and more Rev sales = good for everyone.
The PS2 won by being the console which had everything. RPGs, racing, sports, action, shooting, platforming, dancing, etc., etc. If you wanted the safest console to buy which would promise to have games you'd enjoy, the PS2 was
it.
If the Revolution can boast a library which ranges in genres and interests from Bob Roth's painting game all the way to violent FPHs (first-person hackers), then the Rev wins.
The goal is to give as many people as much reason as possible to buy your console, just like the DS which ranges from hardcore Nintendo franchises like Mario Kart, Zelda, Tetris and Metroid to "non-games" like Brain Training, English Teaching, Nintendogs and Electroplankton.
I completely understand not liking the idea, but every additional genre the Rev covers is one more reason for people to buy it and a genre likely to appeal to the hardcore "mature" crowd is a boon for the console because, when it boils down to it, all MS and Sony really have against Nintendo is the "mature" image which so many people shun Nintendo for lacking.
The more sales of the Rev, the more likely developers will feel safe in bringing the genres that YOU like over to it.