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QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH INTO FIRST PERSON SHOOTERS AND THERE AUDIENCE.
By Dominic O’Brien
Title Release Year Copies sold
Halo 2 2004 8 million[17]
Halo: Combat Evolved
2001 5 million[18]
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
2002 3 million[19][20][21]
Fable 2004 3 million[22]
Project Gotham Racing
2001 2.50 million[23]
Grand Theft Auto Double Pack
2003 1.70 million[21][24][25]
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
2003 1.58 million[24][25]
Counter-Strike 2004 1.50 million[26][27]
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
2005 1.46 million[24][28]
Need for Speed: Underground 2
2005 1.44 million[24][28]
Madden NFL 2005 2004 1.42 million[24]
Madden NFL 06 2005 1.41 million[24]
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One
2005 1.39 million[24]
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
2002 1.36 million[24]
ESPN NFL 2K5 2004 1.38 million[24]
Dead or Alive 3 2001 1.28 million[21][24]
Star Wars: Battlefront 2004 1.22 million[24][25]
Star Wars: Battlefront II
2005 1.13 million[24][25]
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
2001 1.13 million[21][24]
Need for Speed: Underground
2004 1.10 million[24][25]
Original XboxAccording to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_games
This graph shows the top grossing games for Xbox, by looking at this graph we can see First Person Shooters where quite popular there are 5 within the top 20, 2 of which are at the top grossing games.
Xbox 360 games which have sold or shipped three million copies
According to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_games
Title Total copies sold Release date Genre
Kinect Adventures
24 million
•NA November 4, 2010•EU November 10, 2010•AUS November 18, 2010
Sports game
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
14.23 million
•WW November 8, 2011•JP November 17, 2011 (Sub)•JP December 22, 2011 (Dub)
First-person shooter
Call of Duty: Black Ops
13.39 million
•WW November 9, 2010[30]
•JP November 18, 2010 (Sub)•JP December 16, 2010 (Dub)
First-person shooter
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
12.81 million
NA 20091110November 10, 2009PAL 20091110November 10, 2009
First-person shooter
Halo 3 11.54 million
•NA September 25, 2007•AUS September 25, 2007•EU September 26, 2007
First-person shooter
Grand Theft Auto IV
9.69 million•WW April 29, 2008•JP April 30, 2008
Action-adventure game
Halo: Reach 9.06 million
•WW September 14, 2010•JP September 15, 2010
First-person shooter
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
8.66 million
•NA November 5, 2007•AUS November 7, 2007•EU November 9, 2007
First-person shooter
This graph shows the increased popularity of First Person Shooter games over the years since the original Xbox as there are now 6 First Person Shooting in the top grossing list and are all within the top 8.
Top grossing PC Games
Game SalesSales breakdown (region)
SeriesRelease date
The Sims 2 20 million The SimsSeptember 14, 2004
The Sims 16 million The SimsFebruary 4, 2000
Half-Life 2 12 million Half-LifeNovember 16, 2004
StarCraft 11 million StarCraftMarch 31, 1998
Diablo III 10 million DiabloMay 15, 2012
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
10 millionThe Elder Scrolls
November 11, 2011
The Sims 3 10 million The Sims02 June 2009
Minecraft9.394 million
N/ANovember 18, 2011
Half-Life 9.3 million Half-LifeNovember 19, 1998
According to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_PC_video_games
Looking at this graph we can see that First Person Shooters are also somewhat popular on the PC.
Game Title SalesCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
12.04 million
Call of Duty: Black Ops 11.39 millionCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
9.95 million
Gran Turismo 5 9.19 millionGrand Theft Auto IV 9.18 millionCall of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
6.13 million
FIFA 12 5.98 millionMetal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
5.64 million
Top Grossing Play Station 3 GamesAccording to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_games
This graph also shows the popularity of First Person Shooters on the Play Station 3, as 4 out of the 8 top sellers are all First Person Shooter games.
If we look at all these graphs it suggests that FPS games are more popular on console then on PC.
Looking at these graphs it is safe to say that First Person Shooter Games are one of the highest grossing genre’s and have been for many years, from Halo 2 on the Original Xbox that sold 8 million copies, to Call of Duty: Black Ops that was released 6 years later on the Xbox 360 and sold 13.19 million copies. The graphs also show the demand for FPS games over a wide range of platforms, by looking at the top grossing games for Play Station 3, you can see all 3 of the top grossing games are First Person Shooters, this shows the steady rise of First Person Shooters as well as the demand for more such as new releases like Far Cry 3 which has sold 1.66 million units so far and has only been on sale for a few months.
Questionnaire
Questionnaire Results
Plays games?
Never Plays FPS
Sometimes Plays FPS
Always Plays FPS
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
GirlsBoys
10 to 12 13 to 15 16 to 18 19+0
5
10
15
20
25
FemaleMale
Audience Profiling.Top video game genres played offline in the last 30 days**:
% Composition comScore Index
Shooter 28.5% 376
Adventure 28.5% 312
Role Playing 17.9% 190
Strategy 17.3% 257
Fighting 15.9% 243
Top video game genres played online in the last 30 days**:
% Composition comScore Index
MMO 44.3% 726
Role Playing 34.9% 615
Shooter 34.6% 556
Fighting 8.2% 195
Looking at these two graphs from the Curse audience profile we can see that a vast majority of people play shooter games online and off be that First Person Shooters or not.
If we compare the ‘Curse’ graphs to the graphs taken from the questionnaire results we can see that Males between 16-24 are the primary audience for games.
Play
s gam
es?
Never
Plays
FPS
Som
etim
es P
lays
FPS
Alway
s Plays
FPS
0102030
GirlsBoys
10 to 12
13 to 15
16 to 18
19+0
5
10
15
20
25
FemaleMale
Role
Play
ing G
ames
MMO
3rd P
erso
n Shoo
ters
Puzz
le
Arcad
e0
1.5 12
1 1 1
Games currently playing (girls)
Games cur-rently playing (girls)
Role
Play
ing
Games
MMO
3rd
Pers
on S
hoot
ers
Puzz
le
Arcad
e
Racing
horror
0
10
20
30
1626
5697716
91444
Games currently playing (Male)
Games cur-rently playing (Male)
Comparing these two graphs suggest that males play a wider range of games to that of girls, we can also see that the most widely played game is the First Person Shooter.
To conclude, it would appear that First Person Shooter games are and have been one of the most played/top grossing game genre’s out there.My game shall be aimed at 16-24 year old males as this appears to be the group that play these types of games most frequently.
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