Urban-Themed Video Games 'Basically Dead'?

simoniker writes "Midway CMO Steve Allison has been talking about why he thinks the urban game genre isn't worth entering, suggesting of the cancelled Snoop Dogg/John Singleton collaboration Fear & Respect, which was in development at Midway: 'We killed Fear and Respect... because we have enough data-points to know the hood thing is basically dead. It would be dead before it came out. And you don't want to come out on a dead vibe.' Do people really not care about GTA-style urban shooters any more?"

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New Ideas

[mrxak]

Gee, are they saying that they're actually going to try a new game genre? Here's an idea for a new one, WWII shooters!

Let me be the first to say:

[Cadallin]

Thank fucking god! "Urban Culture" is pathetic bullshit to begin with. Games based on it are just sad beyond belief. They're blatant attempts to cash in on "hip." Let's get back to the proper business of killing orcs and zombies.

Re:The next big theme should be

[bunions]

I'm still amazed there's not a Pirates v Ninjas v Zombies v Robots MMOG.