In baroque art period, there actually existed an hierarchy of genres.
The Hierarchy of Game styles
I gathered some information online and made this ranking chart for video games and computer games. (http://www.theesa.com/facts/pdfs/esa_ef_2013.pdf)
These are the ranking based on the quantities of selling the game copies. We can see there is a huge difference in between. Because the video game console and PC has totally different
control system. For example, it is very hard to play strategy game on console but so much easier to control on PC.
Below, I explained most played genres of games to help you understand what kind of game are we talking about.
RPG (Role Playing Game)- player plays a role in game and explore the world in game. Players can gather items to enhance the role they play.
FPS (First Person Shooting) – First person shooter game is always exciting, it allows player to feel the battle in first person view.
Strategy Game – Strategy game focuses on letting player to come up a tactical strategy to defeat the enemy as a commander.
Action Game – Action game is selling its flow of actions, so the animation of the characters have to be strong and awesome to give audience the coziness of battle action.
Casual Game – These are the games for those who are not very into games and usually are relatively simple but still fun to play.
Adventure – It is game that you can control a character and adventuring in the game world. It is similar to RPG game but less complicated.
Who plays the game?
“2013 Sale, Demographic and Usage Data: Essential Facts About the Computer and Video Game Industry.” http://www.theesa.com/facts/pdfs/esa_ef_2013.pdf
Citations
“2013 Sale, Demographic and Usage Data: Essential Facts About the Computer and Video Game Industry.” http://www.theesa.com/facts/pdfs/esa_ef_2013.pdf (Accessed Feb 21, 2014)
Danny Li 