We knew that Overwatch was yet another smashing success by Blizzard, but this is still a bit surprising.
The latest Weekly Famitsu issue (#1486) is out and it contains the results of a survey among readers. Even though Nintendo's Splatoon is very popular in the land of the Rising Sun, Overwatch was able to beat it to be crowned the best shooter of all time.
Interestingly, Ubisoft's Rainbow Six Siege was able to secure the third place even though its style is far more gritty and realistic than the first two. Admittedly, some of the games listed in the chart below cannot truly be considered shooters in the same way we think of the genre. For example, The Last of Us and Resident Evil 4 fall in our action/adventure category, which highlights that there is a difference in taste.
Still, perhaps it's not as large as we thought with the Top 3 games also being very popular in Western countries. It will be interesting to see whether Nintendo's Splatoon 2, due for release in July for the new Switch console, will be able to surpass Overwatch.
- Overwatch
- Splatoon
- Rainbow Six Siege
- Goldeneye 007
- Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair
- Massive Action Game (MAG)
- Battlefield 4
- Battlefield 1
- Alliance of Valiant Arms
- Titanfall 2
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
- Left 4 Dead 2
- Call of Duty: Black Ops
- The Last of Us
- Destiny
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III
- Biohazard (Resident Evil) 4
- Gears of War
- SIMPLE 200 Series Vol.81 The Earth Defense Force
- Doom (the original one)
What do you think of this chart? Let us know in the comments!
About the author: With over two decades of experience in gaming journalism, Alessio Palumbo has led the gaming vertical at Wccftech since August 2015. He started working at a young age for Italian websites like Everyeye.it, Gamestar.it, Nextgame.it, and Multiplayer.it before kickstarting the indie English-language publication Worlds Factory as its founder and Editor in Chief. In the last decade, he has coordinated the overall output of Wccftech's gaming section, managed PR relations, assigned reviews, produced daily news coverage, edited gaming content as needed, and delivered game reviews. Arguably, his trademark content is the long series of exclusive developer interviews that have been cited by Wikipedia and by the biggest news media and gaming publications. His passion for technology also makes him knowledgeable when it comes to gaming hardware and tech. His favorite genres include RPGs, MMORPGs, and action/adventure games.
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