The Xbox 360 has a reputation for being a console only for shooter fans. Turns out the perception and the reality are quite different. FPS Source gathered the statistics and X3F provided a pie chart. Originally taking what FPS Source considers the console's current 137 title library, they discovered the FPS genre makes up only 11% of the 360's library and the Third Person Shooter genre just 6%, with the most common genres being sports and action/adventure titles.
Since these stats were released many people have voiced their different opinions on the subject. There have been a few updates, and some compromise including a new chart, using scores from Metatcritic, showing that 22% of the quality games are shooters. Some criticized the statistics reasoning that sports games, like Madden, should not be counted as multiple titles because they are just the same game with a different number every year. However, no matter how you slice it, shooters are merely one facet of the Xbox 360's varied gaming library. With games like Blue Dragon, Mass Effect and the ethereal Eternal Sonata, hopefully gamer's perceptions will start to more closely resemble the reality that the Xbox 360 is a lot more than just shooters.
