DICE - FPS Genre Getting Stale

Speaking the Edge Online, DICE General Manager Karl Magnus Troedsson claims that the FPS genre is stagnating. "If they(FPS gamers) don't see some kind of new, if not revolutionary then at least evolutionary, step of rendering in every game they will start to lose interest. And I think that is what's happening. Because a lot of franchises out there don't take this seriously; to actually make sure that we don't just challenge ourselves on the gameplay aspect, or perhaps some other area like distribution method, but also how it [feels], how it looks and how it sounds." he said. And guess what franchises is he talking about.

He further adds "I think we're going to start seeing people moving away from the modern setting, because every now and again settings or themes start to get stale and then everyone jumps over,". Also this: "But it's a bit cheap to just say, 'Okay, we're going to switch and go back in time or into the future and that will be innovation'. It will definitely drive the franchise forward for whatever game, but it's not true innovation, it's more a thematic change that has a perceived value to the gamers out there.", clear as a day what he's referring to here. I think it's a point we gamers have known and many reviewers and commentators have stated the modern military FPS is just getting way too stale and needs some sort of revolution. I don't think any development studio has the answer though to how this genre can evolve and DICE's focus on technology might be... mind blowing at first, but graphical innovations aren't going to help when there is a tonne of generic modern FPS. What do you think? Are FPS gamers happy with just technical innovation? Or do we need more?

Source: Edge Online