10 Facts About Gaming In 2016 That’ll Blow Your Mind

By Scott Tailford / September 17, 2016

8. The Best-Selling Genre And Game, Are Shooters And Call Of Duty: Black Ops III

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...because of course they are.

Yes, Shooters take up a whopping 24.5% of all video games purchased, with the far more vague 'Action' sitting at 22.9%. After those two behemoths, it's a pretty big drop down to 11.6% for RPGs, and again vague, but 'Adventure' netted 7.7%.

The worst-selling genre? That would be 'Compilations' at 0.8%, 'Casual' at 0.9% and 3.6% for 'Family Entertainment'.

Now we know precisely why Microsoft didn't insist on pushing the Kinect past its godawful launch window.

For Black Ops III, even despite the fact its fans deride the sci-fi focus Activision have pushed for the last two years, sales figures speak for themselves, as unless Infinite Warfare falls off completely, we'll have annual COD sequels until 2020.