I love TBS but it would be accurate to say that it is a very niche genre now. Look at the top tier TBS games in the past, many of the franchises have fallen. X-com's next iteration will be a FPS. Front Mission is now a FPS. Master of Orion has no sequel in place and I would argue that it's spiritual successor is Sins of the Solar Empire a RTS.
Many other TBS franchises have gone in hibernation like Master of Magic/Orion.
Even the active TBS series like King's Bounty, Heroes of Might and Magic and Disciples, Fire Emblem Disgaia and even arguably Advanced Wars don't see large install bases compared to FPS or RTS.
With the sole exception of Civilization, TBS don't really have a large target audience anymore. Oh how I miss the 1990s.
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10-30-2010, 10:13 PM
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