With the success of franchises like Call of Duty, Halo and Killzone over the past ten years some may believe that first-person shooters may be peaking and will fall to the wayside. Not so according to Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter.

The downside to this success is that everyone wants to make the next Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and sell 20 million copies. "Trust me. You are going to see tons and tons and tons of game chasing that," says Pachter on his weekly Pach-Attack! show. This is why we probably see over a dozen games in the first-person shooter genre lined up between now and the end of next Spring. Throw in third-person shooters and that number grows to nearly 30.

Clearly not all of these games will be able to duplicate the success of Call of Duty but its clear that publishers and developers are pushing shooters forward with genre blending games like Borderlands, Deus Ex: Revolution and Rage while also creating cinematic experiences with Call of Duty and Killzone 3 and giant customizeable sandboxes with Halo: Reach.

"The winning genre for, I'd say, at least the next five years. First. Person. Shooter," concludes Pachter.

Analyst: First-person shooters to remain dominant games genre