News Modern Warfare 2 has third-person view

Or NFS:Carbon

It seems like an interesting way to be able to watch yourself teabag somebody but as for any advantage it may give to gameplay, I see none.

Gimmicks covering up a subpar product

 

My brain hurts.....

 

As other have pointed out already, the FP in FPS does not stand for 'Fird Person'. This type of feature is not automatically built in but hidden. It specifically need to be developed - which takes time away from more worthwhile pursuits such as, taking a random example, a modding platform and proper dedicated server support.

A bit melodramatic but we take your point. Just think of all the technological advances in today's road cars - many of them are directly attributable to Formula 1. Without PCs, there is no hardware arms race - console developers can ease of and simply regurgitate the same stuff on the same hardware. There will be little aspiration for improvement.

 

Does this Third Person is also available in Single Player ?