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FPS video games don't make you better shooters in real life

A paper concluding that FPS video games may make players better shooters in real life was retracted after irregularities were discovered with the data set.

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Speed-Racer3033d ago

Well duh. Never heard of anyone making headshots on the range thanks to Duck Hunt.

Zerg3032d ago

I only have a mouse so I suk at shooting

KingPin3032d ago

why would it?
seriously, you dont feel any recoil whatsoever from the controller.

mechlord3032d ago

WOW !!!! you don't say!! and i was hoping all those Mass Effect hours were enough for me to become a top tier astronaut !!!!

windblowsagain3032d ago

Well considering the Moon landings were done on a sound stage. You could be an astronaut.

alexroy3032d ago

ii am only have mouse sometime like killing up myself

zodiac9093032d ago

Ofcouse not. If anything, in the case of COD, They teach you to run out in the open and get shot as soon an possible. ;)

kneon3032d ago

COD would also have you believe you can run around carrying a 30+ lb Browning as if it were a Nerf gun. I've held one and it's a beast of a gun, there is a very good reason why they have tripods.

Artemidorus3032d ago

No mouse or keyboard on the battlefield.

Inzo3032d ago

It doesnt? And I was really hoping to be next Olympic sharp shooting champion.

ion6663032d ago

Only if your a military drone pilot. Then it feels like a game.

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annoyedgamer3032d ago

duh, recoil ans triger discipline are alot different is real life.

njitram20003032d ago

Well, to be fair, today's shooters will train you better than Doom did back in the day.

NecotheSergal3032d ago (Edited 3032d ago )

Well, statistics do show that gamers have a much higher than average reaction time, hand-eye coordination, motor functions and ability to comprehend and react faster with things (like that FPS to Visual stimuli article that came up not long ago). So, we could claim otherwise with this. If you train a regular non-gamer with a gun, and you train a gamer at the same pace of the non-gamer with the gun? I'd want to see the combat statistics of accuracy/reload times.

While a gamer won't be inherently and magically become a gun expert thanks to a video game, the benefits of being a gamer will no doubt give gamers an edge vs non-gamers if given the right opportunity and training.

Bathyj3032d ago

I've been a gamer for over 35 years and I shoot pistols in IPSC competition. I have found the only thing that makes you better at shooting guns, is shooting guns. You know, practicing. Like every sport.

Shooting a real gun is nothing like maneuvering a crosshair on a TV screen with a thumbstick.

MecheSlays3032d ago

Of course. You can't quickscope irl. If you can your one strong human being

SonyWarrior3032d ago

fps games obviously wouldnt but the real question is would VR shooting gallarys make you better, id guess it does.

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Galaxy S25 to Integrate Advanced Google AI Features

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James Webb Space Telescope finds 'extremely red' supermassive black hole growing

The supermassive black hole is 40 million times as massive as the sun and powers a quasar that existed 700 million years after the Big Bang.

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