Hey hey now, try picking up Pokemon again.Piejamas said:
It'll be addicting, there's a reason people keep buying.
The remakes are just what they are though, remakes.
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It'll be addicting, there's a reason people keep buying.
The remakes are just what they are though, remakes.
I read all the posts in this thread and we need to define how to chose "the most milked franchise".
Some could say that Mario and Zelda are the most milked one, but those games at least are almost always GREAT games. They always some different art style, mechanics, stories....
We have the CoD franchise which had 15 games, but all of them are pretty much the same game. They have little innovation between two titles..
Then there are those Fifa and Sims games. Those are games which have no innovation at all. Excluding the graphic improvement.
My definition of "milking a franchise" would be: "Trying to earn as much as possible from the franchise with as little as possible investments."
And according to my definition, Nintendo's main franchises aren't milked.
Zelda has 3-4 years between two titles. It has always a different story, different art style, some different mechanics, some innovation...
Mario is almost always a completely different game from the previous one (excluding some portable games). Galaxy and Galaxy 2 are "same" jet again a lot of fun. Other Mario games are usually completely different.
CoD was good up to the 4th title. After that it goes downwards. After the 4th title, that's called milking.
Fifa, Sims, Madan or what ever the name is, those are the most milked franchises. They have 10$ development costs between 2 titles, especially the Sims.
NOTE* Pokemon is NOT a Nintendo franchise. Yes, it's exclusive for Nintendo consoles, but it's Gamefreak who are developing the game, not Nintendo. It's like saying Uncharted is Sony's franchise.
Some could say that Mario and Zelda are the most milked one, but those games at least are almost always GREAT games. They always some different art style, mechanics, stories....
We have the CoD franchise which had 15 games, but all of them are pretty much the same game. They have little innovation between two titles..
Then there are those Fifa and Sims games. Those are games which have no innovation at all. Excluding the graphic improvement.
My definition of "milking a franchise" would be: "Trying to earn as much as possible from the franchise with as little as possible investments."
And according to my definition, Nintendo's main franchises aren't milked.
Zelda has 3-4 years between two titles. It has always a different story, different art style, some different mechanics, some innovation...
Mario is almost always a completely different game from the previous one (excluding some portable games). Galaxy and Galaxy 2 are "same" jet again a lot of fun. Other Mario games are usually completely different.
CoD was good up to the 4th title. After that it goes downwards. After the 4th title, that's called milking.
Fifa, Sims, Madan or what ever the name is, those are the most milked franchises. They have 10$ development costs between 2 titles, especially the Sims.
NOTE* Pokemon is NOT a Nintendo franchise. Yes, it's exclusive for Nintendo consoles, but it's Gamefreak who are developing the game, not Nintendo. It's like saying Uncharted is Sony's franchise.
The problem is: There are no new games as awesome as X-Wing Alliancebladeofdarkness said:
Just that Fart Unleashed crap..
James Bond.
23 video games and 22 movies, and the number is still quietly going up. That's leaving out the dozens of novels.
23 video games and 22 movies, and the number is still quietly going up. That's leaving out the dozens of novels.
besides the books that are actually relevant to the overall universe, the halo franchise has only sold out twice really, halo wars, which was ok. and halo legends that makes me cry.Vigormortis said:
i wouldnt personally say Halo is a milked franchise as much as a well made franchise.
the other two i fully agree.
also, avatar...if you have that many re releases in ONE YEAR you've gone from milking to whoreing.
seriously did no one else noticed it had 5 or 6 re releases in the span of one year?
seriously did no one else noticed it had 5 or 6 re releases in the span of one year?
personally, I think the star wars cow is dead. but that doesn't stop lucas from milking it for what it's worth somehow.
Even though I love almost all of them, Megaman is another license that just has been taken too far. I'm just waiting for "special-needs man" or something as equally ridiculous to come out as a robot master.
Even though I love almost all of them, Megaman is another license that just has been taken too far. I'm just waiting for "special-needs man" or something as equally ridiculous to come out as a robot master.
every god damn original Nintendo game thats right im looking at you sonic, mario, zelda, and metrioid
Mario has been going far too long. (as well as most Nintendo games)
Star Wars has had one too many spin offs.
CoD has made enough money from the same formula.
Halo should have ended at 3.
Star Wars has had one too many spin offs.
CoD has made enough money from the same formula.
Halo should have ended at 3.
Well yah, 1 main game a year though, in fact I wouldn't say it's milked just that it's a franchise. Star Wars on the other hand, well I'd say there were more Star Wars games per 4 years even before the Prequels were announced.Skopintsev said:
Well recently, but there were ALOT of flight simulators though, did you play Star Wars Jedi Starfighter? Yah it had a stupid name and the promotion on the cover was "Play as the starfighter from the movie!" which was pretty sad, but the gameplay was so well executed it's forgivable.warthoggunner said:
And yah Force Unleased just showed how far off the deep end Star Wars has gone, during the original trilogy force powers meant something, they were more symbolic of the character then just "Hurr I reached level 12 sith powers". Sure the action is cool but the Jedi has been completely thrown out as a way of life, just determines what force powers you get and what color lightsaber you have, when in the original trilogy it was all about testing your character to face their biggest fears and overcome their biggest challenges. In Force Unleased it isn't even about that stuff anymore, it's about being the most powerful you can be for no reason at all, just to kick ass. Of course to be fair originally Star Wars was entirely different like for example Darth Vader wasn't going to be a very important character just some imperial general, hell he wasn't even going to be Luke's father (not the final movie of course), on top of this Episode 5 was originally going to be called "Star Wars 2" but then they stated adding on the numbers.
Sonic Colors (released Nov 2010 on the Wii & DS) is apparently a really good game. The last good Sonic game I actually have played was Sonic Rush on the DS (it is from...2005 I think)kouriichi said:
Sonic isn't a Nintendo franchise, it's Sega's.strangemoose said:
Transformers. There's been about ten-thousand series, thousands more toys, hundreds of films, and oodles of comics/books. For every Beast Wars or War for Cybertron, there's ten Revenge of the Fallens.
A long-running franchise isn't necessarily being milked, by I think poor Mario gets abused by Nintendo, as does his old rival by Sega.
Also, as soon as they broke the "final" film into two parts, I gained the license to ***** about Harry Potter being milked. But I'd use my last breath to find something to ***** about, in regards to shitty teen angst tripe at least.
A long-running franchise isn't necessarily being milked, by I think poor Mario gets abused by Nintendo, as does his old rival by Sega.
Also, as soon as they broke the "final" film into two parts, I gained the license to ***** about Harry Potter being milked. But I'd use my last breath to find something to ***** about, in regards to shitty teen angst tripe at least.