Who has the most milked franchises?

Out of Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo, who has the most milked franchises? Notice how you can name other platforms of their franchises if a franchise is on more than one of a Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo. Fanboys can insert their arguments....now.

nintendo easily.... that has to be at least over 20 marios/zeldas/pokemons out there..campzor

Which were released over the course of 25 years. Then again, why does anyone care? Nothing wrong with milking as long as the stuff coming out has consistent quality and good quality. Quantity+Quality>Quality>Quantity

Ubisoft? (9 assassin creed games within 5 year period)

Pretty sure there is a Mario game in every genre ever created.

[QUOTE="campzor"]nintendo easily.... that has to be at least over 20 marios/zeldas/pokemons out there..Link3301

Which were released over the course of 25 years. Then again, why does anyone care? Nothing wrong with milking as long as the stuff coming out has consistent quality and good quality. Quantity+Quality>Quality>Quantity

Pretty sure there is a Mario game in every genre ever created.

Fizzman

but alot of them are good and unique, the main series though is consistently amongst the greatest games of that generation(galaxy 1 and 2).

i would say call of duty, every year has pretty much been a map pack, and then theres 60+ dollars worth of DLC each year as well.

Nintendo. I'm not saying their games are bad, but there are a lot of Marios(so many Marios!) and Pokemans out there.

The seemingly natural response would be to say nintendo since they still reuse franchises from over 20 years ago, however, even this late in the game Nintendo has produced 2 original high quality exclusive games for fans on the wii to play OTHER than those main franchises...thus the most guilty culprit falls to MS.

it's quite simple logic. A franchise is only truly milked when the a company doesn't provide the option of any other high quality game on that system.

Nintendo has shown that they are willing to spread out more than MS and provide other high quality options other than their main brands. MS on the other hand, fully fulfills the role of milking their franchises to their utmost ability.

In short MS.

ubisoft (seriously another ******ing assassin's creed)lawlessx

[QUOTE="lawlessx"]ubisoft (seriously another ******ing assassin's creed)IAmNot_fun

Accidentially voted for MS, meant to go Nintendo.

They need new IPs BAAAAAAAAAAAAAD

LOL..at that PC choice..so true haha

What's "milking" exactly. Do we slap the term for any game franchise that has many entries regardless of long history, excellent quality or innovative improvements, or specific game franchises that fails to change itself and do the same thing over and over and over again?IAmNot_fun

no, at least I don't.

My definition:

"A franchise is only truly milked when the a company doesn't provide the option of any other high quality games on that system."

this basically forces all consumer to wait and buy that one big game because the producers of the console didn't put any effort into making any other games...doin this over and over again year after year is what I consider milkage.

Activision.

And no not because of COD, but because they released over 15 Guitar Hero games in a 2 years Period.

If that's not milking, i don't know what it is.

Of the list: Nintendo without a doubt.

Activision.

And no not because of COD, but because they released over 15 Guitar Hero games in a 2 years Period.

If that's not milking, i don't know what it is.

Of the list: Nintendo without a doubt.

csftar

the problem with naming an independent company is that they can't hold any individual system ransom for not buying their game (there are many other good multiplatfom games to play from other companies if they wish). Is cod milked? sure but it doesn't affect any individual owner of any specific system in the least.

I've never bought a single COD game and was fine because there are other good multiplat games games available to play n I don't even like FPS games that much...no worry, there are different mutiplats, in different genres, from different companies if I like.

The situation is entirely different when it comes to parent companies producing high quality gaming experiences exclusive to that console. If that parent company only produces 1 good game in a year (besides the multiplats) there are no other options to have a good gaming experience on that console besides that game.

They don't call it the Milkbox 360 for no reason.

They don't call it the Milkbox 360 for no reason.

arkephonic

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They don't call it the Milkbox 360 for no reason.

campzor

Yeah, it might be. The 360 makes sense though, considering the console runs at a minimum of 360 degrees.

Pretty sure there is a Mario game in every genre ever created.

Fizzman

Nintendo obviously.

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Pretty sure there is a Mario game in every genre ever created.

FireSpirit117

[QUOTE="Fizzman"]

Pretty sure there is a Mario game in every genre ever created.

FireSpirit117

shhhhhh....nintendo might be reading their needing a new ip idea for wii u lol

Nintendo, Sony, or Microsoft? Forget them. It couldn't be more obvious that EA and Activision have the most-milked franchises out there today.

Accidentially voted for MS, meant to go Nintendo.

They need new IPs BAAAAAAAAAAAAAD

Masenkoe

See how that works?

PC, I mean how many awesome RTS's can I possibly play before the next one is out?

Nintendo.. mario has like 200 games in his name alone..

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Accidentially voted for MS, meant to go Nintendo.

They need new IPs BAAAAAAAAAAAAAD

nintendoboy16

See how that works?

Didn't pikmin sell over a million? Let's face it, it's not a matter of being ignored, nintendo only deems a franchise sucessful if it can pull 3 million +

They don't call it the Milkbox 360 for no reason.

arkephonic

Yeah, they do call it that for no reason.

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[QUOTE="Masenkoe"]

Accidentially voted for MS, meant to go Nintendo.

They need new IPs BAAAAAAAAAAAAAD

GD1551

See how that works?

Didn't pikmin sell over a million? Let's face it, it's not a matter of being ignored, nintendo only deems a franchise sucessful if it can pull 3 million +

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[QUOTE="Masenkoe"]

Accidentially voted for MS, meant to go Nintendo.

They need new IPs BAAAAAAAAAAAAAD

GD1551

See how that works?

Didn't pikmin sell over a million? Let's face it, it's not a matter of being ignored, nintendo only deems a franchise sucessful if it can pull 3 million +

Microsoft. Nintendo releases a lot of different games and only a few Mario games per gen, well a few in the main series, a few as a spin off. Microsoft relies on a few titles over and over again to keep the fanbase happy.

Microsoft. Nintendo releases a lot of different games and only a few Mario games per gen, well a few in the main series, a few as a spin off. Microsoft relies on a few titles over and over again to keep the fanbase happy.

sailor232

Microsoft has published more new IP's this gen than Cheaptendo.

Would they even bother with a Pikmin 2 if they thought a million was bad for their standard? They had games that sold under 300,000 units and don't bother with them after that. If that was true, could you blame them? When you have several franchises that sell that high, you're going to have expectations as high as that. And yes, it still IS a matter of being ignored for most IP's.nintendoboy16

How can you expect a new IP to sell like zelda and mario.. that's beyond ridiculous and if that's the case they are worse than Activision or EA.

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Would they even bother with a Pikmin 2 if they thought a million was bad for their standard? They had games that sold under 300,000 units and don't bother with them after that. If that was true, could you blame them? When you have several franchises that sell that high, you're going to have expectations as high as that. And yes, it still IS a matter of being ignored for most IP's.GD1551

How can you expect a new IP to sell like zelda and mario.. that's beyond ridiculous and if that's the case they are worse than Activision or EA.

Besides, I didn't really say it was their standard because I already said that 1 million was enough for Nintendo to actually make a sequel to Pikmin. It was in "if" situation.

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[QUOTE="nintendoboy16"]

Would they even bother with a Pikmin 2 if they thought a million was bad for their standard? They had games that sold under 300,000 units and don't bother with them after that. If that was true, could you blame them? When you have several franchises that sell that high, you're going to have expectations as high as that. And yes, it still IS a matter of being ignored for most IP's.nintendoboy16

How can you expect a new IP to sell like zelda and mario.. that's beyond ridiculous and if that's the case they are worse than Activision or EA.

Besides, I didn't really say it was their standard because I already said that 1 million was enough for Nintendo to actually make a sequel to Pikmin. It was in "if" situation.

Well the only new IP that sold that much from sony was uncharted. I don't think Resistance, heavy rain, KZ or infamous sold 3 mil + and the only one from MS was gears of war.

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[QUOTE="GD1551"]

How can you expect a new IP to sell like zelda and mario.. that's beyond ridiculous and if that's the case they are worse than Activision or EA.

GD1551

Besides, I didn't really say it was their standard because I already said that 1 million was enough for Nintendo to actually make a sequel to Pikmin. It was in "if" situation.

Well the only new IP that sold that much from sony was uncharted. I don't think Resistance, heavy rain, KZ or infamous sold 3 mil + and the only one from MS was gears of war.

Nintendo. Who else would get away with releasing two of the same game at one time (Pokemon)?

Nintendo. Who else would get away with releasing two of the same game at one time (Pokemon)?

Vari3ty

EDIT: oh and if you think you're supposed to get both versions, get a life, find some friends, and stay away from here.

why wouldn't nintendo milk pokemon

the pokemon series combined has outsold

call of duty + halo + gears of war combined

it's the biggest franchise ever

When it comes to milking, Nintendo by far, but you can't say that the games suck. Nintendo milks their franchises right. The vast majority of games are all somewhat unique and have tight controls and great gameplay. A few series have been destroyed, like Star Fox (shamefully) and Mario Party (also shamefully), but Mario and Zelda have just been one great game after another.