Top 8 Game Franchises that have been Milked to dryness

Developers and Publishers find different ways to exploit the winning formula laid down by successful game franchises, and milking them to dryness in the process of money making.

These are Quite possibly the Top 8 Game Franchises that have been Milked to dryness.

[geniusgamerdoc]

Nintendo's POKEMON, Activision's GUITAR HERO and COD, and Capcom's STREET FIGHTER franchises definitely deserve Spots in the Countdown.

[Fylus]

Ugh do I really have to be the one to say it?

Dynasty Warriors.

[RaidensRising]

Street Fighter has been badly milked due to the length of time between current versions.

[Play2Win]

I still don't understand why people actually like HALO for example. I mean, even CoD offers much more quality in their games every year.

[myps4]

Call Of Duty and QUALITY should never be used in a Single Sentence.

[Play2Win]

CoD4 belongs to the best games I've ever played. CoD 1 and 2 were amazing on PC. MW2 and MW3 didn't exactly match them but they're are still pretty good games (on PC). For me it is quality.

[JackStraw]

Funny since they're consistently among the best-selling games yearly. Dumb pseudogamer trying to discredit a QUALITY franchise. Kill yourself, please.

[LoLZoRz]

they included Final Fantasy and not Mario?

every major FF has not been worse than good and each differs enough.

[Der_Kommandant]

All Activision and Capcom games

[geniusgamerdoc]

Absolutely right.

Nintendo Milks the characters and not the franchises!!!

[Rainstorm81]

How about Assassins Creed its been 3 in 3 years 4 in 4 years in one releases in 2012.

And the Halo franchise has been milked since Halo 3...that has also had a yearly release since Halo Wars / ODST released in the same year.

IMO games shouldnt have yearly releases, not enough can be improved upon in such a short period of time

[LAWSON72]

Halo yearly games are different its to update the game and add something new like odst added new things that halo needed but was overpriced and halo 1 remake was a great thing for reach because it needed maps bad and it help the game finally get updated since bungie left it out in the rain. If it is milked it ain't milked to dryness it is to keep the game fresh and be able to compete against there competition.

[Rainstorm81]

i can agree with that Halo isnt to the level of COD and after yearly AC...AC revolutions just felt stale and more of the same

[Hicken]

I think the author's not exactly clear on what milking a franchise means. At the start, he (likely a he) states that it's creating boatloads of sequels by using the fandom to get sales... and then he includes Prince of Persia, which has seen like seven games over more than fifteen years, with at least two of them being remakes of older games, and one being an HD collection. And he only mentions five of them, but brings up the annual Assassin's Creed at the end of that section, but does NOT say it's milked... yet.

He adds FF onto the list because it makes classics available? I guess he expects everybody to go out and pay $30 or more for a hard copy of games from two generations back. (He neglects to mention that IX and Tactics are also available for download, and that this is likely as much a Sony measure as a Square-Enix measure.)

At least he adds Pokemon and Call of Duty, but the lack of Mario- and the qualification of sports games as not counting because they update rosters and tweak some settings each year (which was a valid excuse in the past, but not so much anymore, with the advent of online connectivity for consoles)- which sees at least three releases a year is pretty glaring.

[xtremexx]

i like pokemon :P

[LAWSON72]

I know me two but only the ones by gamefreak.

[DJZed]

I hate that they do that. If they took their time and not release a game every year, they'd be better off. Assassin's Creed is going to suffer the same fate.

[myps4]

Sequels must Ideally be released once in every 2 or 3 years.Like Uncharted,Gears and Ratchet and clank.

[Menashe]

Call of Duty series needs a break. It will end up going the way of the Tony Hawk franchise.

[ThichQuangDuck]

How is pokemon the only nintendo character on here, when many of their characters are milked and they need to make something unique. Luigi's Mansion was a step in the right direction