It will be interesting to know the most popular franchises amongst vgchartz users and how diverse each persons selection is or it could be that all your top 10 involve shooting someone in the head lol. Personally i found it extremely difficult to wittle my list down to just ten, there wasn't enough room for some of my all time favouries like halo, gta, tomb raider, bioshock, fable, silent hill, tales of, shenmue, starfox, mario kart and smash bros. Any way heres my list.
1. Zelda
2. Metroid
3. Mario 3D
4. Elder scrolls
5. Metal gear solid
6. Uncharted
7. F-zero
8. Gears of war
9. Final fantasy
10. Resident evil