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Is your favorite franchise in a period of growth or decline?

My favorite franchise is in growth. 40 44.94%
 
My favorite franchise is in decline. 38 42.70%
 
My favorite franchise is ... 11 12.36%
 
Total:89
KingofTrolls on 25 March 2016

Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm - decline as hell, they are more like big DLCs to previous one.. UNS Generations was the last one I bough, could not force myself to buy next ones...



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Keybladewielder on 25 March 2016

My favorites are Kingdom Hearts tied with Zelda. It's very difficult to say if the KH series is on a decline, while KH2 sold less than KH1 I think that has more to do with it releasing near the end of the PS2 life and I don't think the handheld games are a good reference since their lower sales could be because people see them as spin-offs (though they really aren't) since they don't have a number in their name like KH1 and KH2.It's also difficult to say if KH3 will sell more or less than KH2 because it's been 10 years since KH2 and the market has changed since then but I can see KH3 being bigger than KH2, especially if it includes big newer Disney properties like Frozen, Tangled (confirmed), Big Hero 6 (this is confirmed too),etc. Regarding Zelda I think the series has more or less remained stable and I think Zelda U will sell more than SS if it's on NX and if the NX is successful.



Rogerioandrade on 28 March 2016
JRPGfan said:
Rogerioandrade said:
To tell you the truth, I´m not sure...... because my favourite franchise now is Shin Megami Tensei, which is kind of "niche", it´s not mainstream, at least in the West.

^ this.

I voted in growth though.

Believe! Persona 5 will grow it.

Yep! I believe! hahaha. 

I´ve been enjoying a lot the latest installments of SMT games on the 3ds and I hope that both Tokyo Mirage Sessions and Persona 5 achieve good sales in the West.

Fingers crossed for a SMTIVFinal release in the West soon, too!



Mike_L on 04 July 2016

OP updated with life time projections for the games below.

However, projections for these games are based on how they faired in their 1st month compared to how their preceding installment faired in its 1st month. The projections will be updated when we have 1st year numbers.

 

Game

First week sales

First year sales

Life to date sales

Projected lifetime sales
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End 2.20 (1st month +42%) 2.98 (6.82*1.42 =) 9.68
DOOM (2016) 0.65 (1st month +341%) 1.28 4.81
Ratchet & Clank (2016) 0.20 (1st month +186%) 0.87 2.00
Dark Souls III 0.42 (1st month -1%) 1.71 2.65
Street Fighter V 0.44 (1st month -63%) 0.70 2.64
Dirt: Rally 0.18 (1st month -23%) 0.38 1.51


Barkley on 04 July 2016

Ratchet & Clank is my favourite probably, and it looks like it's definitely in a period of growth.



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NobleTeam360 on 04 July 2016

Um, hard to say with Final Fantasy.



Mr_No on 04 July 2016

Ratchet & Clank, Grand Theft Auto, Uncharted, Metal Gear Solid and Fallout are all on growth. Assassin's Creed and Resident Evil are declining, which is pretty obvious why it has happened.



the_dark_lewd on 04 July 2016

Well at the moment:

3D Mario : fairly steady

Xenoblade: fairly steady but far too low for its quality

Zelda: fairly steady.



Qwark on 04 July 2016

Uncharted it is in the lift, but unfortunately no sequel will be made by ND :(



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