Franchises That Became Popular/Mainstream/etc This Generation? (compared to the past)

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ArchangelMadzz on 08 April 2016

Ka-pi96 said:

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No one cared about final fantasy last gen even if it was popular in previous gens. Metal gear solid you could also say as well.

Wut? A LOT of people cared about Final Fantasy last gen. FF13 had a tonne of hype and sold incredibly well, think it's in the top 5 best selling FF games even. MGS too was very well liked last gen. MGS 4 had a great reception on PS3.

The reception for it really wasn't great once it came out.

Also I was mainly referring to what the Metal Gear franchise became after MGS4.

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zorg1000 on 08 April 2016

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The Witcher, Fire Emblem, Animal Crossing (with New Leaf reaching the 10m and all the other spinoffs), Persona...

Animal Crossing on DS did over 10 million as well.

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gintama on 08 April 2016

tom clancy's games , with R6 , the division and the upcoming ghost recon ; tom clancy's games are in the rise . i hope a splinter cell one is in the work

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Platina on 08 April 2016

Fire Emblem is the one I can think of off the top of my head

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Chazore on 08 April 2016

I'd go with Splatoon, Rocket League, Animal Crossing, Dark Souls.

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Mike321 on 08 April 2016

Fire Emblem and Rocket League.

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Maraccuda on 08 April 2016

Fire Emblem no question.
Persona..... nah. Still about the same level of mainstream appreciation as Persona 4.
While Animal Crossing has always sold well it feels more mainstream with all the recent iterations/spin offs/merchandise.
Dark Souls definitely is mainstream now.
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DolPhanTendo on 08 April 2016

Splatoon because there will be a 2nd one

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Ka-pi96 said:

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That was before they found out how terrible the blasted game was >_<

Yeah, but it was still popular at some point during the 7th gen

Plus all the re-releases of the older games sold well. Pretty sure the PS1 games when re-released on PS3 were at or near the top of the PSN charts for a long long time, as well as doing very well with the Steam releases.

Oh, you mean the whole FF series? I feel like it's hard to read how FF did last gen. It certain didn't seem as big and loud as it was before. It seemed like it was just kind of there, going through an awkward phase during 7th gen.

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That was before they found out how terrible the blasted game was >_<

I share similar sentiments towards FF13 with the knee jerk reactions, but with all due accuracy it wasn't a bad game by any means. It was just a bad FF game and FF games demand excellence at minimum to be considered a good FF game. No exceptions considering the bar it raised between FF6-10.

I can't even say it was a good game at all. From my experience with it, it was a terribly designed game that was just a mess. Pretty much everything about it was done poorly, from the story to the characters to even the battle system. It was a game that had almost nothing good going for it, except good visuals and a good soundtrack.