What will be the best selling franchise this generation?

[Oyvoyvoyv]

Pretty simple question really. This thread is relatively long, and most of it isn't needed to understand the point, so just skip it if you want to.

 

Okay, one thing.

Mario is split up

The series is split up into

Racers (Mario Kart Wii + DS)

Platformers (Galaxy, SM64DS, NSMB, SPM)

Sports (Sluggers, Charged, Hoops, M&S @ olympics)

Rest: March of the minis, MP8, Partners in time, MPDS

 

The Wii series is also split up, in a sense.

Wii Sports does only count Japanese sales. Wii Play, Wii Fit and Wii Music are counted.

Then, it is split into

Minigames = Wii Play + Wii Music

Sports = Wii Sports (Japan) + Wii Fit + Wii Sports Resort

 

 

Okay, so here's some background information. Note that the "expected lifetime" is only for the games in the series that are already released.

Mario Racers = 28.07M. Expected lifetime = ~ 50M

Mario Platformers = 32.98M. Expected lifetime = ~ 43M

Call of Duty = 24.36M. Expected lifetime = ~ 30M (remember, that's excluding later releases).

Grand Theft Auto = 20.01M. Expected lifetime = ~ 25M

Wii series minigames = 22.51M. No expected lifetime available

Wii series sports =  17.74M. No expected lifetime.

Brain series (Big Brain + Brain Train) =  39.72M. Expected lifetime = ~ 55M

Pokemon = 20.81M. Expected lifetime = ~ 35M

Nintendogs = 21.6M. Expected lifetime = ~ 30M.

Guitar Hero = 21.03M. Expected lifetime = ~ 28M

Final Fantasy: 10.01M. Expected lifetime = pointless, the big titles are yet to release.

 

Lego: Current sales 17.32M (These games have long, long legs. A Lego Harry Potter game will sell billions.)

Imagine: Current Sales 10.95 (People complain about Ubisoft shovel-ware, but these games sell to their intended demographic. Soon to be 6 million selling DS titles, and they are just getting started on the Wii.)

 

 

I won't make a conclusion, as that generally stops the entire thread (I will make one eventually).

Remember that the "Expected lifetime" is only an estimate, and only for the currently released titles.

 

Edit: Cannot believe I forgot Guitar Hero...