NJ5 on 28 April 2009
Why are so many posters mixing up characters with franchises? I believe the OP is referring solely to franchise games (i.e. Super Mario Galaxy is part of the Mario platforms franchise, Mario Kart Wii is another franchise, etc).
I think the Nintendo approach is better. It's much more exciting to play a game with significant upgrades every 3-5 years than the same game with minor upgrades every year or two. It can also kill software sales with people getting tired of spending money on very similar games.
Sony's development studios are too big for the PS3 anyway, perhaps they should shift a bit more to the Nintendo way of managing their franchises.
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