What popular games and franchises stump you as to why they are popular?

[Kantor]

Twistedpixel said:

Kantor said:

Notorius.A.i.G said:
COD Series.

I'll do as the OP asks

CoD is popular because it gets a ton of advertising, and it's really very well-made. FPS is a popular genre on consoles nowadays, thanks mostly to Halo (though, of course, part of the credit lies with Goldeneye 007 and Perfect Dark). So, with millions of dollars of advertising, Activision managed to make "Call of Duty" synonymous with "first-person shooter". The first sold almost purely on word of mouth because it was so fantastic, the second built on that and tried to reach out to an even wider audience.

Its also one of the easiest FPS games to control for the average punter. They may not understand why, but 60FPS really does help make a game 'feel' smoother and easier to play. A hardcore gamer has more tolerance to adapt to more difficult control configurations which is why this factor goes over their heads. Another genre where control is of the utmost importance is racing games and they are all 60FPS and rock solid at that.

Kantor, can we be friends? You can be like my hero and I can worship you.

It's always nice to have a worshipper. I think axumblade was mine, once, but he quit