| Legend11 said: I always get a kick out of Nintendo fans and even Nintendo itself when they bash other systems and companies for releasing "endless sequels". Hello... Has anyone not heard of Mario, Zelda, and the sequel after sequel being released by Nintendo? How many Mario Party games are they up to now anyways 8 or 9? How many Pokemon games? 15? 16? Wait it's different because it's Nintendo? Bullsh*t! Just about every big game they have coming this Christmas is, yes you guessed it, a damn sequel. |
2 main reasons:
1) Nintendo doesn't completely rely on these old franchises, but every console generation they introduce new IP's as well as new games from their old trusty franchises.
2) Nintendo generally introduce something new with every iteration of their games keeping the same characters but with different gameplay machanics (with the exception of Twilight Princess and Pokemon).
Besides, Nintendo would have to be INSANE to stop making Mario/Zelda/Pokemon etc. These are guarunteed huge sellers.
Of course, I can't blame Square Enix, etc for releasing heaps of Final Fantasy games, since they will make a lot of money and sell lots of games. I CAN blame Sony for making a machine with prohibitavely expensive development costs, meaning companies can't take a risk making games for their system, and causing them to solely rely on old franchises.
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