roadkillers said:
No. How about Mario, Zelda, Metriod, Gran Turismo, Duke Nukem, Doom, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, Resident Evil, Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and many others? They have withstood the test of time. Im sure GTA, Halo, Gears of War, Kingdom Hearts, and many others can too. |
Mario - Stays fresh because it is continuously reinvented
Zelda - Not as fresh as Mario but persists due to the same principal. If the next Zelda doesn't drop some jaws we can count this on the same endangered list as Star Fox.
Metroid - Metroid has never been a terribly successful franchise in terms of sales and has had its share of stumbles. While a gem, it's perhaps one of Nintendo's least impressive franchises when it comes to performance.
Gran Turismo - Is a declining franchise with declining sales. Face it GT3 was the peak, its only downhill in sales from here no matter how good or beautiful the game is. Don't get me wrong, there is a great deal of room for optimism for this franchise, but the PS3 has yet to wow us with any of its exclusives and don't expect sales from this that will compare to GT4.
Duke Nukem - You're kidding right?
Doom - Yes because Doom 3 wasn't a lingering lesson in an old codger trying to live up to its former days of glory in an age of games where such an archatypical FPS struggles to even raise its head above the crowd. Face it, Doom, while a legendary franchise is in this modern day of gaming about as fresh as Pacman.
Mortal Kombat - Okay, now I'm seriously wondering if you're not just being sarcastic
Street Fighter - It's hardly the success it used to be and while its not quite stale yet, it's getting pretty damn chewy.
Resident Evil - Resident Evil is younger than most franchises you've listed and can be argued to be still in its prime but let's face it we'll probably never see another one anywhere near as good as RE4.
Final Fantasy - Are you serious? This series has only been downhill since FF7. FF8 was forgiveable, FF9 was enjoyable, FF10 was novel, but FF11-FF12 were just the clear indication to any fan that things aren't getting better and this thing has got to end. You would have done well to leave this stagnant franchise out of your list.
Dragon Quest - Considering the only people who seem to care about this franchise are the Japanese and the series hasn't really evolved what-so-ever in formula since the very first one and is primarily popular due to the fact that the Japanese treasure linear and traditional RPGs doesn't really leave a whole lot of room for this franchise to be weighed. Its the unique case scenario where a franchise's appeal continues due to its lack of change, a factor which would doom any other franchise.
In regards to your future ambitions.
GTA, I'm pretty sure has hits it peak and you can only reinvent the same sandbox formula so many times in so many social setting before people recognize the fact that once you've played one, you've played them all. Either way, if we see this become a PS3 exclusive, we can expect a steady downard trend in sales if nothing else.
Halo is finished, Bungie doesn't want to make anymore thus why they left MS's control and the series has only been downhill since the first. Halo3 was by default of the severity of its anticipation and hype perhaps one of the most dissapointing games of this generation so far. I can't imagine a fourth or fifth one bringing anything new or redeeming to the series in any way.
Gears of War? There's ony one out, wait for a second one before being so optimistic please.
Kingdom Hearts, after the dissapointment that was the second one for many fans I'm hard pressed to see the third one as anything more than a selling point for whatever system snatches it. Face it, Square doesn't have the talent anymore to keep their franchises fresh. I predict the third will be superior to the second, but you really have to ask yourself how long can this continue with Square's current track record?
