Why does Sony fail at making another mega franchise?

[Michael-5]

NYANKS said:

Michael-5 said:

Squilliam said:

Mega Franchises:

Sony 3 generations:

• Gran Turismo
• God of War
• LittleBigPlanet

Microsoft 2 generations:

• Halo
• Gears
• Fable
• Forza Motorsport

Nintendo 5 generations plus Arcade titles.

• Mario
• Donkey Kong
• Duck Hunt
• Zelda
• Mario Kart
• Mario Party
• Wii Sports franchises
• Wii Fit (I would clasify all Wii --- games as one franchise)
• Probably another one or two that I missed.
• Smash Bros.
• Brain Age
• Nintendogs
• Animal Crossing
• Mario & Sonic franchise (kind of)
• Pokemon (kind of)

Anyway Nintendos rate of massive franchise generation is simply higher. Probably this is due to the one man Miyamoto who had a significant hand in many of these games. Its not that Sony sucks, its just that one person is probably worth as much as all their studios combined. Luckily for Sony Miyamoto will retire eventually.

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God of War, LBP, Fable and Forza are NOT megafranchises.  Animal Crossing isn't either. Smash is fine, maybe Mario and Sonic, like you say.  For the others, I think the thread is leaning toward consoles, not handhelds. 

Animal Crossing: Wild World for DS has outsold Halo 3, if thats not a mega franchise, then nothing on the 360 or PS3 is.

The rest is debatable, as mega-franchise is not a word. God of War for PS2 broke 5 million sales, Forza 2 and 3 appear to get about 4 million sales on the 360, so does Fable. LBP is probably the smallest of the bunch, I guess it isn't mega, but to me the rest are.