| noname2200 said:
To answer your underlined question: Rule. It’s that simple. You listed several series which are both lapsed and demanded on the internet. I wrote the rebuttal paragraph specifically to point out that each and every one of those series has died out for a reason; they’re not commercially viable anymore. The people in charge of those IPs, who are in the best position to know whether those IPs can succeed today, have made that determination, often with ample supporting evidence. I’ve already briefly pointed out why those series you listed have died out. Now let’s try this. How many lapsed IPs in the history of gaming can you name which have been revived? Now, how many of those revivals were successful? Do you find that percentage encouraging? I do not. I actually had difficulty naming any beyond Prince of Persia, although certainly there are a handful of others. That forms the backbone of my sentiment on this matter, with the rest of my beliefs resting on the third-party relations Nintendo has had since the SNES era. The remainder of my post was merely fleshing out those two ideas. |
The prominent ones would be
Dues Ex - Dues Ex: HR was a successful game bassed on a dead niche franchise
Fallout 3 - The fallout franchise was long dead when Bethesda made one of the best selling RPGs of this gen
Ninja Gaiden - there was a 10+ year gap between the NES games and the 2004 reboot
Rayman Origins - A non Rabbids Rayman game hasn't been seen for years, Origins has already turned a profit
Serious Sam 3 - you could argue the HD versions revitalised the long dead series btu what ever
Metroid Prime
Monkey Island/Sam & Max - Teltail found success with the franchises
Mortal Kombat - the franchise was still arround but doing poorly until the reboot
Street Fighter IV - same as Mortal Kombat
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