Why have so many franchises went awful, last generation?

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RolStoppable said:

Not the consoles are to blame, it's the developer's fault.

Sometimes also the expectations of fans are to blame, whoever expected Star Fox Adventures to deliver great shoot'em up gameplay should be considered to be a not so smart person.

Franchises that sucked last generation:

Gran Turismo - still no damage, still bad AI

Final Fantasy - more and more becoming a western RPG

Ridge Racer - stupid decision to make a wannabe realistic racing sim

Rayman - instead of adding more secrets to the game for more replay value, offering an online ladder for high scores

 Completely disagree with you on FF