Shuhei Yoshida "'Hates' Annualized Franchises"

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estebxx said:

pokoko said:
He's absolutely right. Development should tell Marketing when a game is ready to release, not the other way around.

I adore this man.

Aerys said:
Thats true Sony are the one making the less annual franchise these last years

gotta agree with both of you guys and with Shu, i used to be a fan of Assassins Creed and COD back in 2007 up to 2009 and the reason why those games died to me was the fact that they became annualized franchises... i just cant see myself playing the SAME games every year, plus the leaps from this games to their sequels is never as impressive to the leaps that games like MGS (or any other non-annualized franchise) gets with its sequels, since they get more time in the "oven".

totally agree with this, but you cant blame the marketing/sales teams if people are stupid enough to buy them every year. I think sports games should be like 20 euro update every year or something like that.