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Teeqoz on 09 February 2015
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zorg1000 said:
Teeqoz said:


They're not annualized franchises. Not even if you count the spin offs (which is silly, it's like inclduing Pokemon Snap or Colliseum or whatever when talking about pokemon).

 

OT: I think the 3DS will take it.


Ratchet has had a new entry almost every year. But if we aren't including games like Halo 3:ODST, Master Chief Collection, or God of War Collection/Origins/Sagas then why is it okay to include games like Crystal, Emerald, Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire?

Take away remasters and expansions from Halo/GoW and they become franchises with new installments every 3 years or so just like if u take away remakes/expansions from Pokemon and it becomes an every 3 year franchise.


Ratchet has had a new entry almost every year, and only if you count the spinoffs. Each to their own, but I don't consider All 4 One and Qforce (and Deadlocked for that matter) as "actual" Ratchet and Clank games. They have some very big differences in the gameplay.

For God of War, you don't only have to count the remakes to almost make it annual. you even have to include the Vita port of the collection, and the God of War Saga which is just a bundle of two collections. A bit of a reach imo.

If I'm gonna do like you are doing with ratchet, then pokemon will still almost be an annual franchise even after you remove remakes/expansions, because it has like a gazillion spin offs. However I don't think Pokemon is an annual franchise so I don't really care about that. I just think it's odd that you'd call Halo/GoW/Ratchet annual franchises.