PS4 VS 3DS in February NPD, who will win?

[zorg1000]

Teeqoz said:

zorg1000 said:

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.

I'll give u Ratchet because like u said they are very different in terms of gameplay.

Ya for GoW it is a bit of a stretch but if it's ok to add remasters of 10 year old games then I'm going to include constant porting of the same games multiple times. That was part of his original argument, people buying the exact same game year after year. Rereleasing the PS2/PSP titles multiple times over the course of a few years is way worse than making a built from the ground up remake 10 years after the original release.

As for Halo, including expansions/remasters, it has been annual since 2007 with the exception of 2008 & 2013, just like Pokemon has had a new gen/expansion/remaster every year in that timeframe with the exception of 2008.