Franchises That Became Popular/Mainstream/etc This Generation? (compared to the past)

[LMU Uncle Alfred]

Cloudman said:

Ka-pi96 said:

Wut? A LOT of people cared about Final Fantasy last gen. FF13 had a tonne of hype and sold incredibly well, think it's in the top 5 best selling FF games even. MGS too was very well liked last gen. MGS 4 had a great reception on PS3.

That was before they found out how terrible the blasted game was >_<

I share similar sentiments towards FF13 with the knee jerk reactions, but with all due accuracy it wasn't a bad game by any means. It was just a bad FF game and FF games demand excellence at minimum to be considered a good FF game.  No exceptions considering the bar it raised between FF6-10.