should IPs be given up by large publishers if not used?

[VGPolyglot]

Ka-pi96 said:

VGPolyglot said:

Not really, since copyright holders right now like Nintendo would have to create new franchises in order to own the IP rights since their old franchises would be in the public domain.

The existence of cheap knock-off Mario games wouldn't stop people from buying a new proper Nintendo made Mario game though (unless the cheap knock-offs made the IP look really bad)

Yeah, but if they want to avoid having others making use of the new game to promote their own titles they'd have to make a new IP.