What is a bigger Franchise? God of War or Animal Crossing?

[Kasz216]

DMeisterJ said:

Kasz216 said:

DMeisterJ said:

The Ghost of RubangB said:
I'd just like to thank kingofwale and Soriku for starting this awesome thread.



Here are some trends we can look at:

Animal Crossing on N64: 0.26 million
Animal Crossing on GC: 2.98 million
Animal Crossing on DS: 9.47 million

God of War on PS2: 3.20 million
God of War 2 on PS2: 2.11 million
God of War on PSP: 0.75 million

As you can clearly see from these numbers, one franchise is growing exponentially, and one is shrinking very quickly.

God of War on the PS2 sold that much after it became a greatest hit.

And God of War 2 on the PS2 is still in NPD's top 20 last month apparently... I forget where I read that, but I'm almost certain that it's true. And that game is not a greatest hit yet. (Or maybe it was God of War 1), but anyway, once God of War 2 goes to greatest hits, expect similar sales to God of War 1.

But let's compare review scores.

God of War: 94

God of war 2: 93

God of War: Chains of Olympus: 91

Animal Crossing (Gamecube) 87

Animal Crossing DS: 86

Considering God of War is more "hardcore" and going to appeal to game reviewers... and that your talking like... 4-8 points between the two... i'd say your point falls apart.

 

Eight points between scores is a lot.

Nothing to be scoffed at.

I'm not saying AC is bad, but GoW is (critically) a better game.

 

8 points at is deepest is a big difference? That's less then 1 point on a 10 point scale.

Also it's fairly obvious why GoW would get a bit of a "bump" among videogame "critics."