I would just like to know, how is Nintendo not milking their games?

[Bodhesatva]

RolStoppable said:
Square-Enix releases tons of remakes, Nintendo does not.

This is what I think separates SE from all the others in the "milking" category. They don't just continue to rely on the same franchises, they actually rerelease (and often rererelase, in the case of many FF games) many of their games again. In a general sense, all companies milk their franchises, if we think of "milking" as "continuing to create sequel after sequel." CoD FIVE comes out this year. Metal Gear Solid FOUR just came out (plus the remake on the Gamecube and side games on the PSP). Madden is in its 16th year. I don't think Nintendo is any better than most in this regard, but I do think Square Enix stands above everyone else because of their consistent reliance on just a few major franchises (DQ, KH, FF) and their rabbid adherence to remaking their games over and over again. But I do agree, Original Poster, that Square Enix isn't alone in milking franchises, and people who try to single out individual companies are just lashing out. Everybody does it, even if I'd argue SE does it more than most.