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richardhutnik on 15 May 2011
Mr Puggsly said:
richardhutnik said:
pezus said:

I think it's harder to run story-based games into the ground (AC, even CoD) than music games and sports games. 

How many people get into Call of Duty for the stories or the characters involved?

Millions of people?

Black Ops inparticular had a great story in my opinion. The CoD franchise has really evolved in that regard since CoD4.

Millions of people buy the game.  But how many for the single player experience?  If Call of Duty were single player only, how many people would buy it?



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Mr Puggsly on 15 May 2011
richardhutnik said:
Mr Puggsly said:
richardhutnik said:
pezus said:

I think it's harder to run story-based games into the ground (AC, even CoD) than music games and sports games. 

How many people get into Call of Duty for the stories or the characters involved?

Millions of people?

Black Ops inparticular had a great story in my opinion. The CoD franchise has really evolved in that regard since CoD4.

Millions of people buy the game.  But how many for the single player experience?  If Call of Duty were single player only, how many people would buy it?

I don't know. All the CoD fans I know play through the campaigns. Shame we can't see the achievements of everyone who plays. That might help us figure it out.

CoD is a total package. Great campaigns and multiplayer. If you take out either element sales will be greatly affected.



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usrevenge on 15 May 2011

lets see what fits the bill

mass effect

halo

COD

sports games



V-r0cK on 15 May 2011

I personally think Resident Evil 4 is the most milked single game in the shortest spanning time.  As for franchise, definitely Guitar Hero lol



scottie on 15 May 2011

Franchise Games Years Games/year

Pokemon 9 16 0.5625

Cod 8 8 1

Guitar Hero 6 6 1

Every single sports franchise ever 1

 

Why the hell would pokemon warrant a 'lets not even go there'?

 

Edit, my nicely tabbed columns!!!



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scottie on 15 May 2011

^

Guitar Hero 1, 2, 3, world tour, 5, warriors of rock.

I didn't include the single band games, the lego games or DJ hero because I was not including spinoffs for the other franchises - main series only. I suppose I missed the main series portable games and band hero

 

And yeah, some sports franchises have more than 1 per year, 1 is the standard though



richardhutnik on 16 May 2011

A franchise gets beaten into the ground when those making the franchise either sell too much to the intended target market for the title, without providing sufficient reason to buy it, or they end up trying to extend the title beyond who it is suitable for.  When you try to pitch Call of Duty for EVERYONE (there is a soldier in EVERYONE? really), or think if you do a band game on the Beattles, because an older generation who hasn't played it much yet would get interested, then you have possibly gone too far with a title, and have overmilked it.  Pretty much, you glut a market beyond its demand, you overmilked it.  If they keep buying though and are happy for more, you haven't.