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Which franchise fell worst?

Final Fantasy 39 30.23%
 
Bomberman 9 6.98%
 
Splinter Cell 0 0%
 
Duke Nukem 18 13.95%
 
Prince of Persia 0 0%
 
Crash Bandicoot 14 10.85%
 
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 8 6.20%
 
Silent Hill 6 4.65%
 
Sonic the Hedgehog 25 19.38%
 
Diablo 10 7.75%
 
Total:129
Andrespetmonkey on 03 August 2012
NintendoPie said:

Lol, Duke Nukem never sold quite well.

At least Banjo-K sold more than 700K for it's most recent.

Duke's most recent game did 1.5 million.



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man-bear-pig on 03 August 2012

None of the above.

Age of empires went from being one of the best franchises of all time (AoE 1&2) to being complete and utter fucking shit (AoE 3)

Turok went from being a fantastic FPS dinosaur adventure and one of the best games of all time (Turok: Evolution) to being complete and utter fucking shit (Turok)



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NintendoPie on 03 August 2012
IIIIITHE1IIIII said:
NintendoPie said:

Lol, Duke Nukem never sold quite well.

At least Banjo-K sold more than 700K for it's most recent.

Keep in mind that the latest Duke title is multiplatform.

Oh, then why didn't you include that number?



TheFallen on 03 August 2012

Mortal Kombat! It used to be a top tier fighter, not anymore. Tekken, SF, and Soul Calibur are all leagues ahead.



green_sky on 03 August 2012
Kresnik said:
Have you watched that GT Countdown video? Not having a go at anyone here of course, but omg.

I decided to watch it to see what reasons they gave for Ratchet & Clank being on the list - since "A Crack in Time" is one of my favourite games of all time, I was really intrigued what reasoning they would give.

The reason was: "All 4 One". Fair enough, a lot of people didn't like it. But in the video he said something along the lines of "It's the same thing that happened with the Spyro series, they handed off to another developer".

So, GT didn't even bother to do any research for this "article" then, since it was made by Insomniac. Uff, bloody idiots.

Now that is positive criticism. Well as good it gets online. I like GT quite a bit but sometimes their reasoning for things can be severely idiotic. 

OT: Not sure what franchises have fallen than much. I don't quite play the ones mentioned. Maybe Prince of Persia as Ubi's best teams are working on Assassin's Creed. 



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Fusioncode on 03 August 2012

I have no idea what R&C is doing on this list. It had a solid trilogy for PS3, and two great titles for PSP. All 4 One sucked but that doesn't mean the franchise is ruined. And if they're complaining about innovation, have they heard of the upcoming Full Frontal Assault? It's a pretty big change for the series. Also, they didn't hand Spyro of to another developer, Universal owned the IP, and while Insomniac worked for Sony; Universal wanted the franchise multiplatform. Same thing happened to Crash.

Other than that, I agree with the list. I would also add Rockband/Guitar Hero and Mega Man. All those franchises were destroyed by a nonstop barrage of titles. After MML3's cancellation and the way Megaman was portrayed in SFXT, I don't see any hope left for the blue bomber.



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NintendoPie on 03 August 2012
BasilZero said:
NintendoPie said:

Oh, then why didn't you include that number?

He did. PS3 and Xbox360 versions are listed separately since he's using VGchartz as a source.

2 Duke Nukem Forever X360 2011 Shooter Take-Two Interactive 0.44 0.20 0.00 0.07 0.70
4 Duke Nukem Forever PS3 2011 Shooter Take-Two Interactive 0.27 0.22 0.00 0.09 0.58

LOOOOL! I looked over that thing like three times and never noticed. xD



NightDragon83 on 03 August 2012

Replace R&C with Banjo-Kazooie, and move FF to the #1 spot since we've known since 1996 that Sonic has gone off a cliff, so no point in continuing to beat a dead horse.

Personally I'd put Zelda in the #10 spot myself... the last 4 games in the franchise (TP, PH, ST and SS) have all been underwhelming for me and have gotten progressively worse with each installment to the point that I no longer care when the next one is coming out, sad as that may be. If there's any franchise out there that's in dire need of a reboot or refresh, it's Zelda.



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Fusioncode on 03 August 2012
NintendoPie said:
IIIIITHE1IIIII said:
NintendoPie said:
Duke Nukem.

Isn't it the obvious choice?


Nah, Banjo-Kazooie seems like a better choice to me:

1 Banjo-Kazooie N64 1998 Platform Nintendo 1.87 1.13 0.55 0.10 3.65
2 Banjo-Tooie N64 2000 Platform Nintendo 0.82 0.36 0.25 0.06 1.49
3 Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts X360 2008 Platform Microsoft Game Studios 0.30 0.32 0.00 0.08 0.71

 

1 Duke Nukem: Time to Kill PS 1998 Shooter Take-Two Interactive 0.77 0.54 0.00 0.07 1.38
2 Duke Nukem Forever X360 2011 Shooter Take-Two Interactive 0.44 0.20 0.00 0.07 0.70
3 Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown PS 1997 Shooter GT Interactive 0.34 0.23 0.00 0.04 0.61
4 Duke Nukem Forever PS3 2011 Shooter Take-Two Interactive 0.27 0.22 0.00 0.09 0.58

 

Or at least sales-wise :P

Lol, Duke Nukem never sold quite well.

At least Banjo-K sold more than 700K for it's most recent.

Duke Nukem 3D sold over 3.5 million copies. Keep in mind that game was not sold through retailers, rather one of the earliest forms of digital distribution.

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq_DgdOeQkM



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SvennoJ on 03 August 2012

I would add MS flight simulator.
It used to be an event when the new version came out, and I happily paid $80 for the gold edition of FSX. After years we finally get Microsoft Flight, a crappy freemium version which pretty much throws away everything that made the series great. No wonder development for it has been cancelled already.