That middle isn't real though, but would be cool .

A number of reasons

First off, variety is the spice of life and all. Humans gradually lose interest in something if they're consistently doing it. The 2D Mario series has survived for almost thirty years without radically shaking up it's formula, and a big part of that has been on and off releases. Only currently, when Mario titles have begun to be released in quick succession and (3D titles included) almost annually, has a decline in interest begun to show.

(And yeah, not completely fair comparison since the Wii U isn't doing so hot sales wise, but even the NSMB for the 3DS sold well below what the one for the DS did)

Secondly, when writing a long epic like Assassin's Creed is, you run the risk people falling behind without ample time to catch up in the series. For example: A gamer plays Assassin's Creed 3, and is disappointed by it. The next year, Assassin's Creed 4 releases, and for whatever reason, perhaps because said gamer is wary of the series after 3, or simply because they didn't get around to it, they pass on it. Then the next game in the series releases the next year, and the person may finally be ready for another Assassin's Creed. But since they missed out on the story of the last one, they won't be ready for this one. Catching up would require them to play two games in close succession, which puts them farther behind in the story. Once someone gets behind, they are less likely to make an effort to catch up.

That's dumb. Only a big fan of Asssassin's Creed would do that.

Seriously, they don't want to end up like CoD. Releasing every year then it turns out that they'll just take your money and see how repetitive it is :3

Not a CoD hater but I feel like they fell maybe after Black Ops release...

Madden is different. It's a sports game so, it'll always be released yearly.

But sometimes, EA doesn't know how to make a sports game. Yearly update? They sometimes just change the roster. 2K Sports is 10x better than them.

i Stopped playing Assassins creed after brotherhood. That series is truing into Call of Duty.

Just do a Japanese setting one and shut the fuck up.

i see why not. Nintendo on Wii U has released more game with mario in it than I can count.

The solution is simple everyone, we need to stop buying Assassins Creed.

I've already started by never starting.

I've got to agree with ubisoft on this one. If people continue to buy it every year, why would they stop? They won't slow down their releases until people get angry about the quality of the game going down.

Mario games are casual. Assassin's Creed isn't so, it's completely different :3