Annualised franchises quickly reach saturation for me. And they also turn into soulless media products that lose the uniqueness they once might have had. Naughty Dog doe sit well with 1 year gap between releases and I feel that is the best solution. If you need more time, take 2 years and make it extra special.

When games become annualized franchises they die for me, its what happened to COD and Assassins Creed, i just cant keep up with it... in one side story focused games like AC become hard to follow and the changes and improvements just dont feel as big as with games that have sequels coming out years apart (like MGS), and in the other side Multiplayed focused games just become to repetitive with also small changes when compared to sequels that come years apart.

Also im scared that the souls games will go this route and lose their quality becuase this is gonna be the third year in a row that we get a souls game and im not sure what to think about it since DaS 2 was very average compared to the previous games and Bloodborne was amazing BUT that game was being worked on since the Artorias DLC for Dark Souls 1 back in 2012.

hopefully Miyazaki really is able to keep the quality present in the games despite the games becoming annualized, but even then the truth is... if they become annualized i will get franchise fatigue and stop playing the games... maybe i will just wait for the next Bloodborne and keep things fresh for me.

I prefer to wait a little bit between games of the same franchise, but not too much.

With games that become annual, there's less excitement for them (they're just "another XXX" game) and if there's too much time between releases other games get my attention.

I'd say that 2 or 3 years between releases (enough time to get a couple games per generation, maybe three) is perfect.

A sequel every 2 or 3 years would be optimal to me. Dark Souls/Bloodborne games apart. I can't get enough of them!

I don't care, as long as the games are good. Zelda is annual, and each new game is great and different. Give me more. My problem lies with franchising games that don't need to be franchised at all. Sometimes, a game is just good on its own. Not everything needs a sequel. I respect Platinum a lot for that.

I don't mind either. As long as a game is good, I am happy.

That was a completely different time, in todays industry annual FF's wouldn't be possible like that.

OT: 2-3 years ideally, I don't trust devs to keep up the quality and their games fresh and interesting while on a yearly schedule.

Of course years in between.

I prefer years between games, even from a psychological point of view, a game released only a couple of times a gen is far more special.