Have you realized some of the biggest games of the year are adaptations from other entertainment forms? This year we got Batman: Arkham Knight, The Witcher III, Star Wars: Battlefront,  Mad Max, Legend of Korra, and the usual games (Lego, Disney Infinity, etc.).

Is this a new trend? Is this happening because gaming is becoming more popular and as a consequence drawing more attention? Or was it just coincidence that we go all this stuff this year? 

What do you think guys? I'm curious to hear.

No because finally competent people are developing licensed games with less restrictions on the original source material.

It's not a trend, it has always been that way. Banking on known IPs is the safest way to make money. Guess why there are so many sequels.

I think the trend he was referring to was the increase quality of licensed games and general acceptance towards gamers.

Exactly. With "biggest" I meant "best". Maybe I should change the title to make things clearer?

It's a bit exaggerated I think.

AK had a pitiful start and is still maligned. SWBF has a good chunk of detractors because it's just not that good of a game with an added SW skin. At least half of The Witcher players are probably unaware that it even is licensed. Mad Max had an underwhelming reception, Legend of Korra was a complete non-starter and the usual licenses like Lego have yet to push into the core market.

I wouldn't call this a big year for licensed games in any stretch.

I get what you're saying, but if you need to realize that even if not them all are outstanding games, most of them are big investments, at least bigger than we got like 10 years ago. Plus, these games seem to be selling very well; I know we had previous years with licensed games being great sellers, but I think not this much. =o