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Parokki on 23 August 2007

I don't think any of those need to die necessarily. However, most of them really could do with a few new ideas thrown into the mix.



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ballsonyourchin on 23 August 2007

Some of these sure do need to die off but if you played the new pac-man game on XBL you would change your mind. I'm a big FF fan so i still love that series, big sports fan too and racing game fan. I bet the big fans of madden would still love their game, and if it wasn't for wii sports the wii would be at 5mil WW, so i think you might want to keep sports games :P



Morier on 23 August 2007

I agree with most of the things on your list but I don't think all sport games should die. While you can play real sports there are people like me who are unable to play.



libellule on 23 August 2007

a.l.e.x59,

u should stop play wideo game ^^



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Sporticus on 23 August 2007

Except Pokemon just had its second largest (possibly largest in the long run) game released. It's hardly a done to death series.

Starfox is a dead fish, but could possibly be revived if they figure out how to approach it. But since the last good Starfox game was Starfox 64, yeah it is a bit discouraging.

The Final Fantasy main series does need to die, as does all the main series sequels and spin offs, Square is just murdering the damn thing. Spin-off series like Kingdom Hearts and Crystal Chronicles still have potential though, though I suppose the main series offers itself as a sacrificial lamb for all of Square's bad decisions while lesser focused games like Crystal Chronicles will most likely be spared the full brunt of the stupidity.



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Mummelmann on 23 August 2007

Tomb Raider for gods sake!!



Kratos on 23 August 2007

I would say Fifa duh and Tenchu, never played it never will.



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Ishy on 23 August 2007

Puyo Pop man... that needs to go...



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GBA:The Legend of Zelda:The Minish Cap
DS:Lunar Knights, Pokemon Diamond, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass ,Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Hotel Dusk:Room 215, Mario vs DK 2: March of the Mini's and Picross DS
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GC:Fight Night Round 2
Wii VC:Super Mario 64 ,Lylat Wars ,Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Super Castlevania IV, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Streets of Rage, Kirby's Adventure, Super Metroid, Super Mario Bros. 3, Mega Man 2Street Fighter 2 Turbo: Hyper Fighting,Wave Race 64 and Lost Winds

Wii: Sonic and the Secret Rings, Godfather:Blackhand Edition, Red Steel, Tony Hawks Downhill Jam, Eledees, Rayman Raving Rabbids, Mario Strikers Charged Football,Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Super Mario Galaxy,House of the Dead 2 and 3 Return, Wii Fit, No More Heroes and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

X360: Spider Man
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Spectrumglr on 23 August 2007

"franchises to kill":
Tomb Raider
Final Fantasy
Mario (keep alive just Mario Kart)
the Sims


"franchise to revive":
Give me "Ultima X: Odissey"



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WiteoutKing on 23 August 2007

Man, I didn't think it would be possible to disagree more with this list...

Completely and totally wrong.



PS3: 5.51m/51w, avg 108,039/w (up 239)
360: 12.93m/102w, avg 126,764/w (up 625), leads PS3 by 7.42m (up 70k), avg lead 18,725/w (up 386)
Wii: 13.52m/51w, avg 265,098/w (dn 1,102), leads PS3 by 8.01m (up 90k), avg lead 157,059/w (dn 1,341)

If 360 sales stabilize, PS3 sales increases needed to pass 360 by...
01/08: (008w) +875.8%, 04/08: (021w) +344.4%, 07/08: (034w) +219.3%, 10/08: (047w) +163.5%
01/09: (060w) +131.8%, 04/09: (073w) +111.4%, 07/09: (085w) +098.1%, 10/09: (099w) +086.7%
If Wii sales stabilize, PS3 sales increases needed to pass Wii by...
01/08: (008w) +1072.%, 04/08: (021w) +498.4%, 07/08: (034w) +363.4%, 10/08: (047w) +303.1%
01/09: (060w) +269.0%, 04/09: (073w) +246.9%, 07/09: (085w) +232.6%, 10/09: (099w) +220.3%
If PS2 sales freeze, Wii sales increases needed to pass PS2 (as of Mar07, 108.4m) by...
2008: (008w) +4373.8%, 2009: (060w) +0496.5%, 2010: (112w) +0219.6%, 2011: (165w) +0116.9%
2012: (217w) +0064.9%, 2013: (269w) +0033.1%, 2014: (321w) +0011.5%, 2015: (376w) -0004.8%
At +0% it will pass it in 358w, the week ending September 19th, 2014, at an age of 409w (7y44w).
Current age of PS2: 7y37w.

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