Mario, Sonic, Mega Man.

I guess one or more of those names came to mind when you read the title of this thread. These long lasting franchises have had countless games and spinoffs released in their long history and are still relevant today, although the latter two aren't as popular anymore as they once were. So which one of those three franchises is the most milked in gaming? Out of Nintendo, Sega and Capcom, who has the questionable honor of taking that title home?

The answer is none of them. Sony wins big time here. It's not even a contest. Their Singstar franchise has seen an enormous amount of titles in the past few years.

The following list was compiled with data from gamefaqs and a German videogame magazine which recently listed all Singstar releases in Germany (which also gave me the idea to this thread). I can't guarantee that the list is complete, because gamefaqs was missing a few of the German releases, so it's possible that some other more country specific games are missing as well. All games were released for the PS2, unless noted otherwise. That being said, here's the list:

1. Singstar
2. '80s
3. '90s
4. ABBA (also on PS3)
5. Amped
6. Anthems
7. Apres-Ski Party
8. Bollywood
9. Boybands vs. Girlbands
10. Country
11. Deutsch Rock-Pop
12. Deutsch Rock-Pop Vol. 2
13. Die Toten Hosen
14. Hottest Hits
15. Italian Party
16. La Edad de Oro del Pop Espanol
17. Latino
18. Legends
19. Norsk pa Norsk
20. Operacion Triunfo
21. Party
22. Party Hits
23. Pop
24. Pop Vol. 2
25. Pop Hits
26. Pop Hits Vol. 2
27. Pop Hits Vol. 3
28. R&B
29. Rock Ballads
30. Rocks!
31. Schlager
32. Singalong with Disney
33. Summer Party
34. Svenska Hits Schlager
35. The Dome
36. top.it
37. Turkish Party
38. Queen (also on PS3)
39. Singstar (PS3)
40. Vol. 2 (PS3)
41. Vol. 3 (PS3)
42. Pop Edition (PS3, going to be released later this month)

It's worth noting that these are all games that share the same gameplay that Singstar is known for, none of these are spinoffs (at least to my knowledge, corrections are welcome). In May 2009, Singstar will celebrate its five year anniversary. During those five years (60 months) the franchise had a new release about every 1.5 months on average. Again, this is without any spinoffs.

Discuss.

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LOL!

Rol in 3...2...1...

Why are you copying Rol's thread (just changing the thread title)?

what the fuck is rol?

Interesting stuff.

We really need a J-Rock/Girugamesh Singstar..

Lol, good one...you want attention you got it

I predict

Rol - "Why do you keep copying my threads?"

angrypoolman - "I have no idea what you are talking about."

Final Fantasy.

do you need VG$ money? to purchase IM. because why would you copy.