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It's weird that you say that because there are only a few other franchises in gaming that have maintained similar or growing sales with each iteration. Halo, FF, MGS, GT, GTA, and RE come to mind.

I also think it's not a question of making new IP, it's more a question of quality. Can we really say that IP like Elite Beat Agents, Electroplankton, Brain Age, etc. are in the same calibur as Mario, Zelda, and Metroid?

I agree with this I mean just look at the game cube. Even know it had a fairly short life span and sales were lackluster a few highly reviewed new ip's came from it.

Besides the marios, zelda, star fox, metroid, etc.. remakes you had
Pikmin, battalion wars, fire emblem (on console), animal crossing, etc...
I believe some of those games are of the same caliber as Mario or Zelda.

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They make teh moneyz, giving them the ability to make further the moneyz. So long as they continue to make money on their stagnation/innovation (whichever way you choose to view it), they will continue to do so.