Oh for **** Sake...

[Prpl_Mage]

Gaming companies need to learn to do games japanese style. You release 1-2 good games for each console and preferably wait more than 1 year between them.

I mean c'mon. Halo1, 2,3 that other game and now this? In what span of years? You don't make another game of a game unless you really make a new game. Otherwise you add expansion packs or updates. Jeysis.

Although Gears of War is worse. 3 games in the series on the same console.

[Archem]

Japanese style? You mean generic and of the same art style? Dude, they're already doing that!

[HobomasterXXX]

hi guys

[HobomasterXXX]

Gaming companies need to learn to do games japanese style. You release 1-2 good games for each console and preferably wait more than 1 year between them.

I mean c'mon. Halo1, 2,3 that other game and now this? In what span of years? You don't make another game of a game unless you really make a new game. Otherwise you add expansion packs or updates. Jeysis.

Although Gears of War is worse. 3 games in the series on the same console.

While admittedly games are being released in far too rapid succession in some cases, Japan is the WORST example to use as positively. Their games, even with the massive development times, are the SAME ****ing GAMES. Rehashes of rehashes of rehashes.

[Dragonium]

Gaming companies need to learn to do games japanese style. You release 1-2 good games for each console and preferably wait more than 1 year between them.

Because every JRPG franchise has stuck to this formula, right?

Besides, having a limit to the number of games you can release per console is foolhardy. Take the current generation of consoles which are practically on a ten-year plan; is releasing 2 games in 10 years really going to be good for business?

[Prpl_Mage]

Allright, allright. I change my statemant.

Gaming companies should do what Blizzard does.
You create a great game. Then some years later you make an expansion.
Then you create an MMORPG of said game and release some expansions after some years.
Then in the middle of things you start telling people that you are making the sequels of their two other best-selling titles that people have waited for since 2000 or earlier(Jeysis christ, there's been 10 years already since Lord of destruction?!).

So yeah, instead of butchering their series with lame sequels they like to reinvent it which might not be liked by the fans. BUT, since it happens about 10 years later they will look forward to the new game and changes.
Kinda like Super smash Melee vs Brawl didn't really work. There was like 6 years between but some people still prefer melee despite all changes.

[HobomasterXXX]

So yeah, instead of butchering their series with lame sequels

Pretty sure they did that to Warcraft.

[Archem]

There's almost no such thing as a good example.

[Darkfox]

Then you create an MMORPG of said game and release some expansions after some years soul sucking game that everybody plays and has an insanely huge fanbase of fanchars, fanfics and RPs and some people even consider their avatars on as original characters that nearly rivals Sonic the Hedgehog ins such things.

Ah, I remember that.

[HobomasterXXX]

You create a great game. Then some years later you make an expansion.

This is also terrible. Several YEARS is a massive time, people will lose interest in the meantime.

[Prpl_Mage]

This is also terrible. Several YEARS is a massive time, people will lose interest in the meantime.

But they didn't. That's the thing, you need to make it long but not too long.
Long enough that people are starting to lose interest in the old stuff but before they move on to a new game.

[Archem]

An exception doesn't set the rules.

[Prpl_Mage]

But blizzard never fail!
(Except with the latest patches and expansions for wow that actually maked me NOT want to play it)

[Razor]

I mean c'mon. Halo1, 2,3 that other game and now this? In what span of years? You don't make another game of a game unless you really make a new game. Otherwise you add expansion packs or updates. Jeysis.

Although Gears of War is worse. 3 games in the series on the same console.

Is this a joke or what
Halo 1: 2001
Halo 2: 2004
Halo 3: 2007
Halo ODST: 2009
Halo Reach: 2010

And ODST was only really like, a mod of 3 which they released. And let's not mention Halo Wars. Ignoring ODST, it's been a brand new engine each time.

[Archem]

Thank you, Razor.