POSTPONED - Critical Hit #03 - Franchise Turnover Rates & Sequelitis

1. Jizzle May 24, 2007

   Did i miss something?? where is nr 2? :D
2. Johnny NG May 24, 2007

   i didnt know starcraft 2 came to us at “an insanely fast rate”
3. khonsu May 25, 2007

   I think what Neatchee was going for in the original comment was the fact that we have this many sequels at all. SC2 was mentioned because we will be talking about it as it is an extreme example of a turnover rate on the high outlier range. Where as Call of Duty is on the extreme low outlier range. What is best for companies? for gamers? for eSports? Well that’s what’s going to be discussed.
4. RobertSumma May 25, 2007

   Look at what the PS3 is doing: Original titles.

   Look at what Nintendo is doing: Mario’s ass is sore.

   ’nuff said all you original IP screamers.
5. bobafettm May 25, 2007

   w00t! Good show planned! Can’t wait to be listening in Neatchee!
6. djWHEAT May 25, 2007

   It’s comments like that Summa, that make me feel good about sleeping with you.
7. Johnny NG May 25, 2007

   Well SC2 is best for everyone involved. People have been screaming for years for a second one.
8. Neatchee May 25, 2007

   I completely agree with you, Summa. Nintendo is an IP whore. They slap Mario on EVERYTHING, and it pisses me off just as much as everyone else. Nobody is exempt from the IP abuse though. GTA 4? FFXIII? Gran Turismo 5? There’s plenty of ‘em out there. But yes, Nintendo is by far the worst about it.

   Here’s the thing though….the verdict is still out on whether IP-abuse is such a horrible thing for the industry. That’s what we’ll be talking about.

   And Khonsu hit the SC2 issue perfectly.
9. bobafettm May 25, 2007

   But how can you say Gran Turismo 5 is IP abuse… The game has been perfect every single time and has only increased with detail and realism..

   Certain abuse I understand but you cant blanket statement the entire industry just because of a few shitty titles.
10. djWHEAT May 25, 2007

    I totally disagree that Final Fantasy is IP abuse. While every game may share the same name, each game offers something completely different in terms of characters, stories, etc. In fact, I wish more people would do it like FF…

    Who Abuses IPs:

    Mario
    Sonic
    Pokemon
    Mega-Man (sadly)

    Examples of GOOD IPs:

    Final Fantasy
    Castlevania
    Wow… are there that few?
11. Neatchee May 25, 2007

    Ok, so maybe “abuse” was the wrong word to use there :P

    And wheat, FF is absolutely IP abuse, for the very reasons you stated. If it’s a different game each time, why the fuck don’t they give it a new name? Because the FF brand sells games, even if they get bad reviews. That’ s the QUINTESSENTIAL example of IP abuse.
12. MartijnMumbles May 25, 2007

    If you want to get technical, most of you are missusing “IP abuse” if you use the term in the strictest legal sense. But I’m guessing that only bothers me and just me.
13. djWHEAT May 25, 2007

    I’m pretty sure that Neatchee did not mean it in the strictest legal sense. This is a fucking video game website, not LexisNexis.

    And Neatchee, you don’t understand, Mario is IP Abuse because fucking Mario is in every game.

    Final Fantasy doesn’t need a new name, because it’s a UNIVERSE. It would be like calling Star Wars something other than Star Wars. Or renaming the Dragonlance series even though it’s connected to Dungeons and Dragons.

    Attack Halo, Attack Mario, Attack Mega-Man, stay the fuck away from Square. There is NO OTHER IP out there that has the range and dynamics that the FF has offered for nearly 20 YEARS.

    And I can prove you wrong that the FF name does NOT always sell games.

    A> Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicals
    B> Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest
    C> Final Fantasy: Dirge of Cerabus
14. MartijnMumbles May 25, 2007

    I’m sure he didn’t, which is why I only noted it. People here make up their own terminology all the time, so that works out just fine.
15. bobafettm May 25, 2007

    Hey don’t be hating on LexisNexis… it got me through two degrees!

    I
16. bobafettm May 25, 2007

    Hey don’t be hating on LexisNexis… it got me through two degrees!

    I love LexisNexis :(

    I agree w/ wheat on this one neatchee… you can’t consider FF as a “abuse” to a franchise. There are so many varieties of that game and so many different characters that its not the same thing every time.

    Personally I love in-depth storyline and bringing a HUGE load of history into a game. God of War could go to GoW12 as long as they keep script writing as well as that have in the past!
17. djWHEAT May 25, 2007

    I wasn’t hating on LexisNexis … I used the fuck out of it for debate.
18. bobafettm May 25, 2007

    LexisNexis + Jstor made my life 100x easier…

    Thank god for the internets
19. bobafettm May 25, 2007

    I’m guessing Critical hit is down for everyone?
20. Neatchee May 25, 2007

    Yeah, things kind of blew up at Khonsu’s place. His computer melted down hardcore. We’re pushing this episode back to next week.
21. bobafettm May 25, 2007

    Should have been running vista… LOL!
22. TrOn May 27, 2007

    I TOLD YOU TO NOT LET RON ON THE SHOW!

    Look what happens .. just look … ;(
23. bobafettm May 27, 2007

    I blame it on the catmask…
24. Neatchee May 27, 2007

    Dude you all missed my hilarious intro because Khonsu’s computer was failing. The audio wasn’t coming through properly so you couldn’t hear what I said :( I’ll do it again this coming week though, so you can enjoy the humorific goodness.

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