Killing off Popular Franchises

With every hyped new FPS being touted as a Halo killer and every new MMo being described as a WoW killer I have to ask. Can you name 1 popular franchise that was killed off as a direct result of the release of a newer, better game? In other words has there ever really been a franchise killer?

Everquest I suppose. Killed by WoW. I don't know, I'm sure it still has a loyal fan base.

I hope a game comes along soon that kills of Guitar hero and Rock band type games.

I pray forGuitar hero: Flock of seagulls

Yeah, i mean, it usually takes a good, long time for a game to go from being real popular to not existing. Even if something better comes around, everybody might not jump on board right away for whatever reason.

Personally, at least, I don't care about Gran Turismo anymore after Forza came out. Of course, each series is only on one of the consoles, so there isn't even much overlap in the potential audience. I'm sure there are more, I just can't think of them.

I haven't heard about any killer games recently.HALO killer ?? never heard care to give me some names what are titled that way.

Half-Life killed Duke Nukem Forever.

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It should be noted that the best Medal of Honor game, Allied Assault, was made by Infinity Ward.

[QUOTE="ALLoY1717"][QUOTE="-SPECTER-MIKE"] I would have to agree with this one. For a time all I knew was MOH, and it was the most popular, and now it cant even compare to COD,AtomicTangerine

It should be noted that the best Medal of Honor game, Allied Assault, was made by Infinity Ward.

Mortal Kombat killed itself. It was a popular franchise, then other Mortal Kombat games killed it by being awful. Hows that for an answer?

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I acutally think that the Later day MK games were good.

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Mortal Kombat killed itself. It was a popular franchise, then other Mortal Kombat games killed it by being awful. Hows that for an answer?

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I acutally think that the Later day MK games were good.

Yeah I like them too, but the fan base is so much smaller now after their release because not many would agree with us. The online community is still booming and all, but it used to be so much bigger. I even had an MK lunchbox when I was 5 because it was so big.

I think what put a lot of people off MK was the direction they took the newer games in. Going 3D with the more modes doesn't automatically make the game better. MK lost some of isn't silliness with the transition to the last and current generation of consoles and that is what kept it grounded from becoming a mindless gore fest of a fighter (frendships and babalities abyone?). The other contributing factor is probably the internet, MK games as a kid were filled with rediculous rumours about stuff that you could do and hidden secrets that grabbed peoples attention that most of the time were completely made up but they made it more interesting.Also ifyou knew how to do some of the fatalities you were "the man", now we just look them up on the internet. MK now is what happened is a magician show you how all the tricks are done, even though it is still the same performance the magic behind it has gone.

Well, Call of Duty was very much a Medal of Honor killer, as it became the new premier franchise for WW2 shooters.UT_Wrestler

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