Series/Franchise milking the most out of people?

I love it but still, so many:
The Need for Speed (1994)
Need for Speed II (1997)
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit (1998)
Need for Speed: High Stakes / Need For Speed Road Challenge (1999)
Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed (2000)
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 (2002)
Need for Speed: Underground (2003)
Need for Speed: Underground 2 (2004)
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005)
Need for Speed: Carbon (2006)
Need for Speed: ProStreet (2007)
Need for Speed: Undercover (2008)
Need for Speed: Shift (2009)

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I love it but still, so many:
The Need for Speed (1994)
Need for Speed II (1997)
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit (1998)
Need for Speed: High Stakes / Need For Speed Road Challenge (1999)
Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed (2000)
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 (2002)
Need for Speed: Underground (2003)
Need for Speed: Underground 2 (2004)
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005)
Need for Speed: Carbon (2006)
Need for Speed: ProStreet (2007)
Need for Speed: Undercover (2008)
Need for Speed: Shift (2009)

[COLOR="Red"]NFS has a lot of games, but I'm glad you put the years in them...

 GH Games

[COLOR="Red"]Gutiar Hero (2005)
Guitar Hero 2 (2006)
Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80's (2007)
Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock (2007)
Guitar Hero: On Tour (2008)
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (2008)
Guitar Hero: World Tour (2008)
Guitar Hero: On Tour: Decades (2008)
Guitar Hero: Metallica (2009)
Guitar Hero: Modern Hits (2009)
Guitar Hero: Smash Hits (2009)
Guitar Hero 5 (2009)

Coming November-ish: Guitar Hero: Van Halen (will be 2009)[/COLOR]

Side note: Am I the only one who thinks Activision's numbering system is wonky as fuck...? Guitar Hero 3 is the fourth game, there is no Guitar Hero 4, and Guitar Hero 5 is technically the 12th game, 9th on consoles.[/COLOR]

Take off your nostalgia goggles, guys. R/B/Y sucks in terms of gameplay.

Take off your nostalgia goggles, guys. R/B/Y sucks in terms of gameplay.

Think back to when you first played it on the Gameboy Color. Did it suck back then?

Nope. It was the game that addicted you to Nintendo's handheld. Of course it sucks in terms of gameplay in comparison to today's Pokeman games... it's thirteen years old.

Think back to when you first played it on the Gameboy Color. Did it suck back then?

Of course not. I even made note that it only felt awesome at the time. It was good because we didn't know any different. I'm not denying it was awesome back then or even that it's a good game. I'm saying it's the worst of the versions. I have seen people that still truly believe R/B/Y is the BEST, even now. Those are the people my comments are directed at.

My general point was that the Pokemon versions aren't "milking" the franchise because they continually get better. I think they've improved every single time. Sure, maybe releasing near identical copies of the same game in the same gen is a little money grab, but it gives you an excuse to play the game again (with slight differences even), which I don't mind at all. Yellow/Crystal/Emerald/Platinum were all excellent improvements over their originals and definitely worth the time and investment.

D/P/Pt -> LG/FR = R/S/E -> G/S/C -> R/B/Y

And overall: Platinum and Emerald reign supreme as the most fun. I have no doubts HG/SS will claim the number one spot once I play them. It takes an awesome series to continually improve like Pokemon has.

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Definitely agreeing that the spin-offs, however, are milking the cash cow something fierce. My goodness just STOP. Stadium style ones stopped being fun after Stadium 2. Snap was enjoyable, but a little silly. Everything else...little pathetic or just plain stupid.

[COLOR="Red"]NFS has a lot of games, but I'm glad you put the years in them...

 GH Games

[COLOR="Red"]Gutiar Hero (2005)
Guitar Hero 2 (2006)
Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80's (2007)
Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock (2007)
Guitar Hero: On Tour (2008)
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (2008)
Guitar Hero: World Tour (2008)
Guitar Hero: On Tour: Decades (2008)
Guitar Hero: Metallica (2009)
Guitar Hero: Modern Hits (2009)
Guitar Hero: Smash Hits (2009)
Guitar Hero 5 (2009)

Coming November-ish: Guitar Hero: Van Halen (will be 2009)[/COLOR]

Side note: Am I the only one who thinks Activision's numbering system is wonky as fuck...? Guitar Hero 3 is the fourth game, there is no Guitar Hero 4, and Guitar Hero 5 is technically the 12th game, 9th on consoles.[/COLOR]

Let's not forget Band Hero and DJ Hero that are coming this year too. I'm still wondering what the hell happened to the Guitar Hero: Hendrix title that was hinted at too.

And yeah, I'm going to have to agree with sports games. My brother's avidly played the NBA Live and NBA 2K-"insert here" seroes; and his justification for buying the new games is to "new players", changed rosters, "tweaked" gameplay with new features and changed mechanics, and buffed up graphics. Horribly milked to the death, if you ask me; if that's all that needs to be done to warrant a new game.

Pokemon spin-offs are definitely milked a lot. Look at the crappy Pokemon Ranger and Mystery Dungeon spin-offs, and the HORRENDOUS Pokemon Ranch bought with WiiWare and Pokemon Dash. Oh, and who remembers "Hey You! Pikachu!"? There was also Pokemon Channel. Though there are admittedly awesome ones I can recall like Pokemon Snap.

Think back to when you first played it on the Gameboy Color. Did it suck back then?

Nope. It was the game that addicted you to Nintendo's handheld. Of course it sucks in terms of gameplay in comparison to today's Pokeman games... it's thirteen years old.

Which is why I said to remove your nostalgia goggles.

You guys seem to have forgotten the sims
The Sims
The Sims: Livin' Large
The Sims: House Party
The Sims: Hot Date
The Sims: Vacation
The Sims: Unleashed
The Sims: Superstar
The Sims: Makin' Magic
The Sims 2
MySims
The Sims: Bustin' Out
SimAnimals
The Sims 3
The Sims Collector's Edition
The Sims Party Pack
The Sims Deluxe Edition
The Sims Double Deluxe
The Sims Triple Deluxe
The Sims Mega Deluxe
The Sims Complete Collection
The Sims Full House

Think I'm missing a few. And then there's Sim City, but we dont need to name all those e.e

My bad. It just cuts me deep to see Yellow, a game older than the majority of Southperry, get put down... ;_;

Also, Felix, have you tried any of the translated HG/SS ROMs or are you just gonna wait for the official release?

Also, Felix, have you tried any of the translated HG/SS ROMs or are you just gonna wait for the official release?

I'm kinda torn. I've been waiting for the translation to get totally complete, but I may just wait for the English release afterall. Depends how impatient I get.

I'm kinda torn. I've been waiting for the translation to get totally complete, but I may just wait for the English release afterall. Depends how impatient I get.

What translations have you been keeping your eyes on? That Kazo guy said he'd stop translating the dialogue, so I came across this guy who seems like he wants to finish what Kazo started.

Think I'm missing a few. And then there's Sim City, but we dont need to name all those e.e

Actually, SimCity wasn't as much of a milked out series as how The Sims was. From the top of my head:

SimCity (Classic)
SimCity 2000 (Plus all it's expansion crap)
SimCity 3000 (Plus SC3K Unlimited)
SimCity 4 (Plus SC4 Rush Hour)
SimCity Societies (Which wasn't made by Maxis, the group that originally made the SimCity series, plus the Destinations EP)

Dynasty Warriors, Samurai Warriors, and Dragon Quest. I'm afraid the Tales series might be heading down that road, as well.

Only thing I see milked is the fu[SIZE="2"]c[/SIZE]king "Hero" franchise.

2009 - Guitar Hero 5
2009 - Guitar Hero: Metallica
2009 - Guitar Hero Smash Hits
2009 - Guitar Hero: Van Halen
2009 - Band Hero
2009 - Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits
2009 - DJ Hero
2009 - Guitar Hero 5 Mobile
2009 - Guitar Hero Arcade

Are you kidding me, will you just leave it alone. Talk about over saturating the Music Game market with all this s[SIZE="2"]h[/SIZE]it. Just because there are many of a game, but 1 or 2 of that franchise a year, doesn't mean it's being milked. This is the perfect example, and people wonder why I like Rock Band so much more.

I agree with Tylar, Rock Band has the right idea there...Harmonix said they're scheduled to have five thousand plus songs available for DLC for Rock Band 1 and 2 by the end of this year. I don't see them making a new game every 5 minutes.

Dragon Quest, Army Men and King of Fighters all deserve a mention. Halo's also moving towards that oversaturation.

Of course, there's also the staples like Mario, Link, Samus, Sonic, etc. Seems like very few new IPs get a fair shake these days.

Call of Duty and Halo.

Call of Duty and Halo.

Explain pls.

Explain pls.

Halos Wars, ODST.

Explain pls.

Call of Duty has become a yearly installment series.

Street Fighter anyone? It's only a matter of time before Super Street Fighter 4 World Champion Hyper Fighting HD Turbo Alpha Third Strike Remix is out.