hctor.com Ubisoft's current focus to iterate its " major franchises " seems to expose its key brands to franchise fatigue and, with it, dwindling sales -- just look what happened to sales of Guitar Hero and Tony Hawk when Acitivsion implemented a similar strategy.
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Today's News
- Sony adds more features to the PS Vita ahead of Western launch
- Restructuring sees job losses at EA Canada and Black Box
- Mass Effect series will go on... Probably...
- Sony renames PSN the Sony Entertainment Network
- This week's releases
- THQ needs a partner for Dark Millennium to see a release
- Epic: There has to be a big jump to the next generation of consoles
- 17 core titles to save THQ's skin
- First Modern Warfare 3 content drops dated for PS3
- Things need to change at Sony says Hirai
- Origin and Star Wars: The Old Republic do well for EA in 2011
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Darkness of Kong disappoints Guillemot
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Ubisoft Issue Wii U Development Statement: Major Franchises & Two New IPs Confirmed
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"Major Franchise" Announcement for XBLA Soon
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E3 2009: Sony Reveals Slew Of Major Franchises Coming To The PSP
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Pachter - Take-Two lacks discipline when it comes to major franchises
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Capcom Bringing All Its Major Franchises To iPhone
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Tippl: Social Game Investments Take Backseat To Major Franchise Expansion
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Capcom upping output on major franchises
vg247.com According to a Nikkei report, Capcom wants to release more games from its big IPs on a yearly basis.The publisher has said we’ll now see three or four titles from series like Resident Evil and Monster Hunter as a result reducing development times1 year ago -
Atlus talks sales predictions, 3DS support with major franchises, restructuring
gonintendo.com The following is supplemental information to Atlus’ fiscal year report…- hopes to sell 138,000 units of Radiant Historia- 3DS support: Shin Megamitensei series, Persona series, Etrian Odyssey series, and Devil Survivor series.- forming a ne1 year ago -
THQ plans new pricing model for “major franchise”
thatvideogameblog.com THQ’s shaking things up a bit, with a new logo announced recently, as well as drastic changes to their pricing system. Not satisfied with the current pricing state of affairs, THQ had tested out a cheaper plan for their latest MX vs. ATV game, prici1 year ago -
2K Games preparing an MMO from one of their major franchises
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Take-Two won’t annualise major franchises
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Guillemot: French Tax Credits To Aid Ubisoft Expansion
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Ubisoft Announces Girl-Focused Imagine DS Series
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Guillemot: UPlay Community Features Will Help Ubisoft 'Get Closer To Our Customers'
gamasutra.com Ubisoft's UPlay community features, designed to offer players of its games rewards the way a hotel or airline does, will make its debut alongside Assas2 years ago
