Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix announced

Talk about milking a francise. If say Nintendo released 4 Mario Karts in as many years on the GC everyone would be up in arms, but it seems ok to have yearly Midnight Club, Need for Speed, SSX, Ratchet, Jak, etc updates. I don't mind sequels, but with the money the likes of Rockstar, Sony and EA have these days it'd be nice if they spent their time/money towards making something new instead of spending a year updating last years games for an easy profit. People buy them so I can't blame them really, but I personally think 3 games in one generation is enough. If the first game becomes a hit, the 2nd fixes any problems the first has while the 3rd should push the hardware to the limit.

Ignore me, I'm ranting.

Well there's my point, the one game they do have yearly updates people are quick to complain about them It always makes me laugh when say a new Mario sports game is unveiled and you only have to look at various forums to hear people complaining about how Mario is being milked. When there’s a Mario Golf, a Mario Tennis, a Mario Baseball, etc every year, THEN people can comment. But one per generation is hardly milking.

Mario Party and Pokemon are their only real offenders while the likes of EA have yearly versions of Need for Speed, Medal of Honor, Battlefield, Bond, SSX, Tiger Woods, FIFA, Madden, NHL, NBA, NCAA, F1, NASCAR, Fight Night and now Burnout (not to mention the countless The Sims add ons every few months). UbiSoft are becoming guilty of this recently too. Take Prince of Persia for example, Warrior Within would never have happened had they put more time into their next Persia game instead of rushing one out within 12months of the first game. I can see the reason behind sports game updates as the latest teams, kits, etc are a valid reason to release a new version each year, but it would really be nice if just for once 2 years was spent on the next Medal of Honor, Prince of Persia, Need for Speed or Rainbow Six.

With the amount of money EA have they could make any game they wanted, but the risks they take are minimal which is why they will never be capable of making REAL games like say RE4, Shadow of the Colossus, Metroid, Half-Life, Metal Gear Solid, Zelda or God of War. It’s not fair that it’s always left to others to take the risks, push the envelope when it comes to design and originality while they just play it safe with yearly sports/fps/film license updates and rake in the money.

Sorry to rant, but it just saddens me when I see how Capcom are now starting to struggle when it’s arguably been them more than anyone this generation who have not only made some fantastically original games, but some bloody good ones at that.