This was brought on by the EA earnings call and Apex Legends becoming one of their primary platforms. At this point, it is faaaaar more popular than the Titanfall series it's based on. What other series have experienced similar? Persona vs. SMT comes to mind, though I'm sure there are others.
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Gaming franchises where the spin-off becomes more popular than the main series
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Yep. Though the Rayman Legends games did hit & had a fanbase while the Rabbid stuff went on strong. Wasn't a total blood sacrifice.
Technically, isn't Shin Megami Tensei itself a spin-off from Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei?
Phantasy Star Online appears to be way more popular than the original turn-based Phantasy Star series was.
Phantasy Star Online appears to be way more popular than the original turn-based Phantasy Star series was.
My OP is four sentences long. :P
Spryo games -> Skylanders ( -> Spyro games remastered?)
I had no idea Apex Legends was based on Titanfall
I had no idea Apex Legends was based on Titanfall
Yes. This means Arena/Dancing/Q/Scramble are spin-offs of a spin-off of a spin-off.
Yes.
It's the same universe, and contains multiple references to the main series.
I very much doubt that. SMTV on Switch is gonna sell gangbusters.
Nah, Super Mario Bros. is a spin-off of Mario Bros. which is a spin-off of Donkey Kong.
Speaking of, DKC series is more popular than the original DK games.
World of Warcraft comes to mind. And the 1-2 punch of Portal 1 and 2 coming at a time when Half Life was on the shelf.
It would be really interesting to see sales numbers in a hypothetical world where Portal 3 and Half-Life 3 launched on the same day.
I am ignorant and never made the connection. How is AC a spin off? Mind you I haven't played any of the games, but I have played most Prince of Persias.
Assuming you're serious you only need to compare the number of SMT games that have been released in two generations (three, yes three)
compared to the amount of Persona branded games since then
That's before you add in sales numbers
I'm not really sure Portal is a Half-Life spin-off. They share the same universe, but that's more of a fun Easter egg than anything meaningful. It's not really like they took any characters, environments or concepts (apart from gravity play, at a push) from H-L and built a game series around that.
If Wikipedia is accurate, SMT IV sold about 600k copies worldwide. Persona 5 sold over 3 million copies worldwide, not counting Royal sales.
You're very much wrong. Look at any Persona game's sales vs a mainline SMT game, especially in the west.