How did these IP's refuse to die?
They clung on for dear life and made it.
Doom and KI and Deus Ex are love letters to their dwindling fanbases that gave them a beautiful boost of energy
>>338340154
>doom
first game in 10 years
>shadow warrior
first game in 15 years
>rachet and clank
cartoon shit that is easy to crank out games to
literally the off brand knock off sony version of mario
>xcom
just a series that got picked up and did well for some reason
>tomb raider
its a classic series
>mortal kombat
its a fighting game, it will always attract autists
>deus ex
muh classic 90s fps
>rayman
see rachet
companies snatch up ips all the time and crank out shit out using them all the time. bethesda loves to do this (doom, fallout, wolfenstein) especially
>>338340154
>Doom
first actual title made since 2005
>shadow Warrior
see Doom
>Ratchet, and Clank
A overall great franchise that has more good in it then bad
>Xcom
Father of scifi Streatgy games
>Tomb Raider
a very famous action franchise even jf the new ones are mediocre
>KI
A series thats hasnt had a good game since the genises days
>Deus ex
One of if not the best Cyberpunk rpgs im our times it even holds up to this day
>Rayman
see Ratchet and Clank
People who complain about how certain games are still alive should Stfu
>>338340504
>mortal combat
that's killer instinct senpai, actually a good series unlike mk
>>338340154
>complain about franchises begging for death
>no Nintendo ones on the pic
Gee I wonder who's behind this post
>>338340154
>How did these IP's refuse to die?
Super simple tl;dr: because their older games (or at least some of them) are still fun to lots of people even today. They've held up.
That's really all there is to it. If a game is an enduring classic that continues to get actively enjoyed by old players and attract new ones, even if a trickle, then the flame can stay alive for a very long time. Even in the face of awful sequels, fans can just go right back to good original.
So if at any time an actual good new entry is made, there is a base of hot coals ready to burst back into flame again. That's not to say that there ever will be one of course, but the latent potential is there.
In contrast there are lots and lots of "classic" vidya that were genuinely groundbreaking for their time and people look back on with great nostalgia, but that nobody actually has touched in ages. Name recognition might cause people to give a sequel a glance they wouldn't otherwise, but if it's mediocre it can just kill the franchise value dead.
Each of them are a case of publishers realizing they have an old dead IP left over and deciding they may as well do something with it.
>>338342554
Like Dungeon Keeper?
>>338343381
DK wouldn't work well with a controller/consoles.
>>338343629
True, only the power of the touch screen and f2p could unlock its true potential :^)
>>338343928
The funny thing is that a touchscreen is more fit for strategy games than a controller.
>>338342554
>>338344095
I'm sorry anon but there was absolutely nothing funny about DK mobile. Nothing.;____:
>>338344218
Where did I say it was good? I said touchscreens > controller for strategy games.
>>338341951
This.
