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Re:How Untitled Goose Game became a real video game by smcl on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @01:42PM (#21389932)
Are these franchises?
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Re:How Untitled Goose Game became a real video game by monocasa on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @01:45PM (#21389967)
The term 'franchise' is mutated a bit in the game industry. They're new games that don't have anything to do with previous games (not a sequel, remake, prequel, etc.) so they're new franchises.
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Re:How Untitled Goose Game became a real video game by cdirkx on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @02:13PM (#21390332)
I have mostly seen this be named IPs (intellectual property), as in "studio X confirms it is working on a new IP". I guess 'franchise' also works nowadays, as for any succesful game it will be profitable to make a sequel/spinoff/eventual remaster.
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Re:How Untitled Goose Game became a real video game by smcl on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @03:56PM (#21391332)
Ahhh, thanks! I had no idea "new franchise" would be used even if it wasn't obviously the first in a series of games.
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