Users vote for their favourite franchises
The Guinness World Records: Gamer’s Edition is a must have for any gamer with a coffee table that needs something plonked on it.
The 2010 edition allowed people to vote for their favourite franchise, and here are the results.
Top 50 User Selected Gaming franchises of all time
1 – Halo
2 – Call of Duty
3 – The Legend of Zelda
4 – Guitar Hero
5 – Metal Gear
6 – Super Mario Bros.
7 – World of Warcraft
8 – Gears of War
9 – Super Smash Bros.
10 – Grand Theft Auto
11 – Pokémon
12 – Resident Evil
13 – Fallout
14 – Half-Life
15 – Sonic the Hedgehog
16 – Counter-Strike
17 – Runescape
18 – FIFA
19 – Kingdom Hearts
20 – Final Fantasy
21 – Pac-Man
22 – Madden NFL
23 – The Sims
24 – Tomb Raider
25 – WWE Smackdown Vs. RAW
26 – Rock Band
27 – LittleBigPlanet
28 – Saints Row
29 – The Elder Scrolls
30 – God of War
31 – GoldenEye 007
32 – BioShock
33 – KillZone
34 – Skate
35 – Left 4 Dead
36 – Need for Speed
37 – Chrono Trigger
38 – Gran Turismo
39 – StarCraft
40 – Ratchet & Clank
41 – Pong
42 – Tom Clancy-branded games (Splinter Cell, H.A.W.X., etc.)
43 – Star Wars: Battlefront
44 – Battlefield
45 – Diablo
46 – Lego Batman
47 – Mario Kart
48 – Burnout
49 – Crash Bandicoot
50 – Pro Evolution Soccer
So it’s a pretty cool list for the most part, although I’m not sure if World of Warcraft should be constituted as its own franchise. Sure it has expansions, but no sequels, and since its part of the Warcraft canon, I would have thought it would fall within that franchise.
Other than that, I found it pretty weird that all Tom Clancy games were considered part of the same franchise, despite the fact the Splinter Cell, H.A.W.X and End War all seem like completely unique franchises in their own right.
Apart from those gripes, those are what the people chose, and you can’t argue with democracy!
Let the nerd rage commence…
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