Top 10 Best Video Game Franchises
4) Halo
Halo is what put the original Xbox on the map so it could be argued that it is responsible for the Xbox 360 and Xbox One even existing. Halo: Combat Evolved was a favorite at LAN parties and the M6D Pistol is one of the best video game weapons of all time.
The Halo franchise is also responsible for growing the competitive gaming scene on consoles. Halo 2 was huge on the Major League Gaming pro circuit and inspired lots of gamers to get into eSports. The series has strayed away from its competitive gaming roots in recent years and many older pros will still tell you Halo 2 was their favorite game in the franchise. Many games have been billed as the 'Halo killer' but none ever really lived up to the task and the series is still going strong. According to VGChartz, Halo 4 has sold just shy of nine million copies worldwide.
Like most franchises on this list, there have been lots of Halo spinoffs. Ensemble Studios released a real-time strategy game called Halo Wars in 2009. In 2010, an anime called Halo Legends came out. There have also been numerous comics, graphic novels, and full length novels released. At the Xbox One reveal in 2013, 343 Industries even announced a new upcoming Halo television series.
Master Chief has definitely become one of the most recognizable gaming icons today.
Halo before ZELDA?
Mario
Pokemon
The Elder Scrolls
Wolfenstein
Half-Life
GTA
Fifa (Madden? C'mon..)
Diablo
and some long dead franchises:
Quest for Glory
Monkey Island
Quake
Good choices!
No Grand Theft Auto! That franchise is the second best video game franchise ever.
And Grand Theft Auto San Andreas is best video game of all times
not a fan of this list,mine would be:
1. Mario (has to be)
2. Sonic (without sonic mario may not be what he is today)
3. Zelda
4. GTA (i don't even like these games but cant be ignored)
5. Half Life (this can include team fortress, portal etc)
6. Wii Sports (this got non-gamers gaming)
7. Street Fighter
8. Fifa
9. Resident Evil
10. Metroid
The big ones Ive missed are COD (no major changes ever year) and Pokemon (too many remakes/masters)
Horrible list, you need to distinguish between "best" and "most successful". Call of duty maybe a hot selling game but it's far from being the best. Why are there also no racing games and fighting games?
No Dragon Age, Witcher, Knights of the Old Republic, Neverwinter Nights, Or Elder Scrolls? A laughable list.
NO SONIC SONIC WAS AND IS A GREAT GAME FRANCHISE IT WAS THE CLOSEST TO BEATING MARIO BACK IN THE DAYS, I KNOW HE HAD HIS BAD GAMES LIKE SONIC 06 AND SONIC DRIFT AND MORE BUT STILL MARIO WAS THE BEST GAME AND SONIC WAS THE CLOSEST TO BEATING IT. I THINK SONIC DESERVES NO.2. AND TO BE HONEST I AM GLAD FIFA IS NOT ON THE LIST BECAUSE EVERY YEAR IT IS THE SAME THING EVERY TIME FOOTBALL MATCH AFTER FOOTBALL MATCH AFTER FOOTBALL MATCH EVEN WITH ULTIMATE TEAM I GET BORED OF FIFA EVERY 20 MINUTES. IF IT WASNT FOR SKILL GAMES SOMETHING DIFFERENT INSTEAD OF A MATCH I WOULD NOT PLAY FIFA AGAIN.
Madden NFL?!
FIFA and PES surely have better sales worldwide and these 2 franchises are a lot older and bigger.
Putting Halo over Zelda quickly removes most credibility this paltry list had to begin with, leaving out Metroid tossed out any remaining shred of credibility there was left.
Besides Mario and Zelda, other successful and also best selling franchises are GTA and The Sims. Where are they? :(
No Sonic? I agree with the rest though.
Assassins creed is terrible
glad,mario is 1st.No other franchise could beat mario
Im just happy metal gear is on this list
same
What the has this ever heard of Kingdom Hearts... And srysly no sonic, mario, or zelda
No assassins creed... No devil may cry... U gotta b kiddin me...
The list should have
2)Mario
1)SONIC FTW
COD and Madden are BS, there are a dozens of better titler, where is Metroid, GTA or Sonic, all better frachises and games
NO Castlevania
NOOOOO I hate this network
What are Madden and cod doing here ???
No Elder Scrolls? No GTA? Put in actual games not Madden or COD
No GTA?
No Tomb Raider?
No Street Fighter?
No Sonic?
No Need for Speed?
No FIFA?
No Asassain's Creed?
This list is totally bias. And Ground Zeros wasn't very good. It was too short.
No no no no legend of zelda is not 5 it is 1 and castlevania should not be on this list no has ever even heard of it
No Battlefield?
No GTA?
Screw this article!
Zela ALWAYS beats ALL of these for me, of course, I don't have qualms with you if you put Mario as the one exception. Anything else is unacceptable.
Silent Hill and Baldur's Gate!!!
Call of Duty shouldn't be on this list at all. And the Legend Of Zelda is the best game franchise ever created.
Madden but no FIFA, America isn't the world you know.
No Grand Theft Auto?