Background
Video game franchises can be evaluated across multiple dimensions including sales figures, critical acclaim, cultural impact, and innovation. The Mario franchise leads in total sales with over 875 million units, while Pokémon has evolved into one of the highest-grossing media franchises. Series like The Legend of Zelda and Metal Gear Solid are consistently praised for their quality and influence on game design.
Resolution Criteria
This market will resolve based on objective metrics including:
Total franchise sales
Average review scores across all main series titles
Industry awards and recognition
Cultural impact and influence on game design
Innovation and technical achievements
Longevity and consistency of quality
Commercial success across multiple platforms/generations
A franchise must have at least 3 main series titles to be considered. Spin-offs and remakes will be considered as supporting evidence but won't be primary factors. Resolution will be determined by evaluating available data from reliable gaming industry sources, critical aggregators, and sales figures as of market close.
Considerations
"Best" is inherently subjective and different franchises excel in different areas
Some franchises (like Half-Life) have fewer releases but massive influence
Older franchises have had more time to accumulate sales/influence
Recent entries in a series may significantly impact a franchise's overall standing
Some data points (like exact sales figures) may not be publicly available for all franchises
Cultural impact and influence can be difficult to quantify objectively
1,000Okay I think I understand. We're not voting as bettors. We're just guessing wildly lol. The market will resolve based on "objective metrics", but it's going to come down to your subjective opinion regardless.
Just tell us your favorite franchises in order off the top of your head at least to give us something to go off of or something. or tell us your priority listing for stuff like number of titles, sales figures, cultural impact. like at least tell us a little more about how you weight these metrics against one another.
@jumpman_folder technically there have been several spinoff games and a movie, though I wouldn't consider them good lol
@TheAllMemeingEye in description he does say 3 'main series' games not counting spinoffs. so i think minecraft should N/A