History CashCowFranchise / VideoGames

* The whole video game medium itself is a multi-billion dollar industry, but if you want a list of details on video game franchise sales, look no further than [[Website/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]]'s [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_game_franchises list of best-selling video game franchises]] that have sold or shipped at least five million copies.
* Creator/{{Nintendo}} is so prolific at breeding cash cows, [[CashCowFranchise/{{Nintendo}} they have their own page.]]

* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' (1987-present): [[VideoGame/MetalGear1 Two]] [[VideoGame/MetalGear2SolidSnake original classics]], [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid five]] [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty popular]] ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater MGS]]'' [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots console]] [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain titles]] and [[VideoGame/MetalGearGhostBabel three]] [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPortableOps portable]] [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker titles]] , five {{updated|Rerelease}} and/or {{compilation|Rerelease}} re-releases (''Integral'', ''Substance'', ''Subsistence'', the ''HD[=/=]Legacy Collection'', and ''V''[='s=] ''The Complete Experience''), two remakes, five side-stories, three mobile games, one arcade game, three online shooters, some digital graphic novels and documentation discs, novels, radio drama, comic books, and action figures, but a solid (no pun intended) fanbase isn't wishing to see more after 2015 when Creator/HideoKojima departed from Konami.

* ''Franchise/DeadSpace'' is yet another cash cow for EA. With [[VideoGame/DeadSpace three]] [[VideoGame/DeadSpace2 console]] [[VideoGame/DeadSpace3 games]], a [[VideoGame/DeadSpaceExtraction rail-shooting game for the Wii]], an {{Interquel}} of a Platform/{{IOS Game|s}}, [[VideoGame/DeadSpaceIgnition a puzzle game]], [[WesternAnimation/DeadSpaceDownfall two Direct To DVD]] [[WesternAnimation/DeadSpaceAftermath animated movies]], two comics, and [[Literature/DeadSpaceMartyr one novel]], space horror has become an easy moneymaker for the company.

* ''VideoGame/AnimalJam'', created to follow the children's [=MMO=] trend started by ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin'', proved insanely successful for [=WildWorks=] that the company showered it with attractive ads with {{Detail Hogging Cover}}s, TheMerch, and regular mountain-sized loads of new updates, in less than a decade.

** The ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' franchise, which Bethesda purchased in the deal of the century from the bankrupt Creator/InterplayEntertainment. An AlternateHistory series set AfterTheEnd with plenty of DieselPunk, WeirdScience, and BlackHumor across a post-apocalyptic America, the franchise boasts four main series games, three spin-offs (one of those spin-offs being considered the franchise's peak even years later), and a handful of other supplemental media. It is the ''second'' best-selling and longest-running Western RPG series after ''The Elder Scrolls''.
* Ninja Kiwi's highly [[VideoGame/BloonsTowerDefense successful]] [[VideoGame/BloonsSuperMonkey Bloons]] [[VideoGame/BloonsMonkeyCity series]] continues to get millions of plays per game. Their mobile ports also have countless downloads to their names. Ninja Kiwi even announced a crossover with ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''!
* The ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'' went from being just a single game to having an official sequel, quite a few spin-offs and a large collection of books among other things. ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies2ItsAboutTime'' alone mades [=EA=] thousands of bucks each day through in-app purchases and it's one of the few TowerDefense games to rival Bloons Tower Defense 5 in the number of Website/YouTube videos department.

* VideoGame/{{Tetris}} has been [[PortOverdosed ported]] to damn near every console and computer known to mankind. Hell, hackers have managed to port it to things that generally don't play games, from printers to the sides of buildings.

* Creator/CDProjektRED's cash cow franchise is ''Franchise/TheWitcher'' video game series (2007-16). It put them on the map globally and spinoffs and side-games from the series, such as ''VideoGame/{{Gwent|TheWitcherCardGame}}'' continue to be profitable.

** ''Franchise/StreetFighter''. Even the onset of CapcomSequelStagnation hasn't prevented the series from raking in the dough from its rabid fans (and [[UsefulNotes/FightingGameCommunity the competitive fighting game community]], but that's an entirely different animal).

* ''Franchise/DeadSpace'' is yet another cash cow for EA. With [[VideoGame/DeadSpace three]] [[VideoGame/DeadSpace2 console]] [[VideoGame/DeadSpace3 games]], a [[VideoGame/DeadSpaceExtraction rail-shooting game for the Wii]], an {{Interquel}} of a UsefulNotes/{{IOS Game|s}}, [[VideoGame/DeadSpaceIgnition a puzzle game]], [[WesternAnimation/DeadSpaceDownfall two Direct To DVD]] [[WesternAnimation/DeadSpaceAftermath animated movies]], two comics, and [[Literature/DeadSpaceMartyr one novel]], space horror has become an easy moneymaker for the company.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'' series is the most popular Creator/CompileHeart game thanks to its combination of funny and endearing characters, the tons of ShoutOut to other media the series puts out, the numerous [[BreakingTheFourthWall fourth wall breaking jokes]], and just the concept of UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars [[RecycledInSpace as a video game]] alone. Coupled with an all-girl cast with barely any male characters, the tons of ShipTease despite the characters being based on consoles and handhelds, and it's not surprising to see that it has an anime, some manga, merchandise, and a ton of spin-offs for the fans to enjoy.