Yearly Gaming Franchises...is it Time to End?

Is It Time?

As the the end of August came and passed the next installment of the storied Madden Football franchise hit shelves and with that a bunch of questions came up as to whether another edition of the game was needed. This does not only apply to the Madden franchise but also Call of Duty games (and yes I know the companies take turns each year) and basically every sport has a yearly entry. So my question is, why are we paying all this money each year for a game that is basically a roster update with minimal changes? I have been as guilty as anyone buying Call of Duty every year and only recently stopped getting the new Madden games that come out. I know this is a money making business for Activision and Electronic Arts but this is getting more tired than Jadeveon Clowney looked against UNC last week.

Time to retire at the top like Barry

I may be wrong in thinking this but don't all these games feel recycled to everyone? It seems like in Madden's case that all it adds is a new tackle animation and up to date rosters each year with their new product. And as for Call of Duty it's just new maps, same recycled guns and maybe a new game-type. Activision is just releasing its new engine for the Call of Duty games that fans have been asking for them to come out with for years. There have been no monumental changes for any of these franchises for years and that is unlikely to change even with the release of the new systems and it really is disappointing. The only way to change the companies from releasing sub par yearly content is to stop buying it which judging from the sales numbers is a sheer impossibility.

If the companies could come to a compromise and release a game every lets say two years that would be much more manageable for everyone. They would have more time to develop new features and consumers would be able to save the price of the game every other year. So with all that I still do think that it is time to throw in the towel and retire these every year franchises or at least slow their pace.