Not exact matches
It has tie - ups with major sports teams and
franchises including Manchester United, Real Madrid, Manchester City and Formula 1 and will help Fanatics make
big inroads in the European and the
global soccer - fans market.
But the summer of 2003 saw «Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl» become a monster hit, launching one of the
biggest modern - day
franchises, stretching to four movies to date, and turning Depp from beloved oddball to
global megastar.
You've got to wonder when the Ice Age team will run out of
big global events to cause problems for the central critters in the
franchise.
When people start claiming a business deserves a special valuation above all reasonable fundamental analysis (because of the «
franchise», because there's so little institutional ownership for a
big cap growth stock, because Buffett's in it, because
global expansion will provide endless opportunity, because ROE is so damned high, because it's nearly a monopoly, because Buffett's in it...), that's a short, IMO.
Since then, thanks to Ubisoft's numerous
global studios, it's grown into one of the
biggest multimedia
franchises out there, with yearly triple - A games, as well as smaller installments, not to mention comic books and even an upcoming Hollywood movie.
«This plan to bring new games timed with their
global release into Xbox Game Pass not only includes announced titles like Sea of Thieves, State of Decay 2 and Crackdown 3 but future unannounced games from Microsoft Studios including new iterations of our
biggest Xbox One exclusive
franchises such as Halo, Forza and Gears of War, on the same day they launch.»
«This group will enable
global eSports competitions in our
biggest franchises including FIFA, Madden NFL, Battlefield and more,» EA stated in its announcement.
This plan to bring new games timed with their
global release into Xbox Game Pass not only includes announced titles like Sea of Thieves, State of Decay 2, and Crackdown 3 but future unannounced games from Microsoft Studios including new iterations of our
biggest Xbox One exclusive
franchises such as Halo, Forza and Gears of War, on the same day they launch.
However, the general trend seems to be that there are fewer
franchises with just one or two international offices, and some
bigger brands are focused more intensely on
global expansion than they were before.