Not exact matches
These fans have already backed
up the money truck to Activision's front door (the CoD
franchise has sold 56 million console
units in the U.S. alone, with the November 2010 - released Call of Duty: Black Ops, topping $ 1 billion in sales in just 42 days) and see Elite as more money grab than value - added proposition.
JOSH LIPTON, NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT CORRESPONDENT: Heading into Apple «s latest earnings report, investors have been concerned about the health of the iPhone
franchise, specifically the iPhone X. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) reporting that iPhone
units this quarter of 3 percent to 52.2 million versus expectations of 52.5 million; iPhone revenue
up 14 percent.
«We have some brands that are in the growth mode, so they're either increasing their
franchising with opening
up new
units or expanding across the country,» he says.
Franchise units are
up next, Famous Dave's said, adding that the shift allowed the chain to target younger customers.
Designed to attract franchisees with an appetite for multi-
unit expansion, the incentives include discounted initial
franchise fees and offers reduced royalties for
up to three years, driving
unit level profitability early on in the initial entrance phase of development in a new market.
Nintendo EAD is one of the largest creative
units at the format - holder, best known for having produced the hundreds of games that make
up the Mario, Zelda, F - Zero, Star Fox and Donkey Kong
franchises.
Once the biggest brand in Sony's stable — it's probably been eclipsed by the likes of Uncharted, The Last of Us, and even Horizon in recent times — the series continues to be a steady seller, with the
franchise racking
up over 80.4 million
units since its inaugural edition in 1998.
It's not always about a strong debut though, as the original Crash Bandicoot games have helped the overall
franchise of 16 different Crash titles to currently occupy the 24th position within the all - time UK
franchise list (boxed software,
unit sales since 1995
up to last week).
They announced that Ed Boon will be pocketing
up to $ 900,000 for his work on the completion and sales of Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe (which were good at around a million
units but under expectations) and will be getting a further $ 105,000 in bonuses for the Mortal Kombat
franchise itself (which comes from the sale of older MK games like Mortal Kombat 2 on playstation network, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 on xbox Arcade, the MK movies and such).
I'm in the camp of old - school fans of the
franchise and loved Awakening for bringing in new fans and making subtle changes to put a bigger emphasis on pairing
up units.
And until now the Marvel vs. Capcom
franchise has sold
up to 7 million
units.
For the uninitiated, this
franchise take the classic idea of tower defense (where players set
up defenses such as laser turrets to stave off waves of enemies from passing by), and reverse it, where it's
up to players to be the «invading force» and make succeed in getting
units from their battalion past the defenses.