Yet even major franchises tend to
run themselves into the ground eventually, where they can either reboot themselves and come back stronger than ever (think the new Tomb Raider games) or stay buried in the past.
Not exact matches
Even the young» uns can't do it every day, week after week, without
eventually running their bodies
into the
ground.
An annual release schedule saw Tony Hawk titles receive more - or-less diminishing returns from a critical standpoint, and Neversoft
eventually bailed to work on Guitar Hero (only for Activision to
run that franchise
into the
ground, too).
The oil
runs down the blades goes
into the
ground and vegetation and
eventually the groundwater.