PC Powerplay - 5 Steps To A Typical Gamer Reaction.
The most interesting aspect of all this is that we allow ourselves to believe the unbelievable so easily. I mean, we all secretly know that any franchise reboot will absolutely NOT be a carbon copy of the original but with better production values.

Instead, we allow ourselves to hope for the extremely improbable, and when our most deep-seated beliefs are proven right, we stop judging (it's still really pre-judging) games for what they are or could be. Instead, we call them out for not being what we desperately, and impossibly, WANT them to be.

IGN - Are Franchises Killing Gaming? Thanks Joker961.
Entering a development cycle that promotes endless sequels can provide great financial reward (Activision, we're looking at you) –but it can also cause the decay of the brands involved (Tony Hawk, oh how the mighty birdman fell to Earth!) – and it also discourages original game design and risk-taking. Those two points alone are causing a slow rot in the games industry, paralleling the film industry's increasing focus on big-tent pictures.