Fifa, CoD, Assassin's Creed, Mario, ect .. without those games it wouldn't be possible to finance other titles.
I don't understand what the problem is, many people enjoy those games, no one forces you to buy them and the indie scene is very active.
I don't understand what the problem is, many people enjoy those games, no one forces you to buy them and the indie scene is very active.
I can do without FIFA COD and AC, personally. They're probably burning up the time of developers with good ideas rather than producing anything actually interesting (though of course everyone needs a day job).
Their other tentpole franchises are mostly developed in-house (Zelda, Splatoon, Mario Kart), via subsidiaries (Retro Studios) 2nd-party developers (GameFreak - Pokemon, Intelligent Systems - Fire Emblem), or 3rd parties (Bandai Namco & Sora - Super Smash Bros).