10 Amazing Video Games That Killed Franchises

5. Max Payne 3

Despite Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne being a surprise sales flop, we did finally get a third entry almost an entire decade later in 2012.

However, despite strong reviews - with many deeming it the best game in the trilogy - Max Payne 3 underperformed commercially. 

Though it sold 4 million copies within a year of release, this fell short of Take-Two Interactive's sales expectations considering the game's eye-wateringly massive $105 million budget, ensuring that the franchise has laid dormant ever since.

Now to be completely fair, Max Payne 3 does feel like a natural conclusion to Max's story, but it also goes without saying that had the game been a sales behemoth, we would've almost certainly gotten a Max Payne 4.

We do know that Remedy is currently developing a remake collection of the first two Max Payne games, and if they end up selling well a fourth entry into the series could very well end up back on the table. Here's hoping.