10 Reasons Behind Why Your Favourite Video Game Franchises Died

6. Activision Sidelined Crash Bandicoot In His Own Game

After Crash Bandicoot's first PS2 effort, The Wrath of Context, failed to recapture the magic of Naughty Dog's original trilogy, Activision made an attempt to modernise the PlayStation mascot with an entirely new look.

After re-branding the character, the series introduced the Titans, large tank-like creatures that Crash could control in the game's biggest set-pieces. While a neat idea on paper, after a few releases that put more and more focus on this aspect it got to the point where Crash felt like a side character in his own game, as you spent most of your time controlling anyone else but him.

Unfortunately the final effort from Activision, Mind Over Mutant, continued with this new version of the series that resembled its predecessors in name only, being met with abysmal sales in the process.

Putting the franchise on hiatus, the studio gambled their hopes on a reboot of fan-favourite Crash Team Racing, a game which was canned before it even got to the prototype stage. The Bandicoot's days were well and truly over.