What system spawned the most games that lead to franchises that are still alive today?

[gbpxl]

Grand Theft Auto should really be added to the Playstation list.

PC I believe

[kupomogli]

In your list, Mario is Missing(pun intended.)

[Aussie2B]

In your list, Mario is Missing(pun intended.)

Mario Bros. started in the arcades.

[Gameguy]

Mario Bros. started in the arcades.

Plus the home versions were first released on the Atari 2600. Not sure if we should be counting Donkey Kong as the first Mario game either, that had lots of home ports before the NES.

Silent Hill should be added to the PS1 list.

Did anything else popular start on the Gameboy besides Kirby? There's a vast library so I assume there should be more.

[Aussie2B]

Well, there's Pokemon of course. The SaGa series also started on Game Boy. So did Mana, unless you want to rule that out as a Final Fantasy spin-off. Shantae started on Game Boy Color.

[kupomogli]

Mario Bros. started in the arcades.

"What system spawned the most games that lead to franchises that are still alive today? "

[Aussie2B]

I fail to see what kind of point you're trying to make by quoting the topic title. This topic is about console gaming. Both Donkey Kong (the first game with Mario) and Mario Bros. (the first proper Mario game) are arcade games. The lists in the opening post are for NES and PlayStation. So how is the opening post missing Mario?

[Spartacus]

PlayStation:
Ace Combat
Digimon (World)
Dynasty Warriors
Hot Shots (Everybody's) Golf
One Piece
Wipeout

[kupomogli]

For the illiterate. The topic title states which console had the most games that led to franchises that still exist today. Yes Mario started on arcades, but the series had the most titles and became the most recognized video game character due to the many releases on the NES. The topic isn't asking where the series started out, it's asking where the series initially had the most releases and the reason why it exists today. Mario Bros also appeared on the NES as well(same year as the arcade version,) and most following titles, all the major releases that have followed have been called "Super Mario." It's only ever went back to "Mario" over "Super Mario" if it was a spinoff title.

If you're picking out my response of Mario, how about I nitpick about a game that you've stated. Because if you want to really get technical, the title itself is irrelevant. SaGa started out on the NES as Final Fantasy 2, to the point that Squaresoft renamed the first actual SaGa game Final Fantasy Legends for stupid Americans to buy into the popularity of the brand. Just like Vampire Killer and Haunted Castle are Castlevania games, just like Persona titles are SMT games, Final Fantasy 2 is a SaGa game. Another thing to point out, Mario Bros is nothing like the rest of the franchise, where there are a lot of core similarities with Final Fantasy 2 and the SaGa titles.

[Aussie2B]

Are you capable of participating in a discussion without resorting to insults? It's ironic to call others illiterate when you don't appear to understand the topic question itself. The question isn't which systems have had the most entries of any particular series but rather which systems got the most brand-new IPs that are still active today. If it were the former, you could just as well credit Final Fantasy to SNES or PlayStation, which also had three games apiece and played a critical role in the lasting popularity of their series (plus SNES and PlayStation had even more Final Fantasy games than NES if you count spin-offs like Mystic Quest and Tactics). Heck, the argument for crediting Final Fantasy to SNES or PlayStation is even stronger if you're ruling out Final Fantasy 2 as a SaGa title, but that's just plain silly. From all the context of the thread, it's clear that this topic is about where series have originated.

[fluid_matrix]

PC I believe

Was it originally on PC? I just remember playing it on my PS1 BITD. Still have it somewhere too.