David Reeves: This Christmas Not That Critical

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bbsin said:
If sony really thought that this holiday was so critical, they would have forced out alot more games. They have enough games to hold their own this holiday season, ofcourse they will probably still end up in third place in terms of sales. But they have the strongest software lineup of 2008, with many well known system sellers on the way. Saying that a holiday season is going to break or make a console is foolish, it's like saying a system's launch is the most important thing to look at. Now if Sony loses a long string of holidays, that's a different story. But i can tell you guys that no one at Sony is going to sh!t a brick if they get in third place this holiday, if anything thats what they expect.

 Average development time on the PS3 is 2-3 years.  If they forced out anything, it would be a pile of crap.  You should know by now that forcing games does nothing but destroy the game quality.

 Besides, you say this like Sony has a choice in this matter, as if, right now, they could say "WAIT!  Instead of pushing that game out next summer (12 months), let's have it ready for Christmas! (4 months)"  It doesn't work like that.