makingmusic476 said:
So much lulz in one list. I can see Rare making a new game for next year, but two? When neither has yet been announced? Forza 3 - it's rumored that Turn 10 is working on PGR5 instead, but I'd expect to see one of the two out next year Cry On is vaporware, and it's likely AQ Interactive, the publisher, canceled the title. And if they didn't, it could very well have gone multiplat like Vampire Rain. Microsoft has no involvement with this Mistwalker title, fyi. Blue Dragon 2 hasn't even been announced, but I suppose it could make it out next year. We certainly won't see both Cry On and Blue Dragon, though. And possibly neither. Mass Effect 2 isn't second party. EA bought BioWare and all of their IPs last year. Scene It? lulz. It's trumped by SingStar, Buzz!, EyePet, and the rest of the casual crap Sony London puts out, that I already said was not included in my list. The rest look alright though. Of course, it may be too soon for Halo Chronicles, and Star Ocean is probably just timed exclusive. And I knew eventually people would start comparing lists. >_< |
Like I said, I was being quite generous when creating that list. Realistically, 360's lineup probably won't be quite that good.
In regards to Rare, I don't think it's all that farfetched to think that they could come up with two new games, especially if they are small in scale. Don't forget that Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise was announced less than five months prior to its release. Rare is essentially Microsoft's Insomniac Games. A studio that releases one or two games every year.
It's already been confirmed that Turn 10 is working on Forza Motorsport 3. We even have details about the game including a rough number of cars and tracks in the game as well as the fact that it will ship on two discs.
You're quite right about Cry On being vaporware. Honestly, I shouldn't have included it in the list since there are several discrepencies about who is even developing and publishing the game, much less what system it will appear on.
Blue Dragon 2 hasn't been announced yet, but one has to think that Mistwalker has been working on something aside from two or three DS titles in the last year. Blue Dragon 2 was hinted at by Sakaguchi upon the release of Blue Dragon in 2006, but he stated that the game would begin development soon, which obviously could not possibly have been true. This game is an example of how the list is generous.
Mass Effect's status as a 2nd or 3rd party franchise is in dispute last time I checked. Again, I favored being generous with my list and labeling Mass Effect 2 as both a 2nd party title as well as an exclusive. I'm well aware it's possible that may not be the case when the game is finally released.
Scene It? 3 would be an exclusive for 360. I wasn't comparing it to SingStar, Buzz! or EyePet and I personally agree with you that it doesn't hold a candle to any of them. I was simply providing a list of possible and likely exclusive Xbox 360 games for 2009.
Lastly, the rest certainly don't look "alright" from a marketshare standpoint because there isn't really a decent system seller among them. That's Microsoft's problem next year. Halo 3: Recon, Halo Wars and Halo: Chronicles could all sell several million copies, but none of them will sell a noticable amount of systems thanks to Halo 3's massive success. This holds true for Forza 3, Blue Dragon 2, Ninty-Nine Nights II and Mass Effect 2 as well. 360's exclusive lineup for next year is saturated by sequels to games already on 360. Star Ocean 4 is the one silver lining in that list, but as you pointed out there's a good chance that it, as well as Splinter Cell Conviction, could become multiplatform. Unless Microsoft hits it big with new IPs such as Ninja Blade and Alan Wake they're going to find themselves losing marketshare fast to PS3 with huge system selling exclusives like Gran Turismo 5, God of War III, Killzone 2, and Final Fantasy XIII in Japan. This problem only becomes more apparent when you realize that Microsoft doesn't have their $100 price-cut trumph card any more while Sony has at least $200 they can drop in price and stimulate sales with before they're even at the mass market price of $199.99.
