jesus kung fu magic said:
We all know microsoft have more bombs up their sleeve. Their strategy is not like sony and announcing games 4 years before their release.
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Ugh, I hate seeing stuff like this. Outside of Killzone 2, what game fits this description? And how does Microsoft not do similar things?
Both companies have their share of games that are announced extremely early in developmnet, and those that are announced pretty late.
Games announced over two years from release:
Killzone 2 - Announced at E305
Heavenly Sword - Announced at E305
Lair - Announced at E305
Warhawk - Announced at E305
Alan Wake - Announced at E305 (taking longer than Killzone 2!)
Lost Odyssey - Announced at E305
Fable II - Announced at E306
Banjo & Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts - Announced at X06
Games announced 1.5-2 years before release:
Resistance: Fall of Man - Announced at E305
MotorStorm - Announced at E305
Uncharted - Announced at E306
InFamous - Announced at E307
God of War III - Announced at E308
Gears of War - Announced at E305
Blue Dragon - Announced at E305
Mass Effect - Announced at X05, but technically took 2 years and one month to come out.
Halo 3 - Announced at E306
Halo 3: Recon - Announced at E308
Games announced less than a year prior to release:
Resistance 2 - Anounced back in ebruary
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift- Announced back in April
Siren: Blood Curse - Announced back in April, and released in July!
Gears of War 2 - Announced back in February
Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise - Announced back at E3.
And by "announced" I mean its debut with a trailer, whether CGI or gameplay.