gebx said:
The_God_of_War said:
BenVTrigger said:
The_God_of_War said:
"Also Microsoft is infamous for waiting to announce games until a couple months prior to release"
Nope, this is a myth.
Anyway, MS do have an OK lineup this year. I'm willing to bet Splinter Cell and Alan Wake will get Q4 release dates and Forza 3 & Killer Instinct 3 will be revealed soon. |
Really what about Gears 2? One of their biggest games ever? Also a Microsoft rep came out and said they would be announcing to more exsclusive games for 09 sometime soon.
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Announced in March 2008, released in Nov 2008. That's 8 months. Sony and Nintendo both reveal certain games close to their release dates as well, I'm not sure why so many people give Microsoft credit for it. And both Sony and Nintendo both have unannounced games for 2009 also. But yeah, this thread is about Microsoft so I'm expecting KI 3 & Forza 3 for 2009. And hopefully Crackdown 2 although I'm not too optimistic about that one.
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One of the big critism Sony is receiving is announcing games too early, MS is just trying to be different and hold their cards closer to their chest. They've mentioned it a couple times - the 360 has a couple cards that no one knows about...
And maybe MS is learning from Apple.. it makes sense not to announce games years in advance, hype can kill a game just as well as make it a blockbuster!
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Sony has pretty much only done this in the beginning of the PS3's lifecycle, when it needed some more games to get the sales going.
The only game that has relatively recently been revealed, that we are quite sure will not be released before a year after its announcing, is God of War III. At this point, it seems mad to think it would be out before E3.
But Resistance 2, Uncharted, Ratchet & Clank, Siren: Blood Curse and Motorstorm: Pacific Rift were all revealed in a timely fashion.
