I'm interested in making a quick list of what's been confirmed for 2009 versus what's definitely not coming out until 2010. There's been a lot of vagueness up until E3, and it would be nice to know what's happening when. From what I've seen around the internet today (feel free to correct me):
2009
Fat Princess (in the summer?) Yes, this is a downloadable game, but it's going to be bigger than a regular downloadable game and it's getting bigger and bigger. Plus, after the Beta, I'm really excited about it.
Uncharted 2 -- September
Katamari Forever
MAG
Ratchet and Clank -- (October?)
Demon's Souls
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 (Yes, this one is a bit arguable as an exclusive, but it's here for completeness. And because GoW isn't out in '09.)
The Last Rebellion (Yes I checked, it's actually been announced for America 2009. EU, you're on your own. Not to be confused with The Last Guardian.)
Maybe 2009
GT5 ("we're trying to get it out the door by then, if we can")
Eyepet
Afrika (Or the better-selling "Hukuna Matata")
2010
Q1-confirmed
White Knight Chronicle
Heavy Rain
God Of War 3
Quantum Theory (Early 2010, not confirmed)
The Last Guardian (TBA, sometime in 2010)
What strikes me about the release schedule is that, if they don't get GT5 out in 2009, they've got way more games in early 2010 than they do in the entire remaining seven months of 2009. (And that includes the holiday season!) It would be horrible if they rushed anything, but if they can possibly get GT5 out, it looks like the difference between having an outstanding year and having a slightly improved year.
Another potential screw up:
White Knight Chronicles, in addition to missing the window of being the only traditional-ish JRPG released on the PS3 for the holidays, is now getting awfully close to Final Fantasy XIII, which will probably send shockwaves out, destroying all other JRPGs in its wake. It's close enough now that it's going to be compared graphically with FFXIII, even though it clearly shouldn't be -- it's an older game, after all. Hearing about the delay feels like watching someone walk into an intersection without seeing the speeding car that's about to sideswipe them -- I want to yell "no, look out!" but I'm frozen in my horror. Plus, I don't have Akihiro Hino's phone number...
What do you guys think?
(feel free to post corrections, too.)
