Well at least they won't be competing with Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 on the PS3 now.
But yeah I kind of agree, the game won't have an easier competition at the new release date.
I'm still not worried for the holydays though, still more title releasing on PS3 that I will have time to play ( Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, Demon's Souls, Dragon Age : Origins, MW2, New R&C, Uncharted 2, Assassin's Creed 2,...)
And I forgot to list StarCraft 2 on PC which is going to consume a decent amount of my time provided it does release these holydays ( that is not certain, it's Blizzard, I woudn't put it past them to release the game in February because it isn't ready for holydays).