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richardhutnik on 13 April 2010
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hmduong said:
disolitude said:
hmduong said:
disolitude said:

Kind of a silly thread...

 

Why?  It's a perfectly logical question.  Seeing as how Sony has 2 exclusive shooters on the way that both could be ready by next April, it'd make sense that they release one of them at the same time as Gears. 

Why would sony dance to the beat Microsoft is setting with releases. MS seems to do its own thing and really don't look at what Sony is doing...Nintendo espeically do their own thing.

If Insomniac have good ideas to make another Resistance game, and the game ends up being finished by April 2011...then sure, release it. Otherwise, why would sony rush to match Gears 3 with its own shooter and canibalize their own sales.

If anything they can release something like Last Rebelion and appeal to a different crowd...

If you look at their release schedules historically, Msft and Sony have strategically released their exclusives around the same time as each other to directly compete.  R1 vs Gears1.  R2 vs Gears 2.  LBP vs. Fable 2.  KZ2 vs Halo Wars. MAG vs ME2. Heavy Rain vs Splinter Cell (until it got delayed).  I know the last two aren't Microsoft first party titles but I'm sure since they were exclusives that MSFT had some say in the release date. 

This strategy isn't unique to just Sony vs. Msft.  Competing sports titles usually come out on the same day.  Last year we saw inFamous and Prototype come out around the same time.  Call of Duty and Medal of Honor are both coming out this fall.  I could go on and on. 

Bottom line is that I would be very surprised if Sony doesn't schedule one of its two big shooters to come out next spring to compete with Gears 3.  Hopefully we hear something at E3

This is likely FAR MORE of the case of the industry having release windows for certain titles.  I don't see where it is in response to the other for doing it.  I would be stumped to see how the heck Fable and LBP are supposed to be responses to each other, or Heavy Rain and Splinter Cell for that matter.