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hmduong on 13 April 2010
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richardhutnik said:
hmduong said:

With yesterday's official announcement of Gears of War 3 coming out April 2011, is Sony going to schedule one of its own shooter franchises to go head to head?

The first two Resistance games were both released in November and have faced off directly against Gears of War (and gotten crushed in sales).  Since Resistance 3 hasn't been announced yet, a Fall 2010 release is unlikely so perhaps it will follow Gears to April to renew the rivalry. The infamous R3 billboard is from Battle of Los Angeles which comes out February 2011.  That sounds like a perfet time to start an ad campaign for a big April release. 

Sony also has Killzone 3 which we already know is in the works.  April 2011 is just a little over 2 years since KZ2 came out so theoretically a sequel could be ready to go by then.  With Killzone's testosterone driven "Alpha Team" and jaw dropping graphics it is a logical choice to go up against Gears' Delta Squad and the excellent graphics that series is known for. 

What do you think Sony is going to do?  R3?  KZ3?  Or neither? 

Why do you expect a "response" from Sony?  Sony is doing what it is doing to at least get to second, and trying to take control of the "agenda" that matters.  In doing this, why would it suddenly go, "Oh my, Gears 3 is coming!  What can we do to counter it?"  This isn't like Microsoft with Forza, needing its own driving sim, so it releases it, or Sony with ModNation Racer to counter Mario Kart.  Gears fits into the FPS genre (YES, you aim like a FPS, so get over this people), and Sony has two franchises it has in this (Resistance and Killzone), and they will release them when ready.  They also have MAG and Socom.  They aren't lacking in the FPS shooter territory, so there isn't a need for them to respond. 

 

Response as in what they will put out to compete.  I don't get why it's so hard for some of you guys to understand that this is how the industry has worked over the past few years.  I've posted up plenty of facts to prove my point yet ppl keep on posting about why Sony needs to do something to "respond".  I'm tired of explaining so just go read my other posts on this thread.  One last point, why do you think Natal and Move are coming out at the same time?