Releasing Big Games

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deadhorse said:

Heavenly Sword is by the makers of Kung Fu Chaos, wow.  There is no reason to expect that it will be good.

Also, System Shock flopped because of Doom, System Shock 2 flopped because of Half-life, Bioshock will flop on the 360 because of Halo 3.  It may sell better on the PC where there is less competition and a more loyal following, but it won't sell squat on the 360. 

I honestly wonder about Heavenly Sworrd... I played the demo the other day and walked away, saying "Well, there's one more reason I didn't buy a PS3". I was extremely disappointed. The gameplay was bland, the camera angles sucked balls, and overall, I got the feeling that I've played the game already a hundred times over. I just don't see it being a system-seller. I didn't even think it was a very good game and I played the demo for over 15 minutes.

Good points about System Shock and Bioshock. While they're all fabulous games, they won't move many units. But I'm more optimistic than you are about it. I think it will be profitable for the company, maybe moving around 1m copies. I think Irrational needs to put a little more thought into their release schedules. Their games deserve more press than they ever get.