Three big games on the same day, five big games in the same month with two of them being sequels to one of the most popular franchises? Gran Turismo 5 is probably one of the most anticipated games this gen, Call of Duty: Black Ops is the sequel to the best selling HD games this gen.
Say what you want, even if all the games (except for GT5 and NfS) are in different genres, people are interested in more than just one genre but have only so much money to spend on games. I'd say most people don't buy more than one game a month, let alone two. Then there's people that buy every game they want, and that's this site's users. But the average consumer can't afford that.
That said, I'll probably be getting Assassin's Creed in November or December, GT5 when it drops to 20€-30€, and finally LBP2 when it's around 20€. Should be Q1 next year unless GT5 manages tremendous sales (which it should).
