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[Dodece]

If Nintendo taught us anything this past generation. It is that console exclusives can sell ungodly amounts. So there isn't anything fundamentally wrong with the premise that a exclusive franchise can do exactly that. Unfortunately this series doesn't differentiate itself enough from the pack for it to get another once over by consumers. There are a dozen or so major titles just like it, and without a decidedly different hook it will seem redundant to those who have already picked a already existing favorite.

This series will find it hard to get that kind of traction when just like about everyone on the planet is doing a gritty war shooter. It just gets lost behind the Halos, Call of duty's, Medal of Honors, Bad Company's, and Gears. It will almost certainly be viewed as another me too shooter. I honestly think that Sony would do much better by putting this game franchise to bed, and coming up with a more novel shooter series. The series story is weak, the Universe is weak, and the mechanics that from what I hear have gotten pretty tight are still basically the common staples we expect from these games.

Sony would be better served if it came up with something far more novel.