Gears 2 is up against some heavy hitters!

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DMeisterJ said:

rocketpig said:

Skeeuk said:
why do people just mention "in the NA" come on now, look at the world picture

Which, IMO, favors the 360 even more. The PS3 is very shooter-heavy this Christmas season while the 360 has L4D & GeoW2. The 360 also has Banjo and Fable, which should be at least moderate successes in Europe. The PS3 has LBP, which should get a few people excited about the console but that game is a huge wildcard at this point.

Is there some big Euro-centric or Japanese-centric game that I'm missing for the PS3? I keep looking at that lineup and seeing a bunch of shooters and LBP. That doesn't exactly cater to non-NA gaming tastes.

Final Fantasy XIII coud come out in Japan this year, and MotorStorm isn't a shooter is it?  And it's sold extremely well, in OTHERS where it's not  bundled (1.5 mil according to VGC).

I think that the PS3 has a very nice holiday line-up aside from shooters.  You've also failed to mention a possible Uncharted 2, which has sold it's best in Europe also, and FFXIII which will sell awesome in Japan.

But the 360 does have a good holiday line-up this year.  I am totally excited about Fable, and Gears 2, but LBP could be very big.  I don't think it will bomb, but I think this could be huge, especially in Others.

 XIII wont come out this year, SE have said that they do not want to have 2 big hitters coming out in the same FY, so DQ IX will be out this year, plus they are happy to let the install base increase

MS was bundled in Europe, but not from launch, or with every console, in most countries there were a number of options avalible

Uncharted 2 wont be out this year, ND have said that they will have similar dev times as to PS2, where they had 2 years between Jak 1 and 2, and then between 2 and 3, and another 1 for X