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zackblue on 20 February 2008

A trio of sequels including Gears of War 2, Fable 2, and Ninja Gaiden II headline the initial Xbox 360 release list this year.

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In addition to confirming Gears of War 2 on Wednesday, Microsoft profiled its next round of heavy-hitting console games at this week's Game Developer Conference, namely the aforementioned Gears 2, Fable 2, Ninja Gaiden II, and Too Human (that's a lot of "twos/toos").

Too Human is due this spring, followed by Ninja Gaiden II in June, Gears of War 2 in November, and Fable 2 later in the year. "This year, the most anticipated games will be found exclusively on Xbox 360," asserts Microsoft.

Additionally, Microsoft promised a "rich mix" of indie-developed Xbox Live Arcade games this year, especially given today's announcement that community-developed games would soon be available for download over Xbox Live. Intriguing sounding games include Castle Crashers, Defense Grid, Penny Arcade Adventures, JellyCar, Dishwasher, RocketBall, and ProximityHD.

Earlier this month, Microsoft Game Studios president Shane Kim called the Xbox 360 game lineup "stacked" this year.

My thoughts? Well I never knew metal gear sold was cancelled for the ps3, and smash bros was coming to xbox?



 

 2008 end of year predictions:

PS3: 22M

360: 25M

wii: 40M

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NYANKS on 20 February 2008

You are right Zackblue, Microsoft is fail regarding the most desired games.



konnichiwa on 20 February 2008

Well I disagree...






akuma587 on 20 February 2008

Or that Mario Kart Wii, Resistance 2, Killzone 2, Little Big Planet, Wii Fit, and Gran Turismo 5 had been canceled.

That being said, there will be a lot of hype for Gears of War 2 and Ninja Gaiden 2. Too Human has suffered some hiccups, but I have faith in the game. Fable 2 could be hit or miss.



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Dolla Dolla on 20 February 2008

Did you expect them to say something like, "I know PS3 and Wii have more highly anticipated games then we do, but we've got a few up our sleeve." ???

PR.



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dante on 20 February 2008

well actually since geOW sold better than MGS3 I think u can say GeOW 2 is more anticipated than MGS4



mike_intellivision on 20 February 2008

I find it interesting that Microsoft's most anticipated games are all sequels.

Both Wii and PS3 are looking forward to at least one new IP (Wii Fit and LBP).

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PooperScooper on 20 February 2008

Anticipation doesn't go by sales



akuma587 on 20 February 2008
mike_intellivision said:
I find it interesting that Microsoft's most anticipated games are all sequels.

Both Wii and PS3 are looking forward to at least one new IP (Wii Fit and LBP).

Mike from Morgantown

 They do have Too Human, but I don't think there is a huge following for this game.  I personally think it looks good, but I don't know how the gameplay will be.



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Bodhesatva on 20 February 2008
Dolla Dolla said:
Did you expect them to say something like, "I know PS3 and Wii have more highly anticipated games then we do, but we've got a few up our sleeve." ???

PR.

Right.  We could even ask this question more generally: when should we ever take PR as a realistic depiction of the market landscape?

On the other hand, I am becoming more impressed with the 360's lineup. Gears of War 2, NG II, Fable 2, and Too Human is actually a fairly good quartet of exclusives, on top of GTA IV's exclusive content. 

 



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