ZenfoldorVGI said:
hunter_alien said: GoW 3 and a couple of exclusive 3rd/1st party new IPs for the PS3/P could easily steal the show from Nintendo IMO ... |
Yes sir, you are correct. You understand the topic, thank god. |
I can explain why this is unlikely though ...
Number of Nintendo published games released for the Wii in 2007: 14
Number of Nintendo published games released so far in 2008: 2
| Name | Release Date |
| Mario Kart Wii | (April 27, 2008) |
| Wii Fit | (May 19, 2008) |
| Animal Crossing Wii | (TBA 2008) |
| Disaster: Day of Crisis | (TBA 2008) |
| Wii Music | (TBA 2008) |
So it is safe to assume that Nintendo has 7 games to announce, and of the games they have already announced 3 have almost no details released about them.
Number of Sony published games released for the PS3 in 2007: 11
Number of Sony published games released so far in 2008: 1
| Name | Release Date |
| Gran Turismo 5 Prologue | (April 15, 2008) |
| SingStar | (June 3, 2008) |
| Killzone 2 | (September 2008) |
| LittleBigPlanet | (September 2008) |
| Free Realms | (Q3 2008) |
| Gran Turismo 5 | (Q4 2008) |
| Agency, The | (TBA 2008) |
| Dark Mist | (TBA 2008) |
| DC Universe | (TBA 2008) |
| Echochrome | (TBA 2008) |
| Eight Days | (TBA 2008) |
| Ember | (TBA 2008) |
| Eyedentify | (TBA 2008) |
| flOwer | (TBA 2008) |
| Getaway | (TBA 2008) |
| Infamous | (TBA 2008) |
| Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier | (TBA 2008) |
| MotorStorm 2 | (TBA 2008) |
| Skyblue | (TBA 2008) |
| SOCOM: Confrontation | (TBA 2008) |
| Warhawk -- Operation: Broken Mirror | (TBA 2008) |
| White Knight Chronicles | (TBA 2008) |
| WipEout HD | (TBA 2008) |
I could be wrong, but with how many titles Sony published in 2007 it seems unlikely that all (or even most) of those pending games will be released in 2008; on top of that it seems unlikely that Sony has enough development resources lying around to have produced a decent number of unexpected games that are in a state where they're ready to be shown.
Basically, Nintendo has far more to show so will probably have the most (and potentially the biggest) surprise games to be announced.
Note: These lists were taking from IGN's release list, any game without a title (ie "Developer Project #1") was left off because that would be a game pending an announcement; no game with a 2009 release date is listed even though they may be announced (although Sony's 2008 line-up would indicate that they probably don't want to focus on 2009).