So the big 3 of Holiday 2015 are releasing in different years.

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ZhugeEX on 01 May 2016

Gran Turismo is Sony's biggest first party IP
Mario is Nintendo's biggest first party IP (On home console)
Halo is correct for Microsoft.

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Hey at least they will all be finished games with very few bugs (at least halo 5 was and I'm expecting the same from UC4 and LoZ)

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Platina on 02 May 2016

and there was a time where they were all supposed to release in the same year D:

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midrange on 02 May 2016

axumblade said:
To be honest, it almost feels as though Sony are pushing for releasing their big exclusives during the first half of the year instead of the holiday season. Their big holiday release last year was a collection of games from the previous generation. 3rd party pretty much carried the PS4 through the holiday season.

I never thought about this, but after thinking about it, you are right. Sony is guaranteed to have call of duty exclusitivity down (along with another big title like Star Wars or the next titanfall or destiny), so instead of competing against them, they can fill in the first half of the year and work with them for a great lineup throughout the entire year

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zorg1000 on 02 May 2016

ZhugeEX said:
Gran Turismo is Sony's biggest first party IP
Mario is Nintendo's biggest first party IP (On home console)
Halo is correct for Microsoft.

the OP never said anything about them being the biggest IP from those 3, just that they were planned as the big 1st party games of holiday 2015.

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