Look what they are releasing next to ...

21st Oct 08			Bioshock	2K Games
			Eternal Sonata	Namco Bandai
			Far Cry 2	Ubisoft
			LittleBigPlanet	Sony Computer Entertainment

And aren't they full priced games, too? Far Cry and LBP will eat them alive in sales.

Indeed.

well im getting eternal sonata and lbp, far cry 2 meh ill probably get bioshock before i think about getting that.

but OT it was a bad release window

I don't know about Far Cry 2 but did anyone honestly expect Eternal Sonata to do well?

I also don't really think Bioshock will do great anyways either.  It will do better than Eternal Sonata, but it won't do that well either.

horrible release window. A week before, Socom:Confrontation release. A week after, Motorstorm:Pacific Rift launches, 2 games that many ppl have been anticipating. I will prolly get both next yr when prices drop.

Bioshock could sell decently if priced right, but Eternal Sonata is screwed. Unless you absolutely, positively need an RPG for your ps3 now, I don't see how it will sell well. Hopefully it is just being sent over to introduce it to players and they should make a few bucks on it (maybe get a few hundred thousand sales and since all the hard work is already done that should be enough to turn a profit), but it is there for a sequel. Those of you who have played it and know how it ends could support or reject that theory, but with that release window I don't see how it could be anything else.

Pretty much. I wonder where the consideration is for other titles when deciding release dates.

Da legz r what count.

Is Far Cry so big anymore???I dont care about it.
Bioshock wont sell if it cost more than 40€.
Eternal Sonata is for some Jprg fans,like me so we will get it (tho i dont know europe release)
LBP is somewhat most hyped game of year.

LBP will pwn all.

I will be buying BioShock PS3, so it'll at least get one sale. ^_^