Simple, the companies let you believe they are due in Holiday 09 to keep you excited about the games, but none of them were ever realistically going to release then anyways. Only a few of the games you've listed have actually had Holiday 09 release dates announced, the rest was just fan speculation.

There's never a shortage of games worth buying during the holidays. Last year I'd say many top tier titles took a hit in sales due to oversaturation. But the number of titles being pushed back to early 2010 to avoid this in 2009 is getting out of hand.

Again, it's no big deal since there will be plenty of top titles before year's end, but it does make one wonder whether many of those titles will fare much better seeing as how everyone is delaying their big releases for Q1 2010.

Yeah It did but we got Dragon Age Origins and Uncharted 2 to keep us busy

I get the feeling Borderlands is the next to go.

Actually most site had this as one of their 'most anticipated' release of the year from late last year and early this year, this includes VGCharts here, who did a article about upcoming games for each system in 2009. But yea we realize earlier on that this won't make holiday 09.

edit: Shit and now I realize Dante's Inferno is also 2010 @#$#@$

@Badgenome, don't say that :( you guys are picking off my x-mas list one at a time....

@mibuokami: It's one of the most anticipated titles I have left, too, but I'm getting some definite "loldelayed" vibes from it.

Lol, Im more than Happy from October onwards:

- Uncharted 2
- Operation Flashpoint 2
- GT PSP
- Modern Warfare 2
- Assassins Creed 2
- Tekken 6
- GT5

Ad in the possibility of purchasing the New Ratchet game, and keeping in mind all the awesome games coming out in Q1 2010 then Im fine.

Come on man, this game has already been through development hell for more than a year, it can't, it just can't get ass rape again! That would be so sad, especially as I love the new art direction they've taken with this game.

True many games have been delayed but im happy just with Tekken 6, Modern warfare 2, Uncharted 2, Sigma 2, Maybe Assassin's creed 2 and Ratchet and Clank.

There are still a TON of games coming out. No worries here

Batman Arkham Asylum
Madden 2010
Guitar Hero 5
Rock Band Beatles
Alpha Protocol
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
Need for Speed Shift
Halo ODST
Dark Void
GTAIV The Ballad of Gay Tony
Tony Hawk: Ride with SkateBoard
Brutal Legend
Dragon Age Origins
Blur (Bizzare Creations)
Tekken 6
Forza 3
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
Uncharted 2 Among Thieves
Ratchet and Clank A Crack in Time
Left4Dead 2
Assassin's Creed 2
Dante's Inferno
Demons Souls
Ninja Gaiden 2 Sigma
Borderlands