People who proclaim thatthe PS3 slim is the biggest surprise of the year are obviously misreading the title as "notable event this year which makes sony look the best"

Batman AA was totally over rated and did not deserve its AAA review status. 80% game at best with very little replay value. I returned within 3 days: Batman:AA after finding it too hard on Easy mode. Resident Evil 5 was a huge let down and disappointed its fans and scored higher review scores than it deserved - GTA IV all over again - over rated and meh. 2009 has been a very slow year in regards to sales and AAA exclusive game releases have been scarce.

The PS3 Slim with $299 was no surprise at all and was rumoured on the internet for over 6 months before it was offiicially announced in mid August by Sony.

Biggest surprise in regards to games in 2009 was Killzone 2 I never expected it to receive those high scores, around 91% =AAA. I thought it would only receive averages of around 80% review. But its sales have been disappointing considering it had high reviews, cost a lot to develop, was in development for a long time and the endless hype leading up to its release. I have a PS3 now but I do not plan on getting Killzone 2.

I think people are more shocked at the price.

After all, before it was revealed a LOT of people were saying Sony couldnt afford a $100 cut without going bankrupt.

Nintendo's surprise revealed next month to reach their prediction.

The quality of Batman AA

And the next one is 500k for the slim, I seriously only expected 250k

I don't get you.

You were suprised from KZ2 score and its low sales or are you just trolling?

And for Batman : Learn to play.

1. Most of Nintendos E3 conference was pretty surprising (metroid, vitaility sensor, NOBODY predicted anything remotely close to this)
2. Natal, we knew they were working on motion control along with Sony, but completely different than waht most expected.
3. Slim first week sales

My thoughts exactly.

Microsoft. In a good way.

X360 console sales. Good. Fable III announcement.