How 2010 is actually Christmas 2009 (In Disguise)

Yushi · 2009-11-16T17:56:10-01:00

Remember how Christmas used to be a time of too many games, not enough time? Yeah, well, not this year. This year is a little off. Christmas 2009 will actually be taking place in early 2010. With last week's announcement that Final Fantasy XIII would be out in March, it quickly became the centrepiece of an already jam-packed lineup of big-money, AAA titles forming the strongest Q1 lineup this industry has ever seen. I mean, get a look at this list of games due between January and March next year. And these aren't every game coming out; they're just the big ones. It's incredible. January Mass Effect 2 Army of Two: The 40th Day Bayonetta Darksiders Dark Void MAG No More Heroes 2 February BioShock 2 Lost Planet 2 Dante's Inferno Splinter Cell: Conviction Napoleon: Total War Star Trek: Online March God of War III Final Fantasy XIII Command & Conquer 4 Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Sure, some of those games were always going to be released then. Final Fantasy XIII, for example. But many of those are Modern Warfare 2 refugees, titles that were originally planned for release in late 2009, then moved to avoid being crushed underfoot by Activision's money-printing juggernaut. It'll be really interesting to see how they fare. If any of the bigger games underwhelm at the register, publishers will no doubt blame the increased competition for gaming dollars at a time of year not normally associated with big spending. But if we get a series of big-selling blockbusters...well, it'll send a clear signal to publishers: it's OK, guys, you don't have to flood the market in November. You can release a game in March and we'll still buy it.

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schmitty

15 years ago

Yeah, I'm not even getting any games during Xmas,I'm waiting till afterwards for Dante's Inferno and Mass Effect 2

exterminatus

15 years ago

I can wait for a long time when things get cheap, i waited for almost a year after Halo 3 was released and i've only recently gotten COD5 WaW a month or two ago besides, my comp is pre historic and my xbox is RRODed.

not to mention that this year i got a shitloads of exams to do.

Final Fantasy XIII: UNDER-DRESSED PROBABLY HOMOSEXYAL MEN WITH BIG SWORDS? FUCK THAT

LAWL

Kuro1/2

15 years ago

I thought versus XIII would come out at the same time as XIII. Googlin the release date~
edit: Seems there isn't one yet.

lollollol12

15 years ago

HokutoCorpse wrote...

lollollol12 wrote...

HERE IS MY PERSON OPINION ON EACH OF THESE GAMES COMING OUT

Final Fantasy XIII: UNDER-DRESSED PROBABLY HOMOSEXYAL MEN WITH BIG SWORDS? FUCK THAT

Girl is the hero

IM NOW GOING TO BUY THIS GAME ASAP

Kaimax Best Master-San

15 years ago

Kuroneko1/2 wrote...

I thought versus XIII would come out at the same time as XIII. Googlin the release date~
edit: Seems there isn't one yet.

I'm still waiting for FF Agito 13, and KH: Birth by Sleep, since I only have the PSP.

@lolol12: ROFL

pozertron

15 years ago

As far as I'm concerned there are much better games, which is yet to be released.

Metroid Other M *WII*

Monster Hunter Tri- *WII*

Star Ocean The Last Hope *PS3*

Shin Megami Tensei Strange Journey *DS*

Ar Tonelico 3 *PS3*

Theese are the most games that i am waiting for at the moment.

Anesthetize

15 years ago

Going to buy....

January: MASS EFFECT 2
February: Spliter Cell: Conviction, Bioshock 2
March: FFXIII, BFBC2

Mass effect in bold letters because it's going to EPIC shit.

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