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 weekâs 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.
https://lastchance.cc/final-fantasy-xiii-hits-north-america-march-9-5403678%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
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
Danteâs 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 Activisionâs money-printing juggernaut.
https://lastchance.cc/modern-warfare-2-sells-nearly-five-million-copies-in-a-5402968%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
But if we get a series of big-selling blockbustersâŠwell, itâll send a clear signal to publishers: itâs OK, guys, you donât have to flood the market in November. You can release a game in March and weâll still buy it.
