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Are Publishers Giving Us Too Many Games In Q4?

AusGamers has produced a mammoth feature outlining 20 games to look forward to in the fourth quarter of 2008, but they also address whether publishers make it difficult for the average gamer to be able to not only choose a great game, but be able to afford multiple games given that the holiday period usually offers far more choice and quality than the rest of the year.

From the feature:
"Like last year, it seems the fourth quarter of 2008 (and a little from Q3 as well), is where the money games are at, and rather than having our lengthy manifest of previews strewn about news archives and hidden among game titles, we've compiled a seminal holiday guide to what's hitting store-shelves by the end of this year (and conversely addressing whether or not it's fair on consumers to have to face so much all at once as opposed to a much more palatable yearly release spread)."

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DreamcastFanboy - 425 days 17 hours ago

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2 - Don't worry

Games get delayed kinda like a year ago when we thought we were going to have GTA4 MGS4 and many more at the same time.

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billythepunk - 425 days 17 hours ago

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Yeah, I agree that sometimes sh!t happens for them to be delayed, but ultimately, the amount of quality and quantity at Q4 Vs the rest of the year is pretty overwhelming - I think something should be done to control this

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spectyre - 425 days 11 hours ago

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4 - I don't see the problem

I don't have the time to play all the games I want to buy this year. So I pick out the few I am most interested in, and wait until later to buy the others... often when they are on sale. Games are expensive this gen so I just need to prioritize and have some patience.

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Brixxer600 - 425 days 11 hours ago

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You just need to look at the schedule for October to realise that there's too much coming out at the same time, Fallout3, Far Cry2, Midnight Club LA, LBP, Bioshock, PES 2009, surely some of these could've been brought forward ? (I don't want to see any being delayed though ) lol.

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kunit22c - 425 days 10 hours ago

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6 - yes

because i cant get all the games i want.

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dib8rman - 425 days 8 hours ago

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7 - Ehh

This was a point at another forum, I can't believe I can say this but I honestly don't have enough time and money for all the games I intend on getting in Q4 this year. (I'm talking about Wii alone.)
I could list around 20 of them right now if I had to, I'm also a collector so this is kind of bad for me... Oh well, the more good games the better for the whole.

They really need to develop more confidence on their software and start pushing them out in Q2 and Q3.

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DA_SHREDDER - 425 days 17 hours ago

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1 - I dont see the big deal

Wow, you guys amaze me. First everyone b*tches about not having enough games for our consoles,, now your talking about how it sucks to have too many? I say 1 out of 10 games is a good game. So break it down and just get the ones that you think are good and you should have no problems.

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That's a pretty narrow view of the reality. The reason people are biatching, is because, in the first place there is a drought of good games, then, out of nowhere, there are too many - from a consumer standpoint. The article touches on the idea of spreading releases more evenly throughout the year so then, in theory, no one would biatch for the first two or three quarters about a lack of games, or biatch in the fourth for having too many.

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