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Biggest Disappointments of 2009

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For every high point in gaming (the long-awaited release of Modern Warfare 2), there's a depressing low, whether it's a game not living up to the hype, a delay or some other nonsense. With that take a look back at 2009, the year of suck. Grab yourself a hankie.
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Published: 25 days 8 hours ago | Article | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 | Wii | Gaming | PC | Industry News
 
 

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kalebgray92 - 25 days 10 hours ago
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1 - good article but
should have also added the lack of exclusives for the first 9 months on 360... i didnt even get to playin my 360 till sept

edit: oh wait its gamedaily.... lol of course they would leave that out... lol.... this site fails.... so biased .... and the disc they complain about is only temporary.... its for because of the contract with microsoft.... come on... give us some real journalism
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Pennywise - 25 days 10 hours ago
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faildaily.com!
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Mr Bun - 25 days 9 hours ago
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The only 2 attacks that are aimed at specific consoles, are aimed at the wii and the PS3...Both of which had more excitement this year than the 360

Why doesn't the "Source Filter" work on N4G? GameDaily/HHG/Destructoid/Bruc eongames all need to be removed from my list
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ico92 - 25 days 8 hours ago
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1.3 - agreed 100% with everyone calling them faildaily
there quick to critisize sony and nintendo for minor things but what about the 360 i mean i can only think of about 3-4 great games that came out of that system and 2 of them were expansion packs one of them severley overpriced, and what about activision screwing over the pc gaming community just weeks before MW2 release? and i dont think i've heard one complaint about netflix on the ps3
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ThanatosDMC - 25 days 7 hours ago
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360 "exclusive": http://blog.us.playstation....

Great game. I bought it on Steam though a long time ago.
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Foliage - 25 days 7 hours ago
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Gamedaily? Let me guess.. they mentioned nothing bad about the 360. No need to respond, I'm sure that is exactly what happened.

What a bunch of fanboys.
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Parapraxis - 25 days 7 hours ago
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Biggest Disappointment of 2009: gamedaily.com is still around.
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SL1M DADDY - 25 days 6 hours ago
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1.7 - Let's all sit back and reflect...
This is GameDaily, the site that has all but come out full force and admitted their fanboy allegiance to the 360. Sorry, but articles by them are nothing more than trash. Do yourself a favor and print the site page and use it for what it is best, toilet paper.
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skv007 - 25 days 6 hours ago
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lol.. i was laughing my ass off when i read Netflix.
People dont have problems with playing multi-disc games.. yet they are gonna complain about this?
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ultimolu - 25 days 5 hours ago
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Faildaily ftl! :)

They never cease their attacks, no matter what.
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sidar - 25 days 5 hours ago
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" good article but "

"this site fails.... so biased"

Errr...

( cant read if that was sarcasm or not...)
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rockleex - 25 days 5 hours ago
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1.11 - The REAL disappointments of 2009.
Forza 3's graphics.
Forza 3 only having 24 unique tracks.
$60 for an expansion to Halo 3.
Lack of 360 exclusives.
Bottom of Avatar's shoe displaying the disappointing truths about Natal.
PS Wand not having any analogue sticks. >_<

GT5 not releasing in 2009... did I mention it has a track editor?

A freaking race track editor! You can create your own tracks or modify existing ones! MONSTROUS!!!!
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kalebgray92 - 25 days 5 hours ago
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1.12 - meaning everything was good except they left the 360 problems out
it was an incomplete article... then i realized who did the article and gamedaily.com is the most biased you can get
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mikeslemonade - 25 days 4 hours ago
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Everything honestly was a slight dissapointment besides Uncharted 2. Uncharted 2 is the only game that felt complete and it felt like Naughty Dog could not have made the game any better in this age of the PS3 and they only have 2 years to make this game.
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sikbeta - 25 days ago
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Biggest Disappointments of 2009: reading an article from gamedaily.com

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vhero - 24 days 10 hours ago
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biggest disappointment has to be the biggest release on 360 was a multiplatform game and not Halo lol.
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Parapraxis - 25 days 10 hours ago
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"The Xbox 360 runs Netflix programs just fine with an account link-up and no need for software. Not only does the PS3 require a disc, but the quality is questionable. Even trying to watch something as simple as 30 Rock is like an endurance trial for the eyes. Thanks, but we'll stick with the 360 Netflix party."

Disc is temporary, and not a big deal.
Wow, they are basing the quality of it off of A blurry Youtube video!
congrats FailDaily, you just put another notch in your belt of stupidity.

And speaking of "an endurance trial for the eyes" I tried watching a DVD the other day and had to stop...I took out the disc and popped in Planet Earth on blu-ray.

Above all though, the main reason this article fails is very clear.
There is no mention of Activision and their choices for the PC version of MW2, their asshat of a CEO and their inundation into the gaming market of crappy plastic peripherals.
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sunil - 25 days 8 hours ago
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I have a theory as to why Netflix on the PS3 needs a Blu-Ray.

Netflix streams their content using silver light. Microsoft owns silver light.

I am guessing, the Blu-Ray is means to bypass Silver Light.

PS: This is just a theory.
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paladin_veltron - 25 days 8 hours ago
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2.2 - ???
The netflix deal with ps3 is temporary cuz of the deal with microsoft. This was a way to get netflix on the ps3 asap this year. There will be an app in the xmb next year. I can say that the ps3 streaming is awesome and loads up quick. I even like the look better than the 360 dashboard look. Everything is there in the disc and besides how is the disc a draw back. OH my god i have to put in a disc to view hundreds of movies and tv shows how terrible!!! Get a life people. This whole article was dissapointing and pretty lame. This guy did no research what so ever and has the dumbst points.
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Lou-Cipher - 25 days 8 hours ago
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1. Halo ODST (not the fact that I was looking forward to playing, but the fact that over 2 million idiots are allowing game developers to get away with such Bull$hit pricing on DLC) And people wonder why companies constantly screw their consumers over on a regular basis.

2. Brutal Legend (it had some funny parts in the story, but the game sucked big time) may give GTA4 and Halo 3 a run for the most overrated game this gen)

3. Forza 3 (the graphics weren't much better than Forza 2, and when I found out there was only 24 tracks instead of the 100+ they promised,I was pi$$ed.and alot of the good cars aren't even available on disc until I buy some BS dlc at a later date)

4. Lack of games on my 360 this year (if you own a 360, you know exactly what I'm talking about)

5.The move to motion controls by Sony and Microsoft (if I wanted to play hardcore games with a casual controller, I would play my Wii)
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facelike - 25 days 7 hours ago
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There's only 24 tracks in Forza 3?
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creeping judas - 25 days 7 hours ago
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3.2 - @ facelike
24 unique track locations. then there are several versions of the track, ie Suzuka West, Suzuka East, and Suzuka full.
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Lou-Cipher - 25 days 7 hours ago
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3.3 - Yep
Here they are:

1. Amalfi Coast (2 Variations)
2. Benchmark High Speed Ring (16 Variations)
3. Camino Viejo (8 Variations)
4. Circut de Catalunya (3 Variations)
5. Fujimi Kaido (14 Variations)
6. Iberian International Circut (6 Variations)
7. Ladera Test Track (6 Variations)
8. Le Mans (3 Variations)
9. Maple Vally Raceway (4 Variations)
10. Laguna Seca (1 Variation)
11. Mugello (2 Variations)
12. New York Circut (4 Variations)
13. Nurburgring (5 Variations)
14. Rally di Positano (10 Variations)
15. Road America (1 Variation)
16. Road Atlanta (2 Variations)
17. Sebring International Raceway (3 Variations)
18. Sedona Raceway Park (10 Variations)
19. Sidewinder Proving Grounds (18 Variations)
20. Silverstone (3 Variations)
21. Sunset Peninsula (6 Variations)
22. Suzuka Circut (3 Variations)
23. Tsukuba Circut (2 Variations)
24. Twin Ring Montegi (4 Variations)
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PowerOfGreenBoogers - 25 days 5 hours ago
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You must be the most level headed Xbox owner i have ever met on these forums. You see right through all the BS, it's a shame that you had to waste your money on those products to see the light. +1000 bubbles.
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mjolliffe - 25 days 8 hours ago
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Decent article other than Six Days In Fallujah which is still in development - http://www.n4g.com/NewsPend...
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toaster - 25 days 8 hours ago
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5 - NOOOOO
Duke Nukem Forever :(
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Quadrix - 25 days 8 hours ago
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Terrible article is terrible.
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LeonSKennedy4Life - 25 days 8 hours ago
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7 - Lols.
I can assure you guys that the Netflix quality is the same on PS3 as it is on your computer. It's not exactly Blu-ray quality, but it's not bad by any means. Lols.

It's very good for how fast it loads.

I run them both on the same monitor.
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VictorSullivan - 25 days 7 hours ago
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It's lulz, not lols.
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Raoh - 25 days 7 hours ago
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lol

1. The netflix on ps3 is more like a beta and work around avoiding microsofts exclusivity.. its actually nice to try it out now than wait until next spring.

2. no mention of lack of 360 exclusives?
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Halo 3: ODST, no doubt.
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gamingisnotacrime - 25 days 7 hours ago
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11 - The PSP Go unnecesary as they say?
If you dont like it, just ignore it, the 3000 is still fully supported, and more complete than the PSP Go (i love my PSP Go by the way)
The rest is meh
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kevinberger - 25 days 7 hours ago
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To propractice:
Do you read these posts? Are you living in a fantasy world? Every topic, every thread is the same. People complaining about how Sony is mistreated. And I mean every single one. So how is it off topic when every time an article is discussed people go and complain about how if it was a PS3 exclusive it would be scored lower, or there is anti-PS3 bias.
Besides dude I think you need to relax, and not get your panties in a bunch. I am so sorry that my reasoned argument upset your biased mind
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gamingisnotacrime - 25 days 6 hours ago
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11.2 - Wait, What?
Im just saying the PSP Go can be ignored if they dont like it. Dissapointing would be if the 3000 was completely replaced by the Go, which is not. Im not defending Sony in this one, is just that the PSP Go is there for those who want it, no need to say is a failure or dissapointment.

They say CoD MW for the Wii is a dissapointment because is 2 years late. well if i had a Wii this are good news, at last they get a decent shooter.
What is your problem kid, we grown ups can have discussions without insulting others
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Relientk77 - 25 days 6 hours ago
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so nothing about the lack of 360 exclusives for the first 9 months?

of course, gamedaily u fail
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Wolfenstein was my biggest disappointment of this year. It was good, but it wasn't what it should or could have been.
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I rather enjoyed the single player campaign for what it was, but the online was a disgrace.
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Netflix hasent been out that long for ps3 and ur really gunna bash it? il agree that the movie library sucks now but it gets better as time passes like xbox at the start
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16 - Good ol' Gamedaily
Probably M$'s biggest internet mouthpiece, outside of Kotaku of course...
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Killman - 25 days 4 hours ago
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Not a very impressive list really......

At least we know that MS didn't do ANYTHING to disappoint.

[Sarcasm]
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18 - oh
360 doesn't count. of course, can't touch that ;)
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19 - This
article.
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2009 hasn't sucked...

Killzone 2, inFamous, Batman Arkham Asylum, Uncharted 2, Modern Warfare 2, IL 2 Sturmovik

All good games I bought I've bought this year so far.
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Resident Evil 5 and GT PSP X_X
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How come they mention Wiis lack of quality games yet say nothing about the 360s dry spell this summer/year?
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Uncharted 2 was a massive disappointment, I could have had more fun playing with box of fortune cookies.
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