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Why Fall 2010 Will Be The Best Holiday Season Ever

WhenSpamAttacks writes: "…and will also be one of the most expensive. People say this every year, but Fall 2010 could potentially be the best holiday season for this current generation of consoles. You have no less than seven heavy hitters coming out between September and December; Halo: Reach, Fallout: New Vegas, Gran Turismo 5, Metroid: Other M, God of War: Ghost of Sparta, Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City, and Sid Meier’s Civilization V. That’s at least one game per major system! And there are still more games coming out in those four months. You still have Fable III, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, Call of Duty: Black Ops, LittleBigPlanet 2, Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, GoldenEye 007, et cetera. And the list still goes on, but that’s enough for now."

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ShadowPraxis5030d ago

It still remains to be seen, of course, how many of them don't get pushed back to early 2011 at the last minute ;P

SynGamer5030d ago

Most of those titles seem fairly certain at this point. TDU2 kind of surprised me, but with all of the racing games coming out this Fall I'm not surprised (even though they cited the multiplayer needing more work).

SynGamer5030d ago

True, but have you seen the games coming out this Fall? GT5, something we've been waiting for for nearly 6 years. Halo: Reach, the last Halo game from Bungie. These are things that aren't going to happen next year, or the year after that for that matter.

SeanRL5030d ago (Edited 5030d ago )

Won't be the best ever. Plain and simple.

@Disagree: So this holiday season will never ever be beat in the rest of history ever?

SynGamer5029d ago

It'll be the best holiday season for this current console generation, yes.

Fishy Fingers5030d ago

Ah it's this every year. It'll kick ass, like pretty much any other, but then, quickly on to Q1 which looks even better. The next 6-8 months, your not going to have trouble finding a few great games to play, whatever platform.

I think they're been trying to prolong Xmas momentum with Q1 the last few years, spreads the games out to, which aint a bad thing.

jaredhart5030d ago

And Spring 2011 is going to be SICK!

NinjaAssassin5030d ago

I agree with this article. This is shaping up to be one of the best years ever for gaming.

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Microsoft once tried to nab LittleBigPlanet from Sony after a few drinks

It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.

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XiNatsuDragnel12d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga11d ago (Edited 11d ago )

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow12d ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo18211d ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie10d ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow10d ago (Edited 10d ago )

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

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Hereandthere10d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Bond revealed that MLB The Show “always came up” in conversations between Microsoft and the Major League Baseball organization. “We always said, ‘We love this game. It would be a huge opportunity to bring it to Xbox.'” she recalled. However, when Microsoft’s efforts materialized, it put the company in an awkward situation where it had to send in pre-release consoles to a rival company.

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Notellin10d ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

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Hereandthere10d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

ApocalypseShadow9d ago

Lying to yourself is unbecoming.

Article link tells you all you need to know in Sarah Bond's own words.

Hereandthere10d ago

They were too cheap/inept/lazy to develop their own mlb game, so they port begged for years and bribed the mlb to make the show multiplatform. Like i said many times, xbox brought nothing to the table their 24 years, ZERO.

ApocalypseShadow9d ago

At least you and others get it. Note drank the Kool aid and asked for seconds thinking it was refreshing.

Most don't even know how it all played out but it's there in black and white for all to see. Microsoft brought it up for years until the MLB forced Sony's hand. It was a win win for Microsoft. Kill one reason to buy a PlayStation or kill the game by dropping it in a cheap service to kill Sony's sales numbers on PlayStation.

OtterX11d ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

Cockney9d ago

They chose well, Sony gave them the backing to pursue their dreams with no restrictions even tho their games especially dreams have very niche appeal. Media molecule and Sony deserve respect for this in an age of risk averse publishing.

RNTody11d ago (Edited 11d ago )

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno11d ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Inverno11d ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

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fsfsxii10d ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno10d ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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Games That Were Bad on Release, But Are Now Great

BLG writes, "Some of the most popular games have had a rough start, with some of them being downright unplayable.

Despite that, developers have managed to turn it around for them and make their game worth playing. Here are some games that had a rough start but were pretty great."

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Terry_B18d ago

Good list..hoped to see Street Fighter 5 there..and it is.

Vits18d ago (Edited 18d ago )

Sea of Thieves... I'm not disagreeing that the game has improved in terms of content. But I feel that the most significant change between now and its release is actually the public perception. Nowadays, most people are aware that the game is a multiplayer PvP-focused experience first and foremost, and not "Black Flag made by Rare". Consequently, people dismissing the whole experience because the single-player aspect is lacking or the story is plain are much less common.

darthv7218d ago

Several years ago, i submitted an idea to Rare that would change up the mechanics of battling opponents in the game. whereby if you died in battle, you turned into a skeleton warrior and had to fight your way back to the land of the living. It was an interesting twist on respawning and would allow the player to experience both sides of a battle.

I keep hoping to see something like that get added to the game.

Kaii18d ago

They consider FO 76 & ME Andromeda to be great now 🤭

anast18d ago

Every game in the last 2 decades...

INMATEofARKHAM18d ago

It's sad that this quick retort is more often than not true... The industry's acceptance of release and patch has gone too far.

gunnerforlife17d ago

Days gone! By the end of the game I couldn't drop it down! I went around so many hours killing zombies! It was addictive by the end.

S2Killinit17d ago

That game was just plain good game. It didnt improve, it was just good.

gunnerforlife17d ago

I don't know, I got it abit late, and struggled for a few days, and then all of a sudden it just got good!!

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Fallout Anthology Edition Looks Pretty S.P.E.C.I.A.L.

The Fallout Anthology Edition is coming to PC very soon, and is packaged with some very S.P.E.C.I.A.L. bonuses.

-Foxtrot39d ago

It’s an awful downgrade to the last one they did

They included physical disc back then

ocelot0738d ago

Forgot I ordered this until I got the dispatch email.

FPS_D3TH38d ago

I want the first two games to come to iPhone/android

Friendlygamer38d ago (Edited 38d ago )

I would love the classic fallout games on console. Closest I could find was atom rpg, I liked that one a lot

saint_seya37d ago

I though it was a new Killzone when i saw the image, looks like a hellghast..