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TeamXbox: Have a Merry Xbox!
>> From teamxbox.com:
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We're in the middle of summer now, so most people's thoughts frequently turn to suntans, day-long jaunts to a beach or amusement park, trips to vacation destinations and just relaxing in general.
But for Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony, their minds are already looking ahead to Thanksgiving, snowy nights, holiday festivities--and, most importantly, what Santa Claus will be carrying in his sleigh. Each of the console manufacturers is making big plans for the last few months of the year, when the game industry does its highest amount of business.
Hitting the Xbox 360 release list at IGN was pretty exciting--and I don't think it comes from any biases I might have working on TeamXbox. Exclusive games from the list include Too Human, Tales of Vesperia, Infinite Undiscovery, Viva Piņata: Trouble in Paradise, Warhammer: Battle March, Fable II, Left 4 Dead, The Last Remnant and (of course) Gears of War 2.
Just look at that list. It really is a strong collection of titles and spans the genres, from shooter to RPG to RTS. While some of those games are announced as coming for PS3, they'll be on Xbox 360 first this holiday season, so that's a big plus for Microsoft's marketing department.
As I said, it's unscientific, so it doesn't forecast anything specific for the three platforms--and, of course, it doesn't take into account the potential that any of these games might end up delayed outside of the 2008 holiday season (which we hope won't happen) or that some other games might end up appearing among the end-of-the-year releases. However, it does look like a good fourth-quarter for Xbox 360 owners, with lots of hot games to choose from. Perhaps the chatter from Microsoft's competitors and naysayers that the Xbox 360 is becoming a has-been is just fear-mongering talk, and Microsoft won't end up with a lump of coal in its stocking.
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