Lucky, Lucky Gamers...You Get Two Holiday Seasons
God of War: AscensionIt used to be that most all the year's best games launched in the fourth quarter to take advantage of the holiday rush.
But these days, with so many damn games coming out and everyone wanting a piece of that prodigious holiday pie, it only makes sense to bump a few promising titles into 2013. And over the past couple of years, those "few" have turned into a deluge for the first quarter of the following year.
So now, it's not just October and November that are nuts; January through March are jam packed, too. Just look at what is scheduled to arrive on store shelves in the first quarter of 2013; most of these have concrete release dates and only a few, like The Last Of Us, hold vague "Q1 2013" estimations.
- DMC
- Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
- Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
- Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
- Bioshock Infinite
- Dead Space 3
- Tomb Raider
- God of War: Ascension
- Splinter Cell: Blacklist
- The Last Of Us
- Aliens: Colonial Marines
The Last Of Us may not make it for the first quarter but even without it, that's still a pretty ridiculous lineup and I'd say easily rivals that of the holiday list. Beyond: Two Souls probably won't hit in the first quarter but what about Grand Theft Auto V? Seems quite likely, doesn't it? And maybe even Final Fantasy XIII-3, which now appears inevitable and would make sense, as FFXIII-2 launched in January of this year.
It's just surprising how many games we're getting in the supposed "doldrums" of the first quarter this generation.
Tags: holiday games, video games, 2013 games, gaming industry
8/15/2012 9:00:59 PM Ben Dutka
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WorldEndsWithMe
Wednesday, August 15, 2012 @ 10:24:15 PM
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Temjin001
Thursday, August 16, 2012 @ 12:42:38 AM
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firesoul453
Wednesday, August 15, 2012 @ 11:01:15 PM
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Temjin001
Thursday, August 16, 2012 @ 12:57:21 AM
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These days though, jeesh there's way more games than I could ever play.
It doesn't help with games like VF5: FS around. I told myself I'd lay off of it this week... but didn't. but hey, I made Raider class tonight. woo hoo
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bebestorm
Thursday, August 16, 2012 @ 1:15:37 AM
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LowKey
Thursday, August 16, 2012 @ 1:40:11 AM
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CrusaderForever
Thursday, August 16, 2012 @ 8:01:02 AM
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Beamboom
Thursday, August 16, 2012 @ 3:29:11 AM
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- Watch dogs
- Crysis 3
should also be worthy of an entry on that list!
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Lawless SXE
Thursday, August 16, 2012 @ 3:47:44 AM
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Beamboom
Thursday, August 16, 2012 @ 6:06:24 AM
You don't *have* to pay a ton to get them. There are good money to be saved by waiting...
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Kevin555
Thursday, August 16, 2012 @ 8:34:20 AM
Not only that but devs worried about competing against the crush of games can release their product at a more quieter month when less is coming out.
@Beamboom,
"You don't *have* to pay a ton to get them. There are good money to be saved by waiting..."
I am very impatient & this thing you call *waiting* is not an option for me. ;)
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Beamboom
Thursday, August 16, 2012 @ 9:48:30 AM
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___________
Thursday, August 16, 2012 @ 4:26:26 AM
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one thing that really is weird about the industry its all over the place!
why cant we instead of having 10 games releasing in march why cant we split them up for 5 in march and 5 in april?
january april, june, july, august are always the slowest months.
sometimes september depends on the year, sometimes its quiet like this year only borderlands 2 releasing, and others its quite the opposite.
exactly why i have so many games on my backlog its not funny!
theres so many games releasing 90% of them get pushed to the quiet months and when they finally come along there hard to find or whatever.
took me freaking weeks to find a copy of CLOS!
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CrusaderForever
Thursday, August 16, 2012 @ 8:03:37 AM
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Ni No Kuni
Bioshock Infinite
Dead Space 3
Tomb Raider
God of War Ascension
The Last of Us
The others I can get anytime. Sheesh, it's going to be quite the new year!
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xenris
Thursday, August 16, 2012 @ 8:47:28 AM
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Kevin555
Thursday, August 16, 2012 @ 8:26:53 AM
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Can't we space them out abit?
September this year is going to be my personal fave month with two fighting giants released; TTT2 & Dead or Alive 5. Then a few weeks beyond that you have Resi Evil 6 & Hitman Absolution, not to mention that HD Hitman collection coming soon after.
Forget selling your kidneys, i'm selling my limbs! If you see a head attached to a torso being carted around on a wheelchair when you come into your nearest game shop this coming months. That will be me.
No, really.
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Fane1024
Thursday, August 16, 2012 @ 6:53:16 PM
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xenris
Thursday, August 16, 2012 @ 8:59:21 AM
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I only say that because if I don't get a game at launch or around it I sometimes never end up playing it.
I need The last of us, Bioshock and Ni No Kuni, the rest I want but nothing tops those three.
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Robochic
Thursday, August 16, 2012 @ 9:44:58 AM
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trinichinese
Friday, August 17, 2012 @ 6:17:28 AM
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Metal Head
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012 @ 10:14:16 PM