The field of competitors for Modern Warfare 2 just got smaller.
Ubisoft announced today that they're pushing four games into 2010: Splinter Cell: Conviction, Red Steel 2, Ghost Recon, and I am Alive. That leaves Assassin's Creed 2 as Ubisoft's only high-profile holiday season release, and increases the overall tally of delayed games to 10. Sega's Dead to Rights: Retribution and Bayonetta have also been delayed, making the count 12.
The release lists for October, November, and December 2009 are still bloated as hell, but there aren't many AAA titles left. The MW2 feedback loop theory is holding, and other mainstream gaming sites and news outlets are picking up the story (see these articles at PushSquare, Destructoid, MTV, Softpedia, and CNBC, for examples). The recession is certainly a factor, as are games like Left 4 Dead 2, Halo 3: ODST and Guitar Hero 5, but make no mistake: the 800-pound gorilla is MW2:
Ubisoft announced today that they're pushing four games into 2010: Splinter Cell: Conviction, Red Steel 2, Ghost Recon, and I am Alive. That leaves Assassin's Creed 2 as Ubisoft's only high-profile holiday season release, and increases the overall tally of delayed games to 10. Sega's Dead to Rights: Retribution and Bayonetta have also been delayed, making the count 12.
The release lists for October, November, and December 2009 are still bloated as hell, but there aren't many AAA titles left. The MW2 feedback loop theory is holding, and other mainstream gaming sites and news outlets are picking up the story (see these articles at PushSquare, Destructoid, MTV, Softpedia, and CNBC, for examples). The recession is certainly a factor, as are games like Left 4 Dead 2, Halo 3: ODST and Guitar Hero 5, but make no mistake: the 800-pound gorilla is MW2:
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