2009 A horrible year for a 360 owner?

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#101 drgrady
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I was waiting for e3 so I could see what games Microsoft has to offer for the rest of the year, but they have barely anything. For the rest of 09 MS has Halo: ODST a 60 dollar dlc, Forza 3, and Lips. I dont like racers and Im not interest in Lips so there first party titles are a no go for me. and 3rd party wise the only games im interested in are Bioshock 2, and mayb Assassins creed 2 if its not as repetitive as the first. So this year is a dud for me, anyone else feel the same?

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No!

First, my expectations for E3 were pretty low anyway. The last two years have been really good, and most of the games for this year were already announced. So my expectations for E3 were to see a bunch of guys saying that this is "the future of gaming" like they do every year and showing us some gameplay demos of the already announced games. And guess what... that's exactly what I got from E3.

For the games you listed, I'm not interested in Lips at all, don't care for Forza 3 since I thought Forza 2 was not as fun as the original Forza, and I will probably get Halo ODST (even though I don't expect it to be as fun as Halo 1 through 3). And while they have not set a price on Halo ODST, Bungie has said that it will not be full price, so I'm assuming it will be around $45 instead of $60, but that price is still merely speculation.

For third party games, I am really excited about Modern Warfare 2 and Mass Effect 2 (2010 release, but still in "this year" according to developers' fiscal years, and it should be close to the holiday season). Assassin's Creed 2 should be good, along with Bioshock 2, Splinter Cell Conviction, and Left 4 Dead 2, but I don't plan on buying those. Considering I only buy about one game every six months, I still have several games from last year that I want to play, so I am quite content with this year's releases.

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#102 drgrady
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And considering the alternative of owning a PS3 or Wii, I'm pretty happy. I'm not saying those are bad systems, but the games for them do not interest me as much (which is why I didn't buy them). For Wii, I've not seen any games that excited me, but my wife would actually play games with me if we owned one. And if I had a PS3, I'd get Resistance 2 and Killzone 2 and probably MGS4, but that would be the extent of it. Prototype and Infamous both look like decent rentals, but nothing more for my tastes, and both Natal and Sony's motion controller look just as difficult to control as the Wii controller, so I don't care for either of those.

I guess I'm just easy to please. Give me three to four good games a year and make sure that one is a FPS with some good online coop/versus action, and I'll be happy.

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#103 Zyllus_
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your a MGS fan right? You did hear about MGS Rising didnt you?

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#104 Lostboy1224
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What about Modern Warfare 2 and Ghostbusters. Those two are at least worth your time.
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#105 mattyperkins
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[QUOTE="Corruptweed"]

[QUOTE="mischa_barton"] pc and 360 can obviously be considered one system because, microsoft actually runs on pc's :o You obviously are a fanboy of sony, because you are commending your exclusives, and downing the 360's. I unlike you can admit when I'm being fed a load of....the 360's natal won't work like they said, just like MAG won't work. Halo Wars is crud? I'm assuming you haven't played it, you're just going by what GS scored it, unlike every other site who gave it an 8.0 +. The 360's lineup isn't good, but neither is the PS3's.mischa_barton


"2009 A horrible year for a 360 owner" - which is true, for the statement to make sense it would have to be compared to its competition, if there were none (ie ps3) then the 360 would have 1xx+ exclusives. All i'm doing is stating fact, that this year in 09, xbox's lineup is pretty weak (IN REGARDS TO THE 'NUMBER OF TITLES" - and also the effort). You dish out biast attacks against individual ps3 games and yet call me a fanboy (i did so too, but afterwards, to put it in perspective), did i state ps3's lineup is any better, just putting it into perspective. Yes 360's lineup is pretty weak (imo horrible), ps3s is not A grade fantastic, but it is "logically" better as they are fresh full worked on games as opposed to again - an expansion, a steam game, tomc.. etc etc.

(again, mag is fine, dont know why you keep mentioning it, just because its 256 players doesnt make it a holy grail of gaming - since it already looks to be using dumbed down halo graphics to support more players, and if you actually looked into the game you'd know you are placed in squads and cant go further then where your squad leader sets - ie invisible wall tactic)



Opposed to you I commended games like infamous and uncharted 2, while you said something negative about every 360 exclusive, including Forza 3. I know if GT5 was actually coming out you Sony fanboys, wouldn't act like racing games were average. As for mag, if you are in separate squads who arent in contact with each other, why is it considered 256 players, that's stupid. If you can't see 255 other players it isn't a 256 player game, simple and plain.

Note to you: acting like a microsoft fanboy on the 360 board is okay, I'm not one since I own a wii, and I'm going to get a ps3 for mgs4, last guardian, and gow3, along with I had a ps2, and around 50 games. However being a Sony fanboy on the 360 board is lamesauce, if your going to put down the 360 take it to system wars.

I think that both of you bring very strong arguments to the table.

However i think that the PS3 does have a stronger line up in terms of exlusives this year. I own both a 360 and ps3, and i owned both a xbox and a ps2. (xbox greatly outshone ps2 in my book) But this gen, i just feel that the ps3 overall is getting the better exclusives. This is a completely personaly opinion of course. But off the top of my head, MGS4, Uncharted, Heavenly Sword, Killzone 2, LBP, Infamous, the Resistance's are all out now. This year were looking at a plethora of new games for sony. as already stated above. The 360 out now section includes some great games too, Dead Rising, Left for Dead, Fable 2 (which i didnt like anywhere near as much as 1) Gears of war's and Halo's (which i am biased against, because i havent been a fan since number 2) As for this year though, the 2 halo games, forza and a few other lackluster titles that i have now forgotten dont beat sony's lineup in my eyes. And not to mention 2010! Castlevania, GOW3, GT5 (i hate driving games, but this a big name across the gaming board), The Agency, FF versus, and a possible exclusive in ff14. I just think that as far as exclusives go, and my personal preference in gaming, i will be buying a lot more PS3 exclusives than 360 exclusives.

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#106 bakalhau90
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your a MGS fan right? You did hear about MGS Rising didnt you?

Zyllus_
That won't release in '09.
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#107 orb_03_2006
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No. There are a bunch of games coming out this year that I'm excited about. I think it will be a good year.

Theres Mass Effect 2, Modern Warfare 2, Bioshock 2, Crackdown 2, Assassin's Creed 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Just Cause 2, Splinter Cell: Conviction, and some other good games.

KA12NAG3
agreed. but I think he's talking about exclusives :P
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#108 mercer88
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Only got my xbox a week ago, so I wasn't really checking out the news but, to be fair the PS3 year doesn't look like it's going to be that brilliant. There is the potential for FFXIII on Xbox but, anyone who thinks that will be on time for an october/november 2009 release is, most likely and sadly, mistaken.
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#109 konradak
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Can't we all just see that people have different tastes and wants? 0.o

People go nuts over a new Zelda game but I couldn't care less. Does that mean the Wii will have a horrible year? To me yes, to those who love Zelda or Mario or whatever, then no.

I personally own all three next gen consoles, and both the 360 and the PS3 have games that I'm really looking forward to. For exclusives, the PS3 is going to be where I spend most my money on. But for multi-platform games it'll be 360 all the way because my brother and father have a 360 and it's nice to play with them since I'm in Germany, and I personally think Live is better than PSN. So is it a horrible year for the 360? Hell no. They have good exclusives and a LOT of 3rd party games that look amazing coming out. Horrible year for PS3? Hell no, they have a LOT of great looking exclusives coming out. Which one is better? Who cares? Both have an amazing lineup so we both win. Horrible year for Wii? To me yes, another year where I either don't by a game, or just one. But will people argue this? Yepp. But it doesn't matter.

So can't we all just agree that to each their own? Is this a horrible year for the 360? Far from it. But the mileage you get off it depends on your personal preference and the consoles you own.

But yea, there's something to ponder about. How about less "This system sucks" or "My system has better games" and more "Wow I'm excited for what's coming up."

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#110 ModernJeans
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i loved the E3 of this year.. so many cool things for xbox live.. twitter, that i use all the time. and then there is Zune, since i live in norway i cant have the netflix movie on demand thing.. and its really cool that i can rent movies on my xbox, the last.fm thing looked awesome and i cant wait. even the joy ride looked ok for a free game. all this fun for Xbox 360 and i haven't even started on the games.. horrible year? i would rather say lovely year.