Wow at Teamxbox's Alone in the Dark review.

Just wow, this really rains on my parade of getting this game.

http://reviews.teamxbox.com/xbox-360/1526/Alone-in-the-Dark/p1/

Atari has shot a huge own-goal with their marketing-strategy:

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/53249

http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/06/atari-sues-over.html

Hopefully they'll learn a lesson from Alone in the dark and release future games when they're done instead of trying to push an undone game. (As you can see in many other cases as well, unfortunately - Assassin's creed for example)

Today's video game industry is too much about hard release dates and marketing - with a few exceptions (Gears of War 1 & 2 for example) we see so many titles which feel as if the developers should've spent a few more months to finish the game. Those companies seem to plan only in short terms to receive the most money in the shortest time period instead of creating great games which will pay out even more in the end and keep customers.

PES is another example. Why does Konami have to release a new soccer title each year (with last year's installation turning out as a totally unfinished game, confirmed by the main developer) instead of creating one great soccer game and taking enough time to finish it?

Anyway - I won't buy any Atari game in the next time.

look at IGNs score. http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/883/883633p1.html

I was planning on getting this game but after seeing the reviews I skipped it and got Battlefield even though I had no intention of getting it since I'd normally prefer a survival horror game over a shooter. Not after these reviews though. What a shame. I was looking forward to this game for quit awhile too.

Maybe someday they'll learn not to rush games out the door. I'm not holding my breath. I hope it ruins them for a long while. Greedy punks.