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No Blockbuster Titles in 2005?

Posted by Zonk on from the maybe-if-they-weren't-all-sequels dept.

The NYT is reporting that, unlike last year with likes of Half-Life 2 and Halo 2, 2005 has been curiously devoid of gaming hits. "With the introduction of a brand-new console, the Xbox 360, millions of players are supposed to be raving about the new machine and buying tons of new games to play on it. None of those things are happening. Sales are down relative to the holiday season last year, and major publishers are getting hammered on Wall Street. And so there is a lot of angst out there in the video game industry."

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  1. Re:Really? by FooAtWFU · · Score: 3, Funny
    It's such a hit they're already working on Nintendogs 2, Feral Version.
    Players buy their feral Nintendog at the beginning of the game, choosing from a variety of available breeds, then spend time with their new pet. They try time and time again to call their wild Nintendog to play with them, without success, and get a finger bitten in two when they try to give it a bath.
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  2. Really? by Guppy06 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'd write a clever response, but I'm too busy playing Animal Crossing on my DS.

  3. Re:1985, 1995, 2005 by dascandy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Microsoft is for those years:

    1985 - Release of Windows 1.0, after a long period of waiting.
    1995 - Release of Windows '95, after a long period of waiting.
    2005 - Well... We're still waiting after all...