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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 Cadallin · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Yes, it was, but it was released by Nintendo, which, as the media keeps telling us is washed up, Utterly finished in the industry, no future, etc.

    Absolute garbage.

  2. 1985, 1995, 2005 by muel · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Each *5 year for the past three decades of gaming has been known for being relatively slow and stale. Also, each *6 year has been big stuff; coincidentally, Nintendo has had a hand in the last two *6 years. It wasn't until '86 that Super Mario Brothers revitalized gaming in the USA; in '96, Super Mario 64 set the 3D gaming generation on fire. Both of those games changed the way people played games for the next decade--d-pad in the '80s, analog control in the '90s.

    Interestingly enough, 2006 is the launch year for the Revolution...