No Blockbuster Titles in 2005?

Posted by Zonk on Sunday December 18, 2005 @03:25AM 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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Sequels? by Anonymous Coward · 2005-12-18 18:14 · Score: -1, Redundant

Could it be the number of sequels? I haven't seen a game come out that doesn't have a "2" or a "III" in a while. Maybe that's why all the media industries are taking a pooper, because they rehash the same crap and then use computers to pick the next big "hit." Which one will never be able to do, because of the ever changing interests of 12 year olds.