That's a lot of games right there. I expect some of them to get pushed again further into 2010.

(no particular order)

1. Mass Effect 2
2. Bioshock 2
3. Just Cause 2
4. Dark Void 2
5. Splinter Cell Conviction
6. GoW 3
7. Heavy Rain

Sorry couldn't list just 5. The rest are probably going to get overlooked maybe DR2 but it's looking like garbage compared to the first.

2010 looks great!

Great times for gamers. If I had to choose five I'd choose

1. GOWIII
2. Bioshock 2
3. Bad Company 2
4. Mass Effect 2
5. Heavy Rain

My first quarter is going to be something like this I think...

FF:CC: Crystal Bearers
Splinter Cell: Conviction
FFXIII
Just Cause 2
Mass Effect 2
Red Steel 2
Monster Hunter 3
Fragile

...and probably a lot more, especially on the DS front.

Unfortunitly Winter/Spring is the time of the year where things at work slows down, so I won't be getting as many hours clockled in as I ahve been in recent months.

There are only three games I will be getting in that time period...

1. Perfect Dark (XBLA)
2. Mass Effect 2
3. Splinter Cell: Conviction.

I will most definitly have alot of games though to play over the summer which is good to know, also let me add that next year is gonna be such a great year for gamers. This year was a disapointment in my eyes, there just was not as many AAA games as their could have been throughout this year.

Games im buying.
Bayonetta
GOW3
Heavy Rain
Possibly white knight chronicles and MAG

01. Mass Effect 2
02. Divinity 2
03. Heavy Rain
04. Dante's Inferno
05. Bioshock 2

From that list...

Bayonetta
Mass Effect 2
Bioshock 2
Lost Planet 2
Splinter Cell
Dead Rising 2

Most likely I'll still be playing multiplayer Forza 3 & MW2 and still trying to catch up. UGH! So many great games so lil time.

Games I will buy in Q1 2010:

-Final Fantasy XIII
-Bayonetta
-Mass Effect 2
-No More Heroes 2
-Heavy Rain
-Lost Planet 2
-God of War 3
-White Knight Chronicles
-Bioshock 2

Maybe Dark Void, Dead Rising 2 hopefully some of these change release dates.

Screw the 1st quarter, because I'm such a completionist, I've already decided to limit my self to 8 games next year.
(1)Halo: Reach
(2)Lost Planet 2
(3)Just Cause 2
(4)Battlefield: Bad Company 2
(5)Brink
(6)Mass Effect 2
(7)Splinter Cell: Conviction
(8)Merc Inc (if it's out next year)

Because if you think about it, 5 games in the first Quarter is $300. I dun know about you, but that is overkill. Plain and simple.

I share your concern too. Q1 is way too overcrowded as well as the rest of the year with high-quality games to a point that there's a chance we'd call 2010 "Year of the Flops". There are many chicken games too whose publishers were too scared to release them in Q4 this year because they were afraid of MW2. I don't think their decision earns them any more sales than they would have gotten had they released the games this year.

Of particular concern to me is Heavy Rain, a game which I am eagerly anticipating. It's a new game, new ip, and it's not as mainstream as the rest of the games. It's also a PS3 exclusive, which automatically prompts many to bash it. So if Heavy Rain doesn't make it past the 1 million landmark, then it'd be really sad since the developers will be disappointed (and depressed?) and we will no longer see games like this one which are heavy on story-telling.

I'm sure many gamers who are fans of the good old PC adventure games (like me) would love Heavy Rain, but then again, most PC gamers refuse to leave their PC-only-anti-console cult and buy a console.

As for what games I'd buy, I will most definitely buy Heavy Rain, probably more than a copy, as well as God of War III, White Knight Chronicles, Bad Company 2, and FF13 (just to confirm that it's as sh!tty and girly as I expect it to be).

MAG will be a flop and I will be surprised if it won't. Sony will and should take the blame.

Bayonetta looks like a promising game, too bad the disproportionate Sarah Palin prevents this game from being a day one purchase for me. Dante's Inferno is a complete God of War ripoff, but it looks like a game that can stand on its own and I may give it a shot.

GT5 is a no-brainer, but I doubt it will be released in Q1 since that's the Japanese release date.

im only interested in 4 games next year
-Bioshock 2
-Aliens vs Predator
-Halo Reach
-Splinter cell

looking forward to aliens vs predator the most which btw also comes out in Q1 next year.

you forgot Alan Wake.

Top Five:

Alan Wake
Splinter Cell Conviction
ME2
Bad Company 2
Heavy Rain

i'm not going to be able to play 2 games.

1) Final Fantasy XIII
2) Heavy Rain
3) Mass Effect 2
4) Bioshock 2
5) GOW3

I've yet to buy a lot of games that I want from this year, and there's only really 2 games I want on the Q1 of next year.

1. MAG (Beta is Amazing)
2. Heavy Rain
- The rest are from this year -
3. Uncharted 2
4. Borderlands
5. Demon's Souls

Here is my strategy

Jan Darksiders
Jan Masss Effect 2
Feb Bioshock 2
Feb Splinter Cell Conviction
Mar GOW3
Mar FF13W
Apr Battlefield Bad Company 2
Apr Bayonetta
May Alan Wake
May Heavy Rain
Jun Lost Planet 2
Jun Super SF4
Jul Crackdown 2
Jul Red Dead Redemption
Aug Dark Void
Aug Dante inferno

I guess it's good that I'm only getting a few of those...
For certain:
Lost Planet 2
Dead Rising 2
AvP3 (probably.)

Maybe/likely:
GoW3
Heavy Rain
Eye Pet
Star Ocean

Not interested in the rest/I have some interest, but not enough to cause me to go into debt. I'll probably get a few more if/when I have some extra money.

When Starcraft II comes out, though, I'm definitely getting that. First day. Screw the rest. =)

Might want to add Heavy Rain into February. I heard that's when it's coming out but Q1 2010 is easier to write.

Outta the list I would only pick 3 games to get (Heavy Rain, Just Cause 2 & M.A.G) and only 2 to maybe get (BF:BC 2 & Splinter Cell: Conviction). Not too into the other games but if a demo comes out for most of them i'll try em and maybe my mind will change.

1. Gran Turismo 5
2. Heavy Rain
3. Super Street Fighter 4
4. Alpha Protocol
5. Yakuza 3

And most likely/maybe Final Fantasy XIII, Mass Effect 2 / God of War III.

obviously GT5 takes the top spot, if its released in Q1, by far the best game there I think, even GOW3 isn't that good IMO
2. GOW3/The Last Guardian
3.Heavy rain
4. MAG
5. FF13
6. Splinter Cell conviction
dont really think much of Alan Wake. The constant screen tear is too offputting for me, plus the story and atmosphere is a bit... Alone in the Darkish. Thats not a good thing.

I'm looking forward to Metalocalypse: Dethgame. If anyone has seen that show, you know it's gonna be awesome.

it wouldn't surprise me if some games get pushed back again tbh. My only worry atm is that the start of the year is gonna be amazing but then we have a massive chunk of the year with no big releases. i know summer is usually quite but as for the games on my radar, they're all out at the start of the year!

only games i will be getting is modnation racers and 3d dot heroes fragle moon. my dad will mostly buy the rest so ill just borrow them from him

will buy:

MAG - White Knight Chronicles - Final Fantasy 13 - God of War 3 - Lost Planet 2 - Star Ocean PS3(i lovet it on the box) - Bioshock 2 - Heavy Rain - Gran Turismo 5. how to only make a list of 5 is crazzzzzy. but if so, it will be ps3heavy.

may buy:
Mass Effect 2 - Bayonetta - Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - Just Cause 2

wont buy:

Darksiders - Arm of Two: The 40th Day - Dante's Inferno - Splinter Cell: Conviction - MLB 2010

too many games will be released in q1 2010. competition will be tough. it only benefits gamers with fat wallets. probably some publishers will delay some of those games. there aren't many games q2 - q4 2010.

Top 5 games of 2010 for moi
5. White Knight Chronicles
4. MAG
3. ModNation Racers
2. Heavy Rain
1. God of War 3 and Gran Turismo 5

Others games that I think r good, but that I won't buy:
Splinter Cell: Conviction
Mass Effect 2
Alan Wake
Crackdown 2
APB
Bioshock 2

Games that I could give a s*** about
Halo Reach (wow, another Halo game)
Final Fantasy 13(not PS3 exclusive; not good)
Quantum (not PS3 exclusive anymore; not good)

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau