Summer Releases: A Look to the Future

[Webb]

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/news-709-Summer-Releases--A-Look-to-the-Future.html

Discuss :)

[Otisbum]

Like I said in the news post, excellent job Webb.

I'm going to apologize for this in advance though:
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:p Couldn't help but notice that, it's second nature now.


But as for the editorial itself, it was a great idea. I'd never really thought about the significance of release dates other than the fact that so many seem to be surrounding Christmas.

[Adam Miller]

Nice editorial, maybe now we will start seeing some annual releases in the summer..Fifa..WWE and other sports. :)

[jackanape]

It's a nice change that we have so many games out and about. I used to work in Blockbuster and the summer months were appalling due to the lack of big games (and films) that came out. Hopefully this shift will signal a change for the entire industry.

That being said I think certain games can be released any time and will still sell a bucketload. Imagine if GTA4 was released on Xmas day - people would still be out queuing around the street to get it.

Lets not forget the fact that Bioshock was a mid-year release last year and did superbly, so that's surely got to take some credit.

[SuperGaz]

nice editorial, its good to know that developers are changing things like release times i was always sick of waiting for November for everything to come out at once, like Jackanape said there had always been a shortage of releases in summer.

I suppose with Massive titles like GTA and metal gear it makes sense for companys to make use of the lack of games and in effect tap into a competition free period where they will sell plenty of copies.