I've realized that there are so many good games being released this year that there is no way I'll be able to afford purchasing them all. Take a look at this list:

Portal 2
Mortal Kombat
Darkspore
MotorStorm: Apocalypse
Brink
L.A. Noire
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
Fable III
F.E.A.R. 3
Dirt 3
Hunted: The Demon's Forge
Red Faction: Armageddon
InFamous 2
Operation Flashpoint: Red River
Alice: Madness Returns
Duke Nukem Forever
Dungeon Siege III
Might and Magic Heroes VI
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Compilation
Dead Island
Madden NFL 12
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
RAGE
Gears of War 3
Batman: Arkham City
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Battlefield 3
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Diablo III
Dota 2
Final Fantasy XIII - 2
Guild Wars 2
Hitman 5
Mass Effect 3
Mount&Blade: With Fire & Sword
Red Orchestra: Heroes of Stalingrad
Saints Row: The Third
Star Wars: The Old Republic
Tomb Raider
Torchlight II
Stronghold 3
X: Rebirth

That's... a lot of games. All scheduled for release this year. I don't think there is anyone who wants to buy all of those games, but a lot of us (gamers) probably want a LOT of games from that list, and chances are that we're going to have to choose what games to buy due to financial reasons. I mean no one is going to buy 10+ 60$ games this year. At least no one on an average salary.

That means that a lot of potentially great games are not going to get the attention or the sales that they deserve, which could hurt the developers if they had high expectations for the game and put a lot of money into the production.

What do you think? Is it going to hurt the developers that there are so many games being released this year?

Also, what games do you plan on purchasing from that list? Are there any games you want to buy but you probably won't due to financial reasons?

Here is a list of games I want to play this year:

Portal 2
Darkspore
L.A Noire
Alice: Madness Returns
Duke Nukem Forever
Dead Island
RAGE
Battlefield 3
The Elder Scrolls Skyrim
Diablo 3
Dota 2
Hitman 5
Star Wars The Old Republic
Torchlight 2

aaaand here is how many I'm going to be able to play this year:

Portal 2
Battlefield 3
Skyrim
Diablo 3

argh I really hate this but I honestly don't think that I'll be able to spend more than 240$ on new titles this year. Unless I get a proper job, which is always a (distant) possibility.

Yes lots of good games this year I'm going to get most of the games on that list.

DARK SOULS
Portal 2
Mortal Kombat
Darkspore
MotorStorm: Apocalypse
Brink
L.A. Noire
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
Fable III
F.E.A.R. 3
Dirt 3
Hunted: The Demon's Forge
Red Faction: Armageddon
InFamous 2
Operation Flashpoint: Red River
Alice: Madness Returns
Duke Nukem Forever
Dungeon Siege III
Might and Magic Heroes VI
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Compilation
Dead Island
Madden NFL 12
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
RAGE
Gears of War 3
Batman: Arkham City
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Battlefield 3
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Diablo III
Dota 2
Final Fantasy XIII - 2
Guild Wars 2
Hitman 5
Mass Effect 3
Mount&Blade: With Fire & Sword
Red Orchestra: Heroes of Stalingrad
Saints Row: The Third
Star Wars: The Old Republic
Tomb Raider
Torchlight II
Stronghold 3
X: Rebirth
Green = I'll get it Red = I don't Yellow = Don't know if I know

The reason why I'm not getting the others is because I don't know if I like them and I don't have the money to play around to test them out. I might get a copy of some of them for free through sources of infinite evil power and the dark side of cookies, only time will tell.

Then it looks like you'll be spending up to 2520$ on games this year.

This is why I wait some time after every release and buy it online for $30 or less. :goodjob: But yeah, as far as this year is concerned, gamers who normally do buy their games on release will be struggling to keep up.

I think how much it hurts the industry greatly depends on how much overlap there is. People probably won't mind buying both Skyrim and Battlefield 3, but Rage, FEAR 3, Brink, and BF3 are all in direct competition with each other.

Last thing I heard Kingdom of Amalur: Reckoning may be coming out this year too.

I think it'll mostly hurt our wallets.

I wouldn't worry about Battlfield 3 not selling, but Rage, FEAR3 and Brink might suffer

Are the only games I'm interested in, TES:V and Deus Ex being the only sure buys.

Might as well list the games I'm interested in.

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Compilation
Dead Island
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Gears of War 3
Batman: Arkham City
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Battlefield 3
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Diablo III
Final Fantasy XIII - 2
Guild Wars 2
Hitman 5
Mass Effect 3
Mount&Blade: With Fire & Sword
Star Wars: The Old Republic
Tomb Raider

More than I thought. However, only the green are absolute buys. The rest will be determined after lots of research and feedback from many a source.

Ya, that's what I meant. Another huge thing is release dates. People who know they are buying Battlefield 3 may buy Brink because it is released earlier, and it will "help hold me over". However if they were released on the same day or within a week of each other this would be a completely different story. Or Brink might be bought instead of BF3 for those of us without DX10 .

You forgot Ninja Gaiden 3.

Another wha game getting threads.s.>


Dark Souls _ Next Year Reelasles
Record of Agarest War: Zero - Limited Edition
Catherine
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked
Saints Row 3
Monado: Beginning of the World _ Probabky never coming out
Final Fantasy IV The Complete Collection
Duke Nukem Forever
Deus Ex Human Revolution - Augmented Edition
X: Rebirth if it does come out thise yearss

Still developed by Team Ninja, I see. Must buy. But wait, that's coming out this year? Judging by how little information I can find on it, I highly doubt that.

They're going to show it off at E3 this year. Hopefully it's a 2011 title.

Games I'm interested in:

Portal 2
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
Fable III
Dead Island
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Mass Effect 3
Mount&Blade: With Fire & Sword
X: Rebirth

Yeah, way too many

Loving the Deus Ex enthusiasm on here. That series deserves all the fans and support it can get, despite the screw up with Invisible War.

Skyrim maybe (latest previews kind of put a damper on me). Human Revolution also maybe (I'll wait until it's out). ME3 probably/definitely (I have put a lot of time into the series).

So yeah, doesn't seem like a lot of good releases to me. For me it's more a question of "do I have enough time to play through all these games?" than "do I want to spend this much on games?", because I rarely get fanatical about game releases.

My apathy knows no bounds.

Skyrim and Diablo III are the only few that come to mind, new games mind you. Besides that...I can't know if Rune Factory Oceans will be released in America this year, and I'm not entirely sure when Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition comes out but that's one I'll be getting. Everything else is old games. Had my eye on ICO/SoC bundle for a while, which comes out late this year, and I'm sure that I'll give into the potent will of Nintendo and shell out for a 3DS and Ocarina of Time eventually even though I don't really want to.

Oh! I think Arcana Heart 3 is going to be released on the PSN too. No idea when that comes out either, but it's also on the horizon.

Edit: Wait Arcana Heart 3 was released on the 19th?! Yes yes yes yes YES! Downloading as I type. I know what I'm doing all afternoon! :celebration:

Don't forget Kingdoms of Amalur. I am hoping that one will be ok.
But ya there has been a lot of games coming out this year. Maybe they are trying to get as many games out as they can before 2012!

haha. but ya I think people are releasing too many games, but it might be good for them because people are going to mass buy that love all them, or they are going to get one game, and get the other games later, but it also might be bad for them because the time it takes the person to beat one game, the prices in the other games will drop.

Or it might be that games are being advertised a lot more then they used to be, so we are just seeing more games then we used to or something like that. I remember when games weren't as advertised as they are now, and it took me awhile before I figured out that certain games were even made.

DotA 2 comes out this year?

:foodndrink:

Can't wait!

For sures

MvC3 - Got it ($30)
MK - Got it ($60)
SKyrim ($60)
SSF4 AE DLC - (not sure how much will cost, say $30)
Escalation Map Pack - (will be 2nd ever dlc purchased, $20)
Red River - (This might be my free game)

Might get

Mass Effect 3 - Wanna play through it at least once, might rent it or hopefully will borrow from friend.
Battlefield 3 - Might get it, or might get Modern Warfare 3
Haunted Demon Forge - Might get it

So far ~$200 for the year

If someone wants to buy a game, it will be bought eventually, so I don't think it will hurt the games/companies too much.

Definitely gonna get:
Fear 3
Skyrim

Possibly:
Battlefield 3
L.A. Noire
Brink