Yeah. I've been finding that more companies (probably due to the economy) are releasing their games during the holiday season, rather than year round like before. This would make sense because people are more apt to buy games during the holidays than during the summer.

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Yeah, but this also left the door wide open for inFamous to be a blockbuster. It had no competition and was really the only game to play last summer until Prototype was released and that game was a similar sandbox. I think you are right though that the economy has a big role in why games are being pushed back, but there was seriously nothing out there last summer.

Do you really think Uncharted 2 was over hyped? I mean, outside of E3, I heard very little on this game prior to its release. Afterwards, the only real hype was that reviewers loved it. I thought it was great. Mechanics aren't the best, but its one of the most entertaining games I've ever played.