Attention All Gamers: We're Officially Screwed

2009 looked to be a great year for gaming, and still does, but through these delays it is steadily becoming worse. With that said, gamers will be experiencing far too many games they want to play but simply do not have the money and/or do not have enough time to complete all of those games.

This Joystiq article sums up my thoughts exactly http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/30/capcom-delays-dark-void-into-2010-avoids-crowded-fall-game-sea/ . The following were supposed to come out in 2009 (and then some): "Splinter Cell: Conviction, Bioshock 2, Singularity, Bayonetta, Red Steel 2, and probably Mafia II and Red Dead Redemption. Oh, as well as the already planned God of War 3, Heavy Rain, MAG, Darksiders, Aliens vs. Predator, Alan Wake, Dante's Inferno, Mass Effect 2, Sin & Punishment 2, White Knight Chronicles, Split/Second, and Capcom's own Dead Rising 2 and Lost Planet 2".

That list doesn't even include the other numerous titles coming out next year: Fallout: New Vegas, Gran Turismo 5, Final Fantasy 13, ModNation Racers, The Agency, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Crackdown 2, Command & Conquer 4, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Metroid: Other M, No More Heroes 2, Golden Sun DS, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, etc. And that's not even all of them. Good luck gamers.

Thats official? I guess I'll sell my consoles then.

Bring... it... on...
Considering that I'm not really interested in all of those games (only a select few) I don't feel that I'll be spending much money.

fridge stocked full of energy drinks and doing some extra work for some cold $ MUST MAKE DEADLINE

Of course, not all of these games will come out in 2010. We will see delays yet again, but a good number should stay, just like 2007. Which is considered one of the best years in gaming. 2010 looks to be the best year ever gaming has ever seen even if we see a good eight or so of these games above get delayed. I'm gonna have to keep working at Wendy's to get the all the select games I want next year 0_o

Prepare for a ton of delays until Q3 or 4 2010 I guess?

Guess what! You don't have to buy/play every damn game that comes out. Leave that for poor journalist who don't get to take the time and enjoy the games to their fullest.

I still have Assassin's Creed II, Modern Warfare 2, Wolfenstein and others that are still releasing this year.  I'll be spending a whole lot of time with Modern Warfare 2 this fall, especially multiplayer since I didn't spend enough time with Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare when it released.

I see this as a good thing.  I'll get one or two of those when they come out, but the others will come down in price by the time I have the time or desire to play them.  Sooner or later we won't see this happening any longer.  These games are only considred successful if they sell a bunch of copies in the first few weeks of release.  If that mentallity continues then companies will start releasing more games during parts of the year that are considered dead periods for game releases, which means there will always be a big release every week, and our back logs will just keep getting bigger and bigger.

I surely am not alarmed by this.
Actually, it might be the best thing that could happen to me,as in that i've got time to do 'more important' things in life.
Admittedly, i looked forward to some of the titles mentioned above.
Still, patience is a virtua.

Simple, I'll just have to start selling body parts. Luckily, God blessed me with two of most of them, I think I'll start with my left lung... 

Man, that is a lot of games. I can't afford this hobby... I guess I'll just have to narrow it down. A slow, painful process.

I don't get it.
we are screwed because we have to wait two extra months for games?

You have no clue how much this list saddens me since I leave for the Navy in a month.

We'll be fine, no reason to make a big deal out of nothing.

The new Melty Blood comes out in less than a month, then there is the Persona 1 remake a month after that and then Uncharted 2 less than a month after that and then Modern Warfare 2 about a month after. How am I screwed as a gamer? I think things are going pretty darn good thanks.

This Autumn will see some of the biggest blockbuster games released ...
Even if you include all of those that have been pushed back to 2010 ... the ones coming out in 2009 would still be bigger than them

Halo ODST BLOCKBUSTER
Assassins creed 2 BLOCKBUSTER
Forza 3 BLOCKBUSTER
Modern warfare 2 BLOCKBUSTER
Starcraft 2 BLOCKBUSTER
Borderlands
Left 4 Dead 2
Football manager 2010 (in2009)
Dragon age origins
Operation flashpoint 2
Uncharted 2
Shadow Complex BLOCKBUSTER
Rock band beatles BLOCKBUSTER

Do I need to go on ??
NO ...
Because you will a) run out of hours in the year to play b) run out of money to buy all of these

2009 is greater than what 2010 is offering so far

What makes you think next years games wont be delayed at all???  I woudn't worry about it, there is always something to play unless your picky.

"I don't get it. we are screwed because we have to wait two extra months for games?"

"What makes you think next years games wont be delayed at all???  I woudn't worry about it, there is always something to play unless your picky."

"@Nets: Why did you post this on the PS3 forums? Anyhows, could you really blame publisher by trying to avoid MW2 and Assassin's Creed 2? At least our winter is going to be busy."

" Guess what! You don't have to buy/play every damn game that comes out. Leave that for poor journalist who don't get to take the time and enjoy the games to their fullest. "

Meh, I'm already busy as it is trying to work on my backlog, these delays don't really bug me.

Nor do half of them interest me.

I'm not going to play all of them, and I don't see any problem.

This is why I wait for price drops. It pays to wait. Also, there's nothing wrong with waiting to play a game months, or even years later. I think there's a lot of this mentality with people that if you don't play a game soon after it's release, then what's the point, which is very weird logic to me. Of course, some people are just impatient. :P

Dont forget Brutal Legend, thats looking like a good one!

Looking at the OPs list I can find about five games that I would consider must haves for me. So yeah, not really too worried. I mean honestly some of those are gonna get delayd and some are just gonna suck bawls, so it shouldn't be too bad even if you're not picky like me. Besides if you collect a backlog just go through it during a dry periods.

"Splinter Cell: Conviction, Bioshock 2, Singularity, Bayonetta, Red Steel 2, and probably Mafia II and Red Dead Redemption. Oh, as well as the already planned God of War 3, Heavy Rain, MAG, Darksiders, Aliens vs. Predator, Alan Wake, Dante's Inferno, Mass Effect 2, Sin & Punishment 2, White Knight Chronicles, Split/Second, and Capcom's own Dead Rising 2 and Lost Planet 2".
That list doesn't even include the other numerous titles coming out next year: Fallout: New Vegas, Gran Turismo 5, Final Fantasy 13, ModNation Racers, The Agency, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Crackdown 2, Command & Conquer 4, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Metroid: Other M, No More Heroes 2, Golden Sun DS, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, etc. And that's not even all of them. Good luck gamers. "

Personally, I'd rather have a LOT of games to play than nothing to play.  Bring on the gamez!

horrible, yes, games are going to get delayed sometimes. o well there is really nothing u can do about it but hope that eventually the game will come out.

2010 is going to explode. Golden Sun DS, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Metroid: Other M, Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty and Borderlands are my most anticipated.

" @killdave:  Since when was Uncharted 2 not a BLOCKBUSTER "

Blizzard (under orders from Activision) is obviously paying other companies off to delay their new releases to make WoW and StarCraft II more attractive.