Gears 3 was my #1 game that I was looking forward to.  Now because Microsoft thinks they can get extra money out of it they are going to delay it until Fall.  Honestly Microsoft has no other big exclusives and Sony has quiet a few.  They need something for the holiday season (microsoft with the $ is still true today).  It may also be part of Epics decision as well not to release in the same time frame as Bulletstorm.   We all know Gears 3 sales will blow Bulletstorm and every other title around that time away.  

Look at the competition in Spring.  (LittleBigPlanet 2, Dead Space 2, Portal 2, Killzone 3, Dragon Age II)  Really nothing to compete with; Gears 3 would dominate Spring, Microsoft and Epic need to both realize that.  It won't make any more money in the Fall then it would have in the Spring, possibly less.  Gamers make there purchases all year.  

Now with it being pushed to Fall it will have a lot more competition. (The next Call of Duty game, Rage, Duke Nukem Forever, possibly Battlefield 3, Diablo III, Uncharted 3, and Max Payne 3 to name a few)  I for one will still purchase the game but I am very upset about the delay.  

What is really going to piss everyone off is if they release Gears 3 with bugs or a laggy multiplayer just like Gears 2.  I am interested to see what is going to be the "silver lining" next week is going to be.  If they just show off the versus mulitplayer and expect that alone will make everyone happy they have another thing coming.  I want to see a beta, demo, dedicated servers, or something and some awesome marketing (Gears merchandise, awesome collectors edition, the works).   

After the disaster that was Gears 2, any delay for 3 is a good delay. 

I dont get it 
 

...if GOW3 has shit for online, I will never buy an Epic game again. They slapped me with UT3 and GOW2, but I swear to god GOW3 better not be fucking broken.

Haha greed of war 3, that's so funny and clever, I'm gonna put it in all my tweets now. Yeah.

" Was looking forward to Gears of War 3 more than any game... Now micro$oft has delayed all the fun. #GreedofWar3 "

" ...if GOW3 has shit for online, I will never buy an Epic game again. They slapped me with UT3 and GOW2, but I swear to god GOW3 better not be fucking broken. "

" Was looking forward to Gears of War 3 more than any game... Now micro$oft has delayed all the fun. #GreedofWar3 "

It's alright now you can enjoy all the games pushed back into early 2011. This stuff happens all the time man, don't get your panties in a bunch. 

" After the disaster that was Gears 2, any delay for 3 is a good delay.  "

" Dude. Three posts does not equal a trending topic. "

So, I'm meant to believe that Gears of War 3 was going to be perfectly completed by April but Microsoft decided to keep it shelved for another 8 months because they're greedy? Those ba$tards, right?

Why is delaying a game greedy? They want to move as many units as they can and a Fall release window is usually a hot time of year.
 
Besides, it'll give them even more time to polish it or add some things.

You know what they say: A delay is temporary, a s****y game is forever.

" Was looking forward to Gears of War 3 more than any game... Now micro$oft has delayed all the fun. #GreedofWar3 "

" @Potter9156 said:

" After the disaster that was Gears 2, any delay for 3 is a good delay.  "

ahahahahaha...oh wait, were...were you serious?
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I don't see this ending well.

Gears of War is still a thing?

" Its funny how you can make a post and get completely bashed for your opinion. "