Today it has been announced that Gears of War 3 has been pushed back to Holiday 2011.  Okay, fine but I am a little worried about something.  The past year or so has seen multiple games slip into differnt quarters.  Bayonetta, DMC, Gears and more are being pushed back in order for them to have a better chance at selling.  This I have no problem with.

What I do have an issue with is that these games are slipping into the first 5 months of the next year.  Why is this an issue? Simple, from September to May we are getting great games but for some reason publishers seem to hate selling games during the summer months.  June, July and August are still months that see very little in terms of new releases.  Why is that?  Is there some data that the publishers have that show nothing will sell during that time?  What is the reason?