What do I want for summer 2009?
Assuming you mean other than MW2..... 

1) Borderlands. Its about the only original IP, its not a 'spiritual' sequel to anything, its not quite part of an overly crowded genre whose tireless iterations have turned me into a cynical old man, it genuinely seems like a cool idea regardless of its execution and it had the balls to stand up the MW2 timeslot. Respect.  
 
2) Gran Turismo 5. I dont care that TGS hasnt happened yet so it hasnt been 'suprisingly' anounced for this christmas. Still, pretend for a moment Ive travelled forwards in time to a time not so far from now when this this laughably predictable event has actually transpired - Boy am I going to race the pants off that game. Really, really looking forward to another GT game.  
Of course, I could be wrong. maybe its the hope speaking. 
 
EDIT: Turns out I was wrong :)
 
3) Anything that isnt Halo 3:ODST. 
Dont get me wrong, the Halo series is one of my all time favourites. But to take a moderately topical example - COD4:MW was popular, critically aclaimed and is still played today - for a reason. For that matter, so was original Halo. I have officially denounced moderately different re-toolings of games that work well. COD4 took what was great about shooters and turned them into a specticle like no other, all the while re-inventing many of the fundamentals of online multiplayer, so much so that even the mighty Halo 3 begun intergrating such elements into its own system. Today, they are industry standard. This will happen again, as it always does, but it wont be Halo 3:ODST that does it. I guess its such a big deal to me because it probably could have been.
 
Ultimately, my justification for such a policy has and always will be Half Life and Half Life 2. There has been no excuse for iterative re-skinned sequels since november 14, 2004.   
 
And finally yes Im aware of the irony given that im so stoked about yet another GT game. But its a sim. What exactly do you want them to change. FPS games can be anything, particularly in a world so well realised, popular and frankly, awesome as the Halo universe. I have little tolerance for this full priced expansion pack, as equally good as any other Halo it may be. 
  
Sam.