October/November.

Skyrim. Skyward Sword. Saints Row 3. Uncharted 3. Mario 3D Land. Kirby on DS, Kirby on Wii. Did Dark Souls release in October? BF3 and MW3 going head to stupid head. That retro-new Halo game. Batman Arkham City. ANOTHER Assassin's Creed. I mean...there are probably more.

Anyone seen that "A Beautiful Mind" flick? John Nash talks about economics, and that if everyone tries to get at the same consumer, they'll probably end up losing opportunities to get at that consumer. Now, I don't know much about economics or marketing (Some might say I don't know much about a science book either, but those people are old school R'n'B enthusiasts), but even so, this seems ill advised.

What I'm getting at, probably well after the majority of people that think about this stuff on the net, is that it really seems terriffically boneheaded to release ALL THE DAMNED GAMES IN THE LAST TWO AND A HALF MONTHS OF THE YEAR. Ahem.

I know for a fact that I will lose interest in several of these games because I have no damned way of getting my hands on them before new stuff gets released after I finish the games I could actually afford to pick up. It's a priority thing.

I kind of feel like 2011 has been a fantastic year in terms of good games, but it's been an even better year in terms of publishers making the worst release time decisions possible. I give them an A for that.