Gabe's list is already a serious indictment, but there are some things that didn't end up on there just because he and I have different tastes - particularly where PC titles are concerned. Please append the following to create a Master List. Every one of these is a game that I actively follow and am interested in purchasing, or at least I would, in a universe where polysyllabic words are a form of currency. Also, the links all go to EB, but that's just where I got the ship dates. They aren't links of the "Affiliate/I Get Money If You Buy It" variety.
Evil Genius
Rome: Total War
(Yes, the same game we're advertising.)
Locomotion
Port Royale 2
Call of Duty: United Offensive
Full Spectrum
Silent Hill 4
Red Star
Gradius V
Demon Stone
Def Jam Fight For NY
Armored Core: Nexus
If you still play FF:XI or Anarchy Online, of course you'd need Chains of Promathia or Anarchy Online: Alien Invasion in addition to (or instead of) any of the items on the amended list. It's also critical that you keep in mind the fact that Half-Life 2 could literally drop at any moment, catalyzing a retail shockwave in this already fragile ecosystem.
And what of games like KATAMARI DAMASHI, or the sequel to the charming Shadow Hearts? What are games who deviate from the norm even a few degrees supposed to do - I mean, aside from be crushed under the phalanx?
I've honestly never placed much stock in wailing and lamentation regarding some kind of gaming "crash." It'll happen if it happens and I have other things to worry about. Playing this quarterly earnings game they've got going here seems like a really good way to gut the industry, though.
(CW)TB
