thegamepeddler
03-30-2004, 11:14 PM
ok, all just recently MS has dropped the new Oddworld title, Psychonauts, and the '05 versions of it's football, basketball, and hockey series. I'm not saying any of these titles are absolute must-haves, and that anyone should weep. That may be the case, may not be. It may make zero difference and that someone will publish and they will remain exclusive. If you look back a little, some fairly high-profile games have been dropped or vanished from Microsoft's lineup. The Unseen and Tork come to mind. Ultimately these games had replacements, titles no one knew about until they were almost out the door, namely Voodoo Vince and Grabbed by the Ghoulies. Whether a person likes those titles or not, it's hard to argue they were blockbusters of the utmost quality. My question is: in dropping certain titles from it's near-term lineup, will MS be revealing more mediocrity, or is there a chance we might be blown away by a few E3 revelations? If their rhetoric is true about it being all about the games, one must assume E3 will hold some stellar replacements for what is now a shrinking first party '04-'05 lineup, even if it does include Halo 2, Fable, etc. Or are we to believe that MS will start rationing it's titles ala Nintendo? I hope against the latter, but it's difficult to trust Microsoft's rhetoric. Thoughts?