17th December 2003, 12:24 PM
Is that so? Huh, well let's look at what MS and Sony have planned for the first half of 2004:
X-Box exclusives:
Jan- DOA Online, Sega GT Online, Unreal II
Feb- Sudeki, Ninja Gaiden
March- Rallisport 2, Steel Batallion Online, Thief III
April- Halo 2 (their biggest game of the year)
May- Doom 3
June- Fable
Spring '04- Galleon, Full Spectrum Warrior
PS2
Jan- Maximo 2,
Feb- Star Ocean 3, Rise to Honor, Headhunter 2
March- FF XI, King of Fighters 3D, Onimusha Blade Warriors, RE Outbreak,
April- Gran Turismo 4 (their biggest game of '04), Metal Slug 3, Syphon Filter 4
Spring '04- Altered Beast
And that's not even counting all of the PS2 and X-Box-only third-party games that are coming out in the first half of 2004.
Now let's compare this to Nintendo's first half release list:
GC:
Jan- nothing exclusive
Feb- Final Fantasy CC, Zelda Four Swords, PSO III
March- MGS Twin Snakes, Pokemon Colosseum,
April- nothing exclusive
May/June- Pikmin 2, Star Fox 2 (yeah right)
X-Box exclusives:
Jan- DOA Online, Sega GT Online, Unreal II
Feb- Sudeki, Ninja Gaiden
March- Rallisport 2, Steel Batallion Online, Thief III
April- Halo 2 (their biggest game of the year)
May- Doom 3
June- Fable
Spring '04- Galleon, Full Spectrum Warrior
PS2
Jan- Maximo 2,
Feb- Star Ocean 3, Rise to Honor, Headhunter 2
March- FF XI, King of Fighters 3D, Onimusha Blade Warriors, RE Outbreak,
April- Gran Turismo 4 (their biggest game of '04), Metal Slug 3, Syphon Filter 4
Spring '04- Altered Beast
And that's not even counting all of the PS2 and X-Box-only third-party games that are coming out in the first half of 2004.
Now let's compare this to Nintendo's first half release list:
GC:
Jan- nothing exclusive
Feb- Final Fantasy CC, Zelda Four Swords, PSO III
March- MGS Twin Snakes, Pokemon Colosseum,
April- nothing exclusive
May/June- Pikmin 2, Star Fox 2 (yeah right)