If you haven’t noticed, Nintendo news has been pretty dry around the net lately. Commonly known as the ‘summer game drought’, these 3-4 months rarely yield any games/news relating to the industry that we’ve grown to love. Hang in there. It’s halfway over. Just remember it’s not as bad as the dreadful game drought of […]
If you haven’t noticed, Nintendo news has been pretty dry around the net lately. Commonly known as the ‘summer game drought’, these 3-4 months rarely yield any games/news relating to the industry that we’ve grown to love. Hang in there. It’s halfway over.
Just remember it’s not as bad as the dreadful game drought of 2007. *shudders*
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Drought it right! It’s crazy, and then starting the 24th of August it’s going break my wallet, 4 games between 8/24 and 9/30 that I’m planning on getting release day.
The summer has given me a chance to catch up on older games I missed though, just no news to speak of.
No drought here. Grand Slam Tennis, Tiger 10, and soon to be Wii Sports 2 in full effect, though admittedly these are sports games.
Nor here. I still have to tackle Twilight Princess and WWE 2009, tehre’s still tons to do in Mario Kart, not to mention getting Conduit, Indy and Ghostbusters. My drought is definitely time and money-wise. 🙂
Yeah, there’s hardly anything coming out:
http://www.infendo.com/category/new-game-get/
Go play Ghostbusters, download Bit.Trip Core, and look forward to Prof Layton & The Diabolical Box!
I do not think drought is even possible in this age
You have the whole wii game library, gamecube, VC not to mention other consoles if you own any.
It might be a drought of hours to play, no gaming drought
To be honest, I think it’s a problem when we rely on seeing great games released each week. Since May, we’ve had Boom Blox Party, Punch Out, The Conduit, Overlord, Dawn of Discovery, Tiger Woods 10, Ghostbusters, Swords & Soldiers, which are good to excellent games.
Yes, July and August are thin for interesting games, and only 2 games pique my interest–Little King’s Story and Cursed Mountain. But honestly, with the early summer games I’ve listed, I’m good to go. Dawn of Discovery and Conduit’s multiplayer are giving me plenty to do.
I’ve been keenly aware that the game industry and news sites are feeding a consumption beast and that we’re not taking the time to appreciate the games we have. I realize some gamers go through 5 or more games a month, but I think for many of us, that’s not true. I mean, according to different polls, I’ve seen that about 40% of gamers play 3-4 hours a week, and only 10% play 10+ hours a week.