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Rumors have hit the Internet today, revealing that Heavy Rain will most likely not make it in 2009. Although it has not been made official, this article is to reflect my reasons of why I think it would be the best move. Most websites are looking at this as a huge let down, but I for one think that this is the best thing for Sony to do and I have my reasons.

For one, regardless of what anyone might say, Sony have an amazing line up of first party exclusives already this year. Releasing too many high profile exclusives in the same year would not be a very wise move. We have already had Killzone 2, Infamous is this week and we still apparently have yet to see God Of War 3, Gran Turismo 5, Uncharted 2 and M.A.G this year. I believe Heavy Rain wont be the only exclusive Sony game to be pushed back to 2010, as having such a strong line up of games presumably coming out all around the same time will be utter chaos for Sony. Not only that, but none of the games will truly get the shine they deserve, as the market will be flooded with too many high profile games in the same period.

Another reason is, with Sony’s current financial state they will need some sort of assurance for revenue in 2010. Having such games as Heavy Rain, DC Universe Online, and possibly M.A.G (I am almost sure this will be pushed back to next year), appear in 2010 will ensure that they have some huge money makers up their sleeves for the next fiscal year. Also, they can use all the extra time to market the hell out of these games so that when they do arrive, the whole world will be excited to get them in their hands.

The final reason is that Sony must also consider their competition, they cant just flood the market blindly with all these high profile exclusives. Sony more than ever need to apply strategy, although I believe Sony has the strongest line up this year, they cant just discard the competition. Microsoft have yet to reveal their whole line up for the rest of the year, but we know Halo ODST is on it’s way which will be a huge seller.

With that being said, Heavy Rain being pushed back to 2010 is not such a let down as many people out there are making it seem. Gaming is a business, and the sooner we all start remembering that, the sooner we will all understand when issues such as this arise.

Written By Gary A Swaby

Deeper than the words embedded in somebody's wedding ring

1. freezola75 says:

   May 26, 2009 at 7:59 am

   yo swiff, grreat article man! I gotta say I agree with you regarding the Heavy Rain delay. Sony has a huge lineup and I’d hate for their new IP’s to suffer the Mirror’s Edge and Dead Space effect. Also I’d like to see just what M$ and Nintendo got up their collective sleeves.

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2. alex c says:

   May 26, 2009 at 8:36 am

   yep, and if you open the hideo kijoma next teaser site, run the source code, option from view pull down tab in browser

   youl all clearly see, that its metal gear solid 5 for ps3.

   suk it.

   also, i herd gran turismo is coming, otherwise whats all that crap about 700+ cars and 96 reversable tracks including the top gear test track…

   u stil want forza 3, with 500 cars, on 2 disks as wel….

   can i point out gran turismo 2 came on 2 disks, that was ten years ago now… bit behind the times are we..

   um no., playsations ahead…

   with so many god games, snys gotto save this and maybe mag, infact they would be stupid to release mag, with halo, modern warefare, and sososo many other coming out for chrstmas, i myself, am not buying another war game. for agges. to many….

   il buy mag in a year maybe. after the other are crossed off the “to buy” list.

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3. alex c says:

   May 26, 2009 at 8:38 am

   gran turismo tekken 6, borderlands might by fuel pre orderd alredy, god of war 3 is on hmv for pre-order NOW oct/sept release.
   infamous out in a week, twisted metal anyone>> blurr will suk twisted metals black smoke ridden exhaust fumes.

   boycot ea games , ubisoft, and activsion a long time ago.

   they dont make games for gamers, they make them for sareholders and i h8 it.

   rep sony, rep sega-ah. burn nintendo burn.

   along with those publisher i just mentioned.

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4. Dukes says:

   May 26, 2009 at 7:36 pm

   Sony’s lineup for ‘09 is starting to slip. 3 games people was expecting this year (God of War 3, Gran Turismo 5, and Heavy Rain) wont come out til next year. I was really looking forward to this game too.

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