The first problems for Microsoft

Sep 12, 2005 13:59 GMT  ·  By

Microsoft may have spoken to early. They claimed that the flagship game of the console, Perfect Dark Zero will be alive and kicking at the time of the Xbox 360 launch. Games have a way of getting delayed and they should have known that. Now they are trying to release it before Christmas and not in November as planned.

Of course, bad news never comes alone. Another game scheduled to be released in November, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, has been delayed for marketing reasons. It's not good business to launch two very good games at the same time, as most gamers will have to buy only one (money problems). It will probably be launched later this year with Gears of War and possibly Perfect Dark Zero.

Microsoft's been doing a lot of promising. I'm not sure how many of those promises are really the truth and how much is just marketing. We'll just have to wait and see.