2009 is just beginning and in about a month it'll be kicking into full gear and taking no mercy. Will you be ready? Will you have the right console to ride, or will you be passed you by?

I just saw a list of the most anticipated games of 2009 and it was kind of interesting to see what they put down. Of course not all the games are guaranteed to come out in 2009 and some might appear out of no where and be released this year but these are the big hitters that everyone knows. Only I see some issues with the list.


Anticipated games according Edge:

Xbox 360
-Guitar Hero: Metallica
-Forza Motorsport 3
-Bayonetta
-Street Fighter IV
-Final Fantasy XIII
-Alan Wake
-Resident Evil 5
-Halo Wars
-Halo 3: ODST
-GTA IV: The Lost and Damned


PS3
-White Knight Chronicles
-Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer
-MAG: Massive Action Game (tentative title)
-Infamous
-Gran Turismo 5
-Killzone 2
-Final Fantasy XIII
-Resident Evil 5
-Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
-God of War III


Wii
-The Conduit
-Deadly Creatures
-House of the Dead: Overkill
-Monster Hunter Wii
-Fatal Frame 4
-Muramasa: The Demon Blade
-Sin and Punishment 2
-Punch-Out!!
-Wii Sports Resort
-MadWorld


One of the first things to notice, the Wii actually has a good number of games that aren't complete shovelware. Sure, some gamers might think poorly about Wii Sports Resort but it is a good game to bust out when the ladies come over. Just saying...

The second thing I noticed is the Xbox 360 lineup. There is something wrong with this picture. If you noticed, some titles are italicized. I did this to all multiplatform titles. Half of the most anticipated titles are multiplatform. On top of that, one of those five exclusives is an expansion pack and one is not actually a game but just DLC. I don't know the size of the DLC and it could be large but it is still just DLC and not actually a game. Plus, is Alan Wake really ever going to come out? I mean c'mon!

Now when you look at the PS3 line-up, they did list two multiplatform games but I suppose that is expected. But take the strong the PS3 line-up and throw in the rest of the 360 multiplatform games and well it seems like win.







About this time it would probably look like I am 360 bashing. I admit it does, but I am solely going by this list that Edge put out. To be fair, I am curious about Halo Wars and how it plays. Of course that was if consoles weren't complete fail with the RTS genre. And if the system didn't crash on me everytime I turn it on.

So either MS doesn't have many public known exclusives coming out this year or they blew their wad last year with them. Only time will tell but I will admit that I am glad to own all the systems this year, no matter how little use they get!

So how do these lists stack up with you? Do you got the right console?