I was thinking this for quite awhile, but never got around to saying anything about it. Just a thought in the back of my mind, but here it is. We didn't really have a 'drought' this year when you compare game sales of previous years. When all's said and done, we had quite a few AAA titles come out during the summer, which is almost unheard of. So does this mean that we don't have to moan and groan that the summer months (which usually don't fill out schedules with school and the time that most of us take vacations from work) don't have any quality games coming out?

June saw the greatly anticipated PS3 release of Metal Gear Solid 4, along with multiplatform releases of Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, Battlefield: Bad Company, and Alone in the Dark. July saw a little less action with the only noteworthy titles being Soul Calibur IV and NCAA Football 09 on home consoles, and Final Fantasy IV for the DS.

What seems to be the saving grace this year is the fact that we have digital distribution doing very strongly during the month of August, with XBLA Bringing us titles like Braid, Galaga Legions, and Castle Crashers coming out on Wednesday, with Bionic Commando: Rearmed dishing out the lovin' on PSN and XBLA.

So 2008 really didn't have much of a summer drought of games like previous years, but I'm sure there's more to be desired, so I'm going to call it The Great Even/Odd water restriction of 2008, I know it doesn't have much of a ring to it, but it certainly is a step in the right direction.

So what say you, fellow Dtoiders? Would you like to see more games releasing during the summer months? Will online distribution like XBLA and PSN be enough to keep gamers satisfied until the floodgates of the holiseason release schedule come around in full force?