Retail Rumor: Splinter Cell Conviction in February

By now one should know that retailers' expected release dates for upcoming games that don't have official release dates aren't all that reliable. But after searching the internets and coming across the way long delayed (yet rather anticipated) Splinter Cell Conviction popping up at retailers with a similar February release, well ... we just had to share.

[Graphics Whore]

Don't bet on it.

[Breakfast]

...im assuming those were the 'gameplay issues' of the past.

[HighDefinition]

The "gameplay issues" were it was a sh!tty game. So they re-built it.

BTW, yeah its MOST LIKELY coming to the PS3. How things change.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Yeah, retailer release dates are not very reliable. I would say April is more realistic.

Wassup Breakfast, I see you've already caught a PS3 troller in your net. Making sure he says "it will more than likely come to the PS3" because well, we've lost so many exclusives to MS that we gotta make ourselves feel better by claiming every third party game is coming to the PS3.

[La Chance]

in February and almost forgot about this game.

Of course it isnt coming to PS3.MSFT know how to keep exclusives.Or they let it go when they dont have any impact whatsoever anymore.

Look at Bioshock , one huge flop on the PS3.

@"giant enemy crab" lol , you nailed it.So predicatable.And he's actually serious when he says "How things have changed" lol looks like , ridiculous.

[Panthers]

MSFT knows how to keep exclusives and Sony knows how to make new ones. All of the old 3rd party exlcusives have been a let down this gen. Sony wants fresh games.

[ape007]

I want this game so bad

chaos theory was one of the best games ever

ubi montrial is behind this,the same team that was behind chaos theory

can't wait....

[Danja]

This game will not be released in February , and there's a possibility it might be multi-plat..

most 360 exclusive's can also be played on the PC...where as if you want to play a PS3 exclusive you have to buy a PS3 to play them..

[Doppy]

Feb. is going to be tough for it with Killzone 2 and Street Fighter 4. I would wait until April since nothing important has been announced for the month.

[sonarus]

There is no chance in hell for Splinter cell in February. First Ubisoft will have to do an official game review at least 4-5 months before the game releases to build up hype for the game. I predict by the time ubisoft reveals the new splinter cell it will be announced for PS3, PC and X360

[Aclay]

Splinter Cell Conviction coming in February 09 and there hasn't even been any new gameplay, trailers, or new details for the game this year? I seriously doubt it.

The last thing I heard about Splinter Cell Conviction was that it was "going back to the drawing board" back in May, and isn't expected to come out sometime between April 1, 2009 and March 30, 2010.

http://www.shacknews.com/on...

If Conviction went "back to the drawing board" about mid-2008, there's no way that it's going to come out in February next year.

Early this year there were some retailers that had God of War 3 listed for a March 2009 release, but GOW3 isn't even coming out in March 2009. Retail sites are unreliable sources for release dates unless it has already been confirmed other wise.

[Tiberium]

I'm guessing after E3. They have to build hype if they want to sell good. And if one company knows how to build hype about a game it's microsoft.

[GCO Gamer]

Seriously doubt it.

[ElementX]

This crap isn't news.

[IzKyD1331]

we haven't heard anything on the game, I doubt it's just gonna pop up in a few months

[panasonic23]

the 360 dont need saving it the ps3 that need saving

[Obama]

I am betting on my presidency that this will flop.

[pp]

I'm sorry but Killzone 2 won't help sell any new ps3's i know you lot got high hopes for it to do well but the sad FACTS are its just another generic shooter.

Splinter Cell Conviction Graphically will sh*t all over MGS4 and all ps3 exclusives also it will be 25hrs long not just 5hrs like MGS4.

[Britney Spears]

i laugh at 360 fanboys, bioshock is on ps3.ms just pays people to release content while sony uses their first party to make new games. La chance there was many choices to get instead of bioshock and it came a year later so of course it won't sell that good. only shooters sell on 360 anyways.

[La Chance]

Motorstorm 2 = flop

LBP = semi-flop (nowhere what people were expecting)

Valkyrie Chronicles = flop

Fallout 3 (ps3) = nowhere to be seen in the charts.

Disgea 3 = flop.

Only Call of Duty (shooter) and Resistance 2 (I heard it wasnt even selling that well anyway) seem to be having decent sales these last weeks and both of them are shooters.All the other genres flopped.

On the 360 Fallout 3 and Fable2 (both rpgs) are enjoying strong sales and LO and even Blue dragon with smaller install bases performed better than what Disgea and V.chronicles are doing.

Guess only shooters sell on the PS3.

@spike47 below : I would probably agree with you if you guys had said that before LBP launched but of course thats not the case.Its too easy to start making excuses once you guys see that you were completely wrong.

[CloudsEnd]

But all those Games you mentioned for the PS3 got rated better than those you mentioned for XB360, okay but not Fallout 3.

Well Fallout 3 sucks on XB360 and PS3, it should be a PC game only.

[Why o why]

i didnt know sales was the defacto on games now. Maybe you are not a gamer anymore that will only buy hits and commercial bubblegum rap. Was the spiderman 3 movie better than Ironman or the departed. I know what made more loot but that doesnt equal quality. You are sounding like bladestar with his 'sells' speak. Maybe you have lost ur gaming soul. Now all that seems to matter to you is what sells like you benefit from that over the quality of the actual title. Go tell the few that are waiting for the next team ico game that they shouldnt because their previous games were not as commercially successful (flop) as crap x or rehash y. I hope ur not getting that bug man because that 'sells'over quality speak is the talk of a lemming and you'll miss out on a lot.

@ rucky, seems so and if thats the case then its sad

[rucky]

La Chance so does that mean you prefer games like Wii Fit and Wii Music and see them as AAA games? Hey I guess Ferrari are flops too when compared to Toyotas according to your statement.

[Firstkn1ghT]

You know as well as others that the ps3 has a lot of gaming sales flops because the majority of ps3 owners are non gamers. You can add the sales of R2 and LBP and won't equal the sales of Fable 2.

[nycredude]

You're getting owned on a consistent basis now. You should just give up with your flop talk cause you just sound like an idiot. Maybe you and Giant Enemy Crab can get a hotel room and you can polish off his knob.

[N4Flamers]

I forgot now everyone thinks Brittney Spears is intelligent. SO if only shooters sold on the 360 then why is fable2 almost a 2mil, please britt. The truth is shooters and the like sell well on both systems.

[Spike47]

Bioshock was not a flop on the PS3, just because it had less sales on a console with a smaller install base doesn't mean it is a flop and just because the xbox360 version looked slighly better doesn't mean anything either. Same thing goes for LBP, which in addition was a hard game to advertise because the graphics have a casual approach and the gameplay is hardcore and all this on a $400 system. If you can't understand this, you are a fanboy or a dumb bastard.

[aaquib09]

Im fat and dumb doesnt mean I dont have a daddy!!!!!

[0verdrive]

um, wasnt bioshock on ps3 superior to the 360 version? i thought that the big fuss about the ps3 version was that it didnt blow the 360 version out of the water? it was supposed to have better textures, but then again i played it on pc so i had zero interest in either of the console versions. pc still owns consoles for shooters, just for the kb+m controls alone.

[cow moolester]

I don't think it will flop...It won't be AAA but it will sell enough.

@PP- I half-agree with you. Firstly, Killzone 2 won't be another generic shooter... It will have great appeal, but only to current Ps3 fans. Unlike MGS4 or Halo 3, it doesn't have a massive following from it's predescessor and doesn't have mass appeal (Like LBP would)...

[Deadman64]

They need Chaos Theory's single player mixed with Pandora Tomorrow's multiplayer to make this game amazing. IMO at least. Oh and badass graphics, which splinter cell has always had.

[Rob0g0rilla]

Even if it comes to every system(never a fan of the splinter cell series to begin with). I don't think it'll be out in February. I think this huge delay has made people lose interest in this game. Hope what ever they did makes this game worth the wait for the people who were looking forward to it.

[Bob Dole]

Bob Dole bought the second splinter cell for PS2 and took it back an hour later. Never really liked them either. But there's people who love the games so to each his own.

[No Way]

I'm looking forward to it. I never lost interest in the game, but not looking forward to it as much as I previously was.. And, I agree, hopefully they add something to the game and make it great for all the people that have been waiting.

[George Sears]

I really doubt this since there hasn't really been any promotion to state otherwise. February is just around the corner, Ubi isn't a noob company to promote one of there most important series just two months away from its release.

This isn't Raging Rabbits.

~"Jack, it's not power I want"~

[Whoooop]

MGS4 sure f*cked Ubisoft plans....

Just stay true to franchise's core gameplay and I will receive Fisher with open arms once again...

Double Agent can kiss my @ss though...

[Why o why]

lol yep right up the jacksy with Ubis own blood for lubricant

[Bob Dole]

Hahaha +bubbles.

[No Way]

That's yucky.. but, eh, blood never hurt anyway. ;)

[Nathan Drake]

Gonna get this on Ps3

[CAPT IRISH]

No one wants splinter cell anymore

[No Way]

Correction: You don't.

[Microsoft Xbox 360]

It's going to flop. I can see it being compared to the almighty MGS4, which will bring its score down drastically. It's no match against a PS3 exclusive.

[Blaze929]

Um...didnt this whole "conviction" project get canned then re-worked? So how can it come out in Feb if it doenst exist?

[No Way]

It didn't get canned.. It just went back to the drawing board. It's just getting a revision. That's all.

[RememberThe357]

Lets move on guys.

[kosovo]

what's the talk about 360's exclusive and bla bla bla.
complete trash.
i got a PC and a monster machine, if i don't get 360's game on my monster machine, i know i will definitely get it on my PC (98.2%). but can you can play exclusive games on my monster machine as well as on a PC? i DOUBT!
I always talk of Africa. cos m African and a lover of Africa, xbox and it successor is just non-existence in that region, clubs, game houses, the only console u find in them is playstation. but the foolish thing is that these companies keep ingoing the region. and i HATE SONY FOR THAT!.
CONCLUSION;
360's illusion of exclusive games is just a physiological concept that is incable of measurement.
cheers!

[silverchode]

you guys are stupid for arguing over the internet. :)

[PattyWacker]

I have a better chance trying to make a splinter cell game and release it by febuary than Microsoft does. Goodluck.

[giovonni]

But I'm getting it. I actual like the gadgets that sam Fisher uses. It's a truer Stealth game. The story lines haven't been up to snuff though.

[InMyOpinion]

Like MGS4 but with gameplay and a less nano-silly story.

[Hades-]

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[Shane Kim]

Really, really sad that this western garbage is bein compared with the mighty MGS4. Poor xbots, this is the closest thing they'll ever come to MGS4.