It's safe to say that 2009>>>>>2008 from a games standpoint for me. Here my list of games that I'll be buying or renting from now until the end of the year.
*List assumes that no games will be pushed back or cancelled.
360
Madden 10
NCAA Football 10
Tiger Woods 10
FNR4 (hoping that they fixed the issues found in the demo)
Prototype (Rent)
UFC Undisputed (I'm a bit behind on this one, picking it up Friday)
Splinter Cell Conviction
Assassins Creed 2
PS3
MAG (despite what people think, I'm getting positive vibes from this title)
Uncharted 2
Batman: AA (Rent most likely)
DS
Scribblenauts
One game I think I'll leave off the list is L4D2. Based on what I've seen and read, it just simply doesn't earn a purchase. Valve definitely fumbled on this, as those campaigns could have easily been added as DLC for the 1st one, giving L4D a total of 9, which would have made the game undoubtedly awesome. But instead we get some rush to strike while the iron is hot and end up with teh lameness. Oh well. Hopefully the gaming gods have given everybody something to look forward to. Out.