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Zombie67, the difference being that CoD and the sports games are not Valve. People also expect them to have annual releases, and don't expect support. On the other hand, much was promised for L4D -- expansions, some long-term support with decent patches, etc. The quick and rapid development of L4D2 prevents those.

Moreso, such a short development cycle for the sequel (to come out in November) means that it WILL CERTAINLY be a lesser product: less polish, less features and newness, less deep story and characters, etc. Again, this is expected of other publishers; but Valve has a certain (I feel, unmerited, but I'm the odd one out) reputation of quality that they're expected to uphold: one that an annual release cannot even hope to reach for than to obtain.