You couldn't be more wrong if you tried..
The newsletter is old.. the estimate is old. And the staff always has first hand knowledge, FYI. We're in contact with VSTEP on a daily basis.
And if the next game is released in late Q3 or even Q4 of 2009, it is still going to be SS10. I'm not saying there is a definate date planned, since it's early days.. but we have our suspicions, based on what we know of the plans, work involved, etc..
If a developer releases a game late in the year, and gives it the name of that very year, then in a few months, it will look as a year old game.
Since releasing it in october for example, and calling it SS09, means that within 3 months, the game will 'sound' old, while the title is SS09, yet the year is allready 2010.
Many many developers do this, how else do you explain Fifa 09 (and all the other EA sports titles for that matter) coming out a few months ago, when it's still 2008?
Before you make bold statements, you better have the right information.
Regards,
Fred