Predict: 2019 in Gaming

[Kthulhu]

Fun reading some of these. Crazy how spot on some were and how off others were.

Someone will try and make an all-in-one PC VR Headset, and will probably fail

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*Laughs in Zuckerberg*

 

[hydruxo]

Gah! It looked pretty good and I didn't know about the development troubles.

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Yeah :( It had potential but it was just a mess of a game.

 

[BrickArts295]

I'm going to have to chill for this one, I may have overdone it with last year's predictions.

GOTY Nominees:
1. RE2
2. Sekiro Shadows Die Twice
3. The Outer Worlds
4. The Last of Us Part II
5. Death Stranding [The Overall Winner]

EDIT: I mean aside from no TLOU2, I think I'm on point so far.

Sony:

-Death Stranding will release in Q3 2019 - Nope, Q4
-The Last of Us Part 2 will release Q4 2019 - Nope, 2020
-Ghost of Tsushima will be set to release in Q1 2020 - Nope, Summer 2020
-PS5 will be revealed in Q4 2019 - NOPE
-Japan's New IP will be an RPG of some kind - At least we have Jim Ryan Party Gifts
-Sony will buy Quantic Dreams, Supermassive and Bluepoint. - Nope, but they got Insomniac
-The Order sequel will be revealed - NOPE T_T
-Bluepoint is not working on a Demon Soul's Remake - I guess they might be.
-Days Gone will score 80+ in MC - Hahaha...

Score: 0/9

Microsoft:

-Halo Infinite will get a gameplay reveal but will release in 2020 - Nope
-MS will further tease their next generation console with a name drop and a 2020 release. - I think I nailed this?
-Playground games' next game will not be Fable - No Idea.
-None of the newly bought studios of 2018 will have anything new to show. - Nope, they did.
-Rare is working on a new Perfect Dark - Only my dreams.
-MS will also get a Marvel exclusive - So far no.

Score: 1/6

Nintendo:

-Metroid Prime 4 will get gameplay reveal but it will be a 2020 game - HAHHAHAHAHAH
-Animal Crossing, Fire Emblem and Bayonetta 3 will be thieir spotlight games of 2019 - Only FE.
-A New 3D Mario game will be revealed - Nope.
-Retro Studio's game will finally be revealed and its going to be another Donkey Kong Country - Nope but they are making Prime 4!
-Monolith will reveal their next title - Nope.
-SNES games coming to Nintendo Online yall - OMG FINALLY I nailed one!

Score: 1/6

Third Party:
-Rocksteady will FINALLY reveal what they are making and its going to be a New I.P releasing in 2019 - GOD DAmn it!
-Rockstar will release a tease for their next game which will be Bully 2 - NOPE
-New Bioshock game will be revealed -Not revealed but they are making one.
-Sam Fisher will reveal himself - NOPE T_T
-Kingdom Hearts 3 will have a controversial ending - I'm gonna go YES on this one.
-Bethesda will skip E3 - They should've have...
-Konami will remake one of their games - Nope.
-Battlefront III wont be released this year - Nailed it.
-Infinity War is working on Modern Warfare 4 but its also a prequel to Infinite Warfare - What weird ass prediction.
-Watch Dogs 3 in London and a Fem Protag - Okay I nailed it but not exactly.
-There will be a Telltale revival of some kind - Okay, I nailed this.
-FF 7 Remake is now a cross gen game - I guess not.

Score: 4/12

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Yeah I did pretty bad this year. Pretty fun to look back at this.

 

[Philippo]

Sony
-Days Gone does just fine critically and commercially
-Dreams is critically well received but sales are a slow burner
-Ghost of Tsushima relases in Fall and does ell both commercially and critically, not as good as Horizon though
-The PS5 is revealed, the hardware is in line with the expectations (very good), releases in April 2020 for 399
-The Last of Us Part II & Death Stranding are 2020 titles

Nintendo
-Fire Emblem 3H, Daemon X Machina, Luigi's Mansion underperform
-Animal Crossing Switch is the best selling AC title ever
-Ubisoft announces and releases a Mario + Rabbids sequel, a dedicated Donkey Kong game by the same director is also in the works;
-Metroid Prime 4 and MP Trilogy HD releases in 2019
-MP4 is a 90+ MC
-Pokémon Gen 8 is what HC Pkmn fans wanted and more, but it still retains some Go! mechanics, sells like heroin on the streets
-Bayonetta 3 is a 2020 title
-New TLoZ announced, is a sequel to BoT, but smaller in scale, releases in 2020
-Retro finally announces their new project
-The Switch rumored revision has no specs improvements, just longer battery and other small upgrades

MS
-Crackdown 3 is a total failure commercially and critically
-Gears 5 and Battletoads release in 2019
-Playground's Fable Reboot is revealed, it's a next gen game
-We also get to see The Initiative and Rare new projects for 2020
-The next Xbox is not yet announced
-MS announces their new streaming platform coming in Early 2020 that will play next gen games
-Halo: Infinite launches in 2020
-MS acquires yet two studios, one of them is japanese (or they make a new japanese studio)

Capcom
-RE2 and DMCV exceed expectations on all fronts
-Onimusha 2,3 and 4 also get an HD collection
-Dino Crisis is their other big game for 2019
-MHW expansion is good but it comes a bit later so a noticeable chunk of players do not come back to play it
-Support for SFV ends in 2019
-Resident Evil Revelations 3 is announced and released for PS4/XBO/NS in 2019
-Darkstalkers 4 and Onimusha 5 announced for 2020
-Megaman Legends gets a reboot exclusively for Nintendo Switch

Square
-KHIII is the best selling and reviewing KH title to date, DLCs with new Disney worlds announced, a DLC dedicated to FF characters is announced that makes fans angry
-FFXV Episode Ardyn is actually good
-FFVII Re gets a big showing, looks solid but expect some changes to ruffle fans' feathers, Part 1 releases in Spring 2020, its a 3 Part series, its a cross gen release
-Bravely Default 1+2 HD announced and released WW
-Bravely Default 3 announced for 2020
-Nomura announces he's finally working on a sequel to TWEWY for the Switch
-Yoko Taro runs across Shibuya, stops himself in front of the Hachiko Staute, strips himself and announces Nier 3
-To everybody surprise, Hiroyuki Ito is indeed alive and is working on FFXVI, releasing for next gen consoles

Others
-Anthem is neither good or bad, just okay
-Jedi Fallen Order gets delayed to Spring 2020
-A new Splinter Cell is finally announced and its cross-gen
-Watch Dogs 3 releases in Fall, set in NY
-We finally get to see Rocksteady new game! No idea what it is!
-Beyond G&E2 has a tumultuous Alpha
-RDR2 gets a neat single and multi-player DLC
-Cyberpunk releases in 2020
-Sekiro reviews on From's past titles levels but less than Bloodborne
-Yokai Watch 4 and Inazuma Eleven Ares bomb, forcing L5 to shut down
-Sega revives Skies of Arcadia with a full blown Remake
-Next Tales of finally runs on UE4, looks like a current gen game
-Another Media company tries to get onto the streaming platforms war, acquires some big names, combines nothing with them
-Easy Allies acquiring a studio skyrockets their poularity
-More sex, race and overwork-related scandals force more layoffs

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Got a lot of half-correct predictions lol

 

[Ox Code]

Fun reading some of these. Crazy how spot on some were and how off others were.



*Laughs in Zuckerberg*

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I don't think anyone refers to the Quest as a PCVR headset :)

EDIT: well up until 2 months ago I guess.

 

[Corporate Clown]

Ok, I was more right than wrong for 2018 so let's see if I can do it again in 2019!

Sony
Either Last of Us 2 or Death Stranding will release in 2019, but not both!
Just repeating my Days Gone prediction from last year: Will do quite well, but will still "underperform" to those who simply don't like it.
PS5 gets announced for 2020
PS4 finally gets a decent permanent price cut at some point
Hardware moderately down from 2018

Nintendo
E3 will be all about the new Metroid and Bayonetta 3, but both are set to release in 2020
We get a first look of a new IP that will be launched in 2020
The rumoured revision is much smaller than people think and very few will upgrade, but there will be a spike in new buyers
One more Wii U port, just because.
Hardware relatively flat

MS
New Gears is released to little fanfare, but will be massive on game pass and dominate MS's most played charts
First look at 2-3 games as a result of their studio acquisitions
Crackdown will come and go and will be brought up at the end of the year as a "holy shit, crackdown was released?" sort of thing
Hardware will be steady due to MS pushing game pass

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You know what, I think I did pretty good with these!

 

[WillyFive]

• A New 2D Zelda Game is Launched in 2019
  • This game will be along the lines of A Link Between Worlds & is meant to tide us over while the next big 3D Zelda game is being worked on. The game is met with high praise & sells decently well.

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Good job.

 

[Neoxon]

Good job.

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Thanks, I'm surprised by how on-the-money I was with that one.