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WiiStation360 on 24 December 2008
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360:
    360 hardware redesign by Fall. (360 Slim)
    $150 Arcade by Holiday 09.
    "XBox Sports" title is launched with 10 games for you avatars, possibly with motion controller.  (Including:Tennis, Golf, Pool, Kart Racing)
    Microsoft buys at least one Japanese development studio.
    E3 will be very heavily casual focused.  Expect a Home/Animal Crossing like game for Live.
    Halo Wars = 1.5M,  Halo 3:Recon = 6 Million by end of year
    No MGS4 for 360 in 09.  People still predicting 360 MGS4 port for 2010.
    Mass Effect 2 is still a 360 console exclusive.
Wii:
    Wii reaches 50% console share in Feb.
    Wii Price drop to $200 US coming in Fall.
    Updated model with more internal storage space.  (2GB)
    WiiFit passes 25 million by years end
    Wii Sports Resort 15 million by years end.
    New Zelda game for Christmas supporting Wii motion Plus
    Surprise Wii titles include:  Nintendogs, a GTA spin-off, Wii Fit 2, Zack & Wiki 2, and a Professor Layton game for the Wii
    Non-nintendo published 90+ metacritic rated retail games in 09: Zero.
    Nintendo goes through a whole year without announcing a new Wii peripheral!
    Conduit = 250K first week. 2M by end of the year
    Wii Music = 6M by end of 09
PS3:
    There will be a price drop before summer.
    $299/$399 PS3 for Holiday 09.
    Netflix or Blockbuster video steaming.  (And integrated into Home)
    LBP will be heavily bundled.  5M+ sales by end of 09.
    A new game featuring Sackboy is announced at E3.
    GT5 will be released in 09.  FFXIII will not.
    Killzone 2 = 1M+ first week. 4M by end of year.
    GoW3 = 1M+ first week.
    PS3 moves to second place in Others.
    Star Ocean 4 for PS3.
    new Twisted Metal comes out in 09.
    MAG not coming in 2009.  (and gets a name change to something non-stupid)
Other
    KH3 announced for PS3/360 (In a E3 bombshell, it is a 360 timed exclusive in NA/Others)
    Fable II for PC in Spring.  Gear 2 PC by year's end.
    MS tries to compete with Steam.  Expect many XBLA game to appear exclusively on Live for Windows.
    Steam for Linux/Mac announced