Predictions for 2009

[Kantor]

jesus kung fu magic said:

Kantor said:

RayRay102 said:

Kantor said:

RayRay102 said:

Well here are my prediction:

Q1: Halo Wars will outsell Killzone 2. That's a given, it's HALO!
GTA DLC #1 will sell over 1 million DLC. Possibly
At GDC: Bioshock 2 will be announced as a 360 timed exclusive. Unlikely
Mass Effect 2 is announced and will be X360 exclusive. EA doesn't do exclusives.

Q2: At E3:
Forza 3, Killer Instinct, and Dead Rising 2 announced for fall release. Likely
Megaton announcement for Microsoft: xbox wiimote(newton) announced with games being distributed via xbox live and will be bundled with every Arcade Unit at $199. No way. Diablo 3 is announced and will be x360 console exclusive with cross platform online gaming with PC. No*. And before the end of the conference, Peter Jackson came out of the stand and announced Halo Chronicles! Probably. A teaser at best, though.

Q4: Halo OSDT released and sold 3 million copies in one day. Halo 3 didn't sell that much in one day, how could ODST?
Alan Wake Yes, Splinter Cell Convicton Could be on PS3, Killer Instinct Never heard of it, Forza 3 GT5, Diablo 3 Not happening*, Mass Effect 2 multiplat?, Bioshoick 2 timed exclusive/multiplat, and Halo OSDT Expansion and Dead Rising 2 What is that going to do? will be too much for the PS3 (GT5, GoW3, R&CF 2009, Uncharted 2, Heavy Rain, inFamous, Killzone 2) come this fall.

And you said my predictions were ridiculous

*Okay, why would this happen? Blizzard has never made a game for the 360, what could they possibly stand to gain from making it 360 console exclusive? If they put it on 360, they'll put it on PS3.

 

Sorry, but Killzone is going head to head with Halo Wars in Q1. Head to head? Different consoles, different genres.

Yes GT5 will be a monster but judging from Forza 2 and the anticipation for 3, it shold hold up against GT5 in the states at least. No way. Gran Turismo 3 has sold better than Forza 1 and Forza 2 combined. Gran Turismo is among GTA, Halo, Mario and Pokemon as the strongest brand names in gaming.

There is already a contract in placed for a trilogy exclusive on the 360 so it will be exclusive to 360 regardless of EA. Fair enough.

Hey if MS paid for Timed exclusive for the first Bioshock, why is it so hard to believe it won't happen again. Because BioShock has sold 200k and effectively flopped on PS3 because people didn't want to pay today's price for yesterday's game. 2K won't let that happen again.

Halo ODST will sell about 3 million in first month not day. That was a typo. One month is possible of course. I would say one month is very likely.

Until I heard otherwise, Splinter Cell is still scheduled as an exclusive for the 360. That's what they say now. I'm sure I read an article which said they were looking into a PS3 version. It makes sense, right? Splinter Cell 1-4 were on PS2, SC4 was on PS3, there has been a Splinter Cell on PSP. Oh and also, it sucks now. Chaos Theory was amazing, Double Agent... not so much. 

Why is it so hard to believe in a Wiimote. The Mii/avatar was only the beginning and the Newton Wiimote like device was rumored not too long ago. It makes perfect sense for microsoft to test the water to see if they can get some of the casual gamers that are attracted to the Wii. Rumoured. There is no evidence to suggest this "Newton" exists.

For all I know none of these will be true but I am just brainstorming my wishes :D. Wishes. There we go. I suppose a lot of mine are wishes as well O.O

 

 

 

If we went by that logic, killzone 2 would be god awful because the first game was.

 

Not really. Killzone 2, we have some proof that it will be amazing, in the form of beta impressions. Killzone 2 had a massive development budget and four years in which to use it.

I say KZ2 will be a fair bit better than Double Agent. And sell better as well.

If I didn't believe in KZ2, I wouldn't have a Helghast avatar.