Predictions for 2009

[Kantor]

Kantor said:

This is different from the stickied thread in that these are not just console numbers (although feel free to include those) but any sales/gaming related predictions at all, similar to this thread from last year.

EDIT: My hardware numbers after I've done a little analysis.

EDIT 19/4/09: MOAR PREDICTIONS!

1) PS3- 34 million Seems a little high, now...

3) Wii- 77 million Seems a little high, now...

5) God of War III will make it out in 2009 We'll know in less than a month!

6) PS3 will get a price cut in Q1 or Q2 Not happening...

9) Killzone 2 will have sold well over 3 million units by the end of the year On track.

11) MGS4 will not come to the Xbox 360, and will not be announced for the Xbox 360 Still winning! Even amidst rumours...

14) An MGS4 "Substance" game will be released, exclusively for the PS3 Not announced, yet.

16) PS3 will beat 360 WW in sales for 2009. Looking very unlikely, now.

17) PS3 will re-overtake the 360 in Europe. Could still happen...maybe.

18) PS3 will be $300 by the end of the year Denied, again and again...we'll see.

19) Little Big Planet will be released on PSP SUCCESS! Well, not out yet, but...

21) PS3 sales in Japan will be well over 100k in FFXIII's release week, above the Wii. I think it could be over 200k, judging by what the DEMO did...58k...wow.


29) Uncharted 2: Among Thieves will sell around 800k opening week WW. This seems a little high, in retrospect.

30) Heavy Rain, Killzone 2 Yup, inFamous YES!, God of War III, Gran Turismo 5, Uncharted 2, Ratchet and Clank Future 2 and Trico will all score 9+ from IGN.

31) Ratchet and Clank Future 2 will make it out in 2009... SUCCESS!

32) IGN will give more 9+ games to the PS3 than the X360 or Wii. So far, yes. +1 to PS3 with inFamous

33) Gran Turismo 5 will be the best selling HD game of 2009. Single SKU, I should have mentioned. Could be ODST.

34) inFamous will sell around 500,000 first week. LOL I really predicted that? I think 300k is optimistic.

35) inFamous will be above 90 on Metacritic. Should be. 89.333333 so far, but it needs 4 reviews. Good chance of happening

37) The Wii will be the best selling home console for 2009 (I need a correct one ) Hmmm...not sure

38) God of War III will not make 2009 Wait a minute, didn't I just predict the exact opposite?

39) Uncharted 2 will be released in December 2009 Looking to be earlier.

40) Uncharted 2 will be a million seller by the end of 2009. I hope so.

42) Without a PS3 price cut, the 360 will beat the PS3 in holiday sales for 2009. Yeppers.

43) CrazzyMan will be permabanned by the end of the year Not yet. I want to be wrong here, actually Still not.

44) I will be a VGC obsessive (5001 posts) by the end of July. Lol, in mid-May! SUCCESS!
 
45) VGC 2.0 will be launched in June or July (I wish lol) of 2010... Someone said just before E3, so I could be right!

46) We will get at least one new moderator by the end of this year Not between 26/4 and now...but I know somebody who will probably be a mod soon. Not saying who. Not yet.

47) Supermario128 will be a VGC god by the end of May. Still on track...maybe.

48) This thread will reach five pages by the end of 2009. If I keep bumping it like this, definitely

49) The PSP will receive more 90+ (metacritic) titles this year than last year (lol, it needs 2 or more!) 0 so far. Still 0
 
50) Versus XIII will not be announced for 360 before 1st January 2010. It's still not! Still no.

I'll keep adding to this. What are your predictions? We can look at this thread at the end of 2009 and see how ridiculously wrong we all were!

I'll link this in my sig. All of you should link yours as well.

A few updates.

EDIT 13/5/09: A couple more updates.