The state of the gaming industry in 2014

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Ooohhh prediction time!

Nintendo: Since the sweeping success of MH4, the 3DS is now the platform for third parties not on android or ios. The Wii U will have had 2 amazing holidays and because of high developing costs and ease of porting, over 80% of all multiplatform games are on the Wii U. The Wii is no longer produced and is only played by hackers, modders, and hombrewers. The 3DS is fully hacked but the Wii U is still not.

Sony: Sony tries to reboot itself. It tries to make all of its products integrate together like what Apple does but the the sales don't meet the expectations yet again. They try to make the PS3 viable with another cross-over game, but fans only want the PS4 to be released. The PS4 is shown off well but Sony is still determined to support the Vita so the games still look like PS3 quality because of cross-buy/ cross-play. The Vita is now fully hacked and is more prevalent than it was on the PSP. Sony has closed another European Studio after its disastrous failure on the Vita. Sony announces The Last Guardian as a PS4 launch title it the same way as Zelda:TP was.

Microsoft: Microsoft has had a good launch with its new console (no longer having the title "XBOX" in it to appeal to a more mainstream crowd.) There is still a huge problem with the hardware but not in the same vain as the original 360 with the RRoD. Game support from third party is the best since Microsoft has now gone for timed dlc exclusivity this gen. Microsoft has no intention of gaining any more support for its first party and put its focus solely on making its console the entertainment hub. Sales are good for Microsoft only in the U.S. and terrible everywhere else due to the inability to gain content providers outside of the U.S. and Canada. The console is still not hacked yet.

OUYA: Is hacked the first month of its availability. Has a niche and is only available to buy online. Developers show no interest after they receive no profits after they put their products on it. It lives in a way that you see new indie devs put their crap/mediocre games on it. Many Nintendo and some Sony games are copied and put on the OUYA every now and again by devs and they are bad replications.

Apple: They try again with a reboot of Apple TV, but since hipsters can't show off Apple TV at the local bar it is not a success. They just keep on going the same way they always have by just letting third parties put crap on its device.

Steam: The Steam box is released and fully hacked in the same week. Steam users don't buy it because they already have better PC's and console users don't buy it because they don't have any exclusives that make it worth buying. In an attempt to get more users to the Steam box, Valve makes its game exclusive to the PC and the Steam box. It fails and does not get the user's buy the Steam box and instead it loses them much revenue. Steam is still looking like it is going to be the next Vita but since the console is still new it is not ready to be called a failure.


Games: Fracking Amazing and are still fun to play.