Predict 2019 in gaming

[The_Liquid_Laser]

Sony & Microsoft:

-Sony will release a few first party PS4 titles, but the line-up won't be nearly as strong as 2018 first party.  Microsoft will release 0-2 first party titles for XB1 depending on how lucky their fans are.  Both consoles will continue to get strong third party support in 2019.
-Both companies will announce their next gen consoles in 2019.
-At least one of these companies will release their console during late 2019 or early 2020.

Nintendo
-Switch first party support will be somewhere in between 2017 and 2018 quality.
-Switch third party support is going to surprise a lot of people.  There will be about as many third party releases for Switch as 2017 and 2018 combined.  However, the quality of third party games is going to noticably better.  Expect more of multi-plat simultaneous releases.  Expect some third party exclusives.  Of course, there will still be some last gen ports and some multi-plat games that release on Switch later too.  Overall it's just going to be a lot of third party games of all kinds.
-Going with my above point, expect more than one Nintendo Directs with a "wow" factor.  Many people were "wowed" by Nintendo's September 2018 direct.  There will be more than one Direct in 2019 that is at least this good.  Expect Nintendo to release one of these "wow" directs during E3.
-Switch hardware sales are going to be up every single month YoY in every single region (Japan, NA, Europe, RoW).  The one exception to this may be December.  (See my next point.)
-Switch is going to be short supplied in December 2019.  In some areas they may be massively short supplied.  It will be very much like the Wii holidays during its first few years.  Expect the Switch to be that hot Christmas item that parents are desperately trying to get.

EDIT: I just want to add that peak year for Switch will be after 2019.  Either 2020 or 2021 will be peak year.

Last edited by The_Liquid_Laser - on 04 January 2019