Your gaming predictions for 2020

[Rafie]

shikamaru317 said:
-Xbox Series will release with 2 SKU's, S and X, priced at $300 discless/$350 disc drive for S and $500 for X. Xbox Series X will be the most powerful next-gen console. Launch games will be Halo Infinite, Forza Motorsport 8, and at least 1 other AAA game (probably 2nd party)

-PS5 will release at $400 with specs in between the two Xbox consoles. Launch games will be Horizon 2, a new Ratchet and Clank, and a next-gen port of Gran Turismo Sport with improved graphics and new tracks and cars.

-Microsoft will announce the following games in 2020: A Fable Reboot developed by Playground Studio 2, a Perfect Dark story driven 3rd person action-adventure reboot, a new 3rd person story driven action-adventure IP by The Initiative, Forza Motorsport 8, State of Decay 3, a 3rd game by Ninja Theory, and the rumored AAA 3D Skyrim like Pillars of Eternity game from Obsidian. All or most of these will be 2021 or later games.

-Microsoft will acquire at least 2 more studios in 2020, including a Japanese studio and a Polish Studio (MS had scouts in Poland recently)

-Sony will announce the following games in 2020: Horizon 2, Spider-Man 2, God of War 5, a new Ratchet and Clank, a new Killzone developed by a 2nd team at Guerilla Games after their expansion in 2018, and a new Uncharted series focused on Nathan daughter, developed by a new 1st party studio designed specifically to handle the Uncharted IP moving forward, now that Naughty Dog focus is on TLOU. Most of these will be 2021 or later releases.

-Sony will acquire Remedy in 2020.

-Nintendo will announce the following in 2020: A new Mario game, a re-reveal of Metroid Prime 4 (which won't release until 2021), Pikmin 4, and either Pokemon Gen 4 remakes or a Pokemon Sword and Shield 3rd version

-Switch Pro will be announced at E3 and release in the Holiday season. It will cost $400 and feature a 1080p screen and specs close to XB1 when docked, higher than a docked regular Switch in handheld mode. Much like New Nintendo 3DS, developers will be allowed to release games that only work on the Switch Pro, but Nintendo's 1st and 2nd party developers will support both systems.

-Neither Switch nor Switch Lite will see a price cut in 2020, but Nintendo will bundle games with them Holiday 2020 for $300 and $200 respectively, instead of charging for bundled games.

-Game of the Year Nominees at the 2020 Game Awards will be: Resident Evil 3 Remake, Cyberpunk 2077, The Last of Us 2, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Horizon 2, and the new Mario Game I predicted above.

I doubt that will happen. It would make more sense for them to acquire BluePoint than Remedy. I think Remedy values their relationship with Xbox. Then again, Ninja Theory did too...and we've seen what happened with that. Still, I don't think Remedy will be purchased by Sony.