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darthdevidem01 on 16 January 2009

With a New Year beginning, it's time to kick 2008 to the curb and look to what the future holds in 2009.  Beyond heavy hitters such as Killzone 2 and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves for the PlayStation 3, gamers can expect a plethora of developments for both Sony’s black box and its ever faithful handheld companion, with (hopefully) a sprinkle of Home revelations thrown in for good measure.

Based on facts, rumors, and a healthy dose of speculation, here are PSU's PlayStation predictions for 2009.

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Justin Pinter
Senior Journalist

1) Killzone 2 will live up to the hype and sell well over one million copies in its first month
2) Sony will announce a PS3 price cut this Spring
3) New titles will be revealed from Insomniac Games, EatSleepPlay, and TeamICO
4) God of War III will be pushed back to 2010
5) Kingdom Hearts III will be revealed
6) Forgotten titles will be re-revealed (e.g. Data-Fly)
7) New PSP will be announced, possible concepts or prototype will be shown
8) Sony will update firmware for all PS3's to be backwards compatible
9) Home will become more popular as more games use Home integration and Sony pushes Home use through Trophies
10) Sony will make PS2 games downloadable via the PlayStation Network
12) MAG will be re-revealed and given a holiday 2009 release date
13) Ninja Theory will announce a new title for the PS3 and Xbox 360
14) Gran Turismo 5 will be revealed and announced for late holiday release (though it may get pushed back -- Polyphony is infamous for missing initial deadlines)
15) Sony will announce Trophies for the PSP
 
Steven Williams
Staff Writer

1) A small PS3 price drop ($50) will be confirmed after March 31st with a further price drop ($50) coming in October.
2) Killzone 2 will live up to the hype and become the biggest selling game of 2009, but will lose out at many “end of year game awards,” where Infamous will receive the accolade of being the best game of 2009.
3) Street Fighter IV will be the second biggest selling game of the year, closely followed by Resident Evil 5.
4) God of War III delayed until 2010.
5) Sony will reveal its initial plans for 3D technology on PS3 before the end of the year.
6) Ceramic White PS3 announced at E3, available in September.
7) Eye Pet will disappointingly be the Christmas One, beating Quantum Theory sales easily. Queue...invasion of casual games in 2010.
8) Little Big Planet 2 will be announced before the end of the year as well as a Little Big Planet PSP version.
9) MMO titles announced for PS3 at E3.
10) Gamers will be annoyed at the how much space The Agency (MMO) will take up on PS3 hard drive.
11) Rockstar will announce that L.A. Noire won’t be a PS3 exclusive as expected.
12) Ubisoft will revive some old franchises, announcing that a new Ghost Recon, Rainbow 6 and Assassin’s Creed - all will launch in 2010.
13) Resident Evil 5 sells well, but isn’t as great as we all expected. Receives an average of 7.5 on Metacritic.
14) Home will receive bad press throughout 2009. Sony announce plans for 2010, which will renew gamer’s faith in the community service.
15) Half Life 2 Episode 3 dated Q1 2010 for PS3.
16) Yet another Sonic The Hedgehog game confirmed.
17) Reduced consumer spending around the world will mean that Sony will not reach its hardware sales target figures for PS3 or PSP
18) Digital distribution will be an even bigger talking point this year. Plans for PS2 titles to download, old PS3 games and lots of PSP titles through Playstation Store.

Mike Harradence
UK Editor

1) Sony to announce PS3 price cut, effective Spring 2009
2) SEGA tries to reinvent Sonic the Hedgehog after yet another failed attempt
3) Assassins’ Creed 2 officially unveiled
4) Home will gather pace as more functionality and content are added over time
5) Killzone 2 becomes the best selling game on PS3 thus far
6) First glimpse at a successor to the PlayStation Portable is shown at TGS
7) Capcom announces a Resident Evil game for PSP
8) New Grand Theft Auto title revealed, but won’t be out until 2010
9) Shenmue 3 is finally revealed for PS3, PC and 360 (wishful thinking on my part!)
10) New Team ICO project is finally shown

http://www.psu.com/PSU-2009-PlayStation-Predictions-Feature--a0006142-p0.php

hmmmm...what do you think?

on the BOLDED one...is the guy joking!!!



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colonelstubbs on 16 January 2009

Killzone 2 highest selling game of the year?

Halo wars might have something to say about that



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haxxiy on 16 January 2009

Halo wars the highest selling game of the year? Never, after all is a damn strategy console game. I don't think MS brainwashed people that much to sell heaps of such a game.

Best selling game of the year = Wii Sports Resort



 

 

 

 

 

Pristine20 on 16 January 2009

It's possible that good ol' wii fit is best selling game of 2009. KH3 is probably either a wii game or a franchise that skips this gen's home consoles. I don't think the psp would ever see a successor or at least not in a few years. Sony hasn't the capacity to back another new product ATM. i don't think half-life would ever come to ps3...not that I care.

These guys are too optimistic. I guess it's PSU



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Cueil on 16 January 2009

Steven's price cut prediction is more logical than the first guy and I to want Shenmue 3...



 
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Cueil on 16 January 2009
haxxiy said:
Halo wars the highest selling game of the year? Never, after all is a damn strategy console game. I don't think MS brainwashed people that much to sell heaps of such a game.

Best selling game of the year = Wii Sports Resort

 

 Well to be fair Wii Sports Resort gets bundled with the most important Wii addon since the Wii launched.  Outside of that I think Halo Wars will do for RTSes what Halo did for FPS... legitimize it on consoles.  Before Halo console FPSes were considered second rate at best.  I hope that Halo Wars does well... even the PS3 will see the benefits of it's success.



 
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saicho on 16 January 2009

"14) Gran Turismo 5 will be revealed and announced for late holiday release (though it may get pushed back -- Polyphony is infamous for missing initial deadlines)"

That's a huge understatement.



MikeB predicts that the PS3 will sell about 140 million units by the end of 2016 and triple the amount of 360s in the long run.

BHR-3 on 16 January 2009

i hope these don't happen

Resident Evil 5 sells well, but isn’t as great as we all expected. Receives an average of 7.5 on Metacritic.

God of War III delayed until 2010.

Gran Turismo 5 will be revealed and announced for late holiday release (though it may get pushed back -- Polyphony is infamous for missing initial deadlines)

 



                                                             

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Zkuq on 16 January 2009

There's quite a few good points on the lists, especially the first, but much is rubbish, too.



makingmusic476 on 16 January 2009

They're making those Killzone 2 predictions after having already recieved review code.

Hm...

Many of the predictions or plausible (LBP PSP...but LBP2? Too soon, imo), and many downright guaranteed to happen (announcements from Team ICO, EatSleepPlay). Others, however, are kind've crazy (new PSP, KHIII, Shenmue III).