2007, the year of...

Sony? Microsoft? Nintendo?

I think over the past few years there has been a kind of clear "winner" as in which big company had the best overall year.

2005 - Microsoft released the Xbox 360 and there was all the hype before it and yadda-yadda.
        - Sony continued pressing on with the Playstation 2 and did very well for so late in its lifespan. They also began properly hyping the PS3.
        - Nintendo didn't really do very much. They unveiled the long awaited "Revolution" controller, and shocked and surprised many, overall an uneventful year outside of the DS.

My rankings for 2005:

1. Microsoft
2. Sony
3. Nintendo

2006 - Microsoft launched Gears of War as a hard hitter, and there were a couple of other  games riddled in there, but nothing major.
       -Sony in my opinion didn't have a great year, compared to the other two anyway. However, there were a couple of major announcements, and the release of the PS3 was obviously a good thing for them.
       -Nintendo had a very very good year last year. The information about up and coming games plus announcements about everything the Wii has in Channels sparked interest everywhere. And to top it all off the DS was creaming the PSP.

 My rankings for 2006:

1. Nintendo
2. Microsoft
3. Sony

2007 -
Now this year could be interesting. Nintendo have their line up of brilliant games. Microsoft don't appear to have very much, and Sony have Home.

What do you guys think will happen this year? And what do you think of my rankings? Fair? Unfair?

I guess we'll find more out at E3.

Microsoft don't appear to have much? What?

Sony has HOME? What?

I'm a sheep and Microsoft has their best games this year and Sony has more than HOME.  And yes Nintendo does have some brilliant games lined up. 

2007, the year of... SPORE! :D

I think it'd be best to wait until 2008 before deciding which company had the best 2007. :P

What games does Nintendo have? Their big hitters don't even have dates yet so I wouldn't be surprised if they were delayed, just like every other big hitter Nintendo releases.

Any way nothing can compete with this lineup and I'm not even listing all the games:

360 Console Exclusives:
Halo 3:

Forza Motorsports 2:

Shadowrun:

Too Human:

Mass Effect:

Blue Dragon:

Alan Wake:

BioShock:

Banjo Kazooie:

Lost Odyssey:

Project Gotham Racing 4:

Eternal Sonata:

Fable 2:
 

360 Non Exclusives:
Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars:

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix:

Virtua Fighter 5:

John Woo Presents Stranglehold:

Culdcept Saga:

Half-Life 2: Orange Box:

Grand Theft Auto IV:

Devil May Cry 4:

Guitar Hero III:

Beautiful Katamari:

Assassin's Creed:

Unreal Tournament 3:

Then add in a better system in the Elite, a price drop and more XBL support, well you get the picture of who will completely own 2007.

I wouldnt count MS out that quick for 2007. Remember they have Halo3 and some other possible killer apps (Mass Effect) . Sony can go either way as they only have unproven franchises as exclusives (No MGS or FF till 200. But if Nintendo manages to release SSBB, SMG and MP3 this year, they will be the clear winner.Arsuz

Is it just me or would i be the only one to point out that Mass Effect is an unproven franchise too.

1. Microsoft-Halo, Mass Effect
2. Nintendo-Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3
3. Sony-Lair, Heavenly Sword

This year and into next year will be all Sony in my opinion; they have most of the games I want on their system.

[QUOTE="Arsuz"]I wouldnt count MS out that quick for 2007. Remember they have Halo3 and some other possible killer apps (Mass Effect) . Sony can go either way as they only have unproven franchises as exclusives (No MGS or FF till 200. But if Nintendo manages to release SSBB, SMG and MP3 this year, they will be the clear winner.Xatranaz70

Is it just me or would i be the only one to point out that Mass Effect is an unproven franchise too.

True that. But Bioware did make Kotor, so I suppose they have some credibility. 

What games does Nintendo have? Their big hitters don't even have dates yet so I wouldn't be surprised if they were delayed, just like every other big hitter Nintendo releases.

Any way nothing can compete with this lineup and I'm not even listing all the games:

360 Console Exclusives:
Halo 3:

Forza Motorsports 2:

Shadowrun:

Too Human:

Mass Effect:

Blue Dragon:

Alan Wake:

BioShock:

Banjo Kazooie:

Lost Odyssey:

Project Gotham Racing 4:

Eternal Sonata:

Fable 2:


360 Non Exclusives:
Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars:

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix:

Virtua Fighter 5:

John Woo Presents Stranglehold:

Culdcept Saga:

Half-Life 2: Orange Box:

Grand Theft Auto IV:

Devil May Cry 4:

Guitar Hero III:

Beautiful Katamari:

Assassin's Creed:

Unreal Tournament 3:

Then add in a better system in the Elite, a price drop and more XBL support, well you get the picture of who will completely own 2007.

eastside49er

If i can really be bothered i could muster up an equally impressive line-up of POTENTIAL killer games coming up this year for both the PS3 & Wii. 

Sony? Microsoft? Nintendo?

I think over the past few years there has been a kind of clear "winner" as in which big company had the best overall year.

2005 - Microsoft released the Xbox 360 and there was all the hype before it and yadda-yadda.
        - Sony continued pressing on with the Playstation 2 and did very well for so late in its lifespan. They also began properly hyping the PS3.
        - Nintendo didn't really do very much. They unveiled the long awaited "Revolution" controller, and shocked and surprised many, overall an uneventful year outside of the DS.

My rankings for 2005:

1. Microsoft
2. Sony
3. Nintendo

 

2006 - Microsoft launched Gears of War as a hard hitter, and there were a couple of other  games riddled in there, but nothing major.
       -Sony in my opinion didn't have a great year, compared to the other two anyway. However, there were a couple of major announcements, and the release of the PS3 was obviously a good thing for them.
       -Nintendo had a very very good year last year. The information about up and coming games plus announcements about everything the Wii has in Channels sparked interest everywhere. And to top it all off the DS was creaming the PSP.

 My rankings for 2006:

1. Nintendo
2. Microsoft
3. Sony

2007 -
Now this year could be interesting. Nintendo have their line up of brilliant games. Microsoft don't appear to have very much, and Sony have Home.

What do you guys think will happen this year? And what do you think of my rankings? Fair? Unfair?

I guess we'll find more out at E3.

  

armatage_shanks

You must be on something REALY REALY strong ..... Microsoft don't appear to have much ?????????????

You ranking is not fair or unfair, just out of reality

PS3 and Wii have NOTHING this year, just that, if you want me i can go into details, and just forget MGS4 or FF13 is coming in 2007

It's between Nintendo and Microsoft... Personally I'm not all that interested in what MS is bringing, but very interested in almost everything Nintendo's got lined up.

As far as sales... No question Nintendo. It'll get ahead, by alot, and once you've got a strong lead it's hard to break that momentum (more gamers buying the "popular console," more people to buy 3rd party games, and it doesn't limit itself to only the people that want to play shooting games) By this time next year I bet we'll be seeing PS3 and MS try and fight it out for a far 2nd place much like GC and Xbox of the last generation.  

Consoles: 360

Overall: PC. It has a massive line up this year and already has the most AAA's(again). PC's already got WoW: BC, C&C3, Stalker, Shivering isles, Supreme commander and heaps others and its only april.

[QUOTE="eastside49er"]

What games does Nintendo have? Their big hitters don't even have dates yet so I wouldn't be surprised if they were delayed, just like every other big hitter Nintendo releases.

Any way nothing can compete with this lineup and I'm not even listing all the games:

360 Console Exclusives:
Halo 3:

Forza Motorsports 2:

Shadowrun:

Too Human:

Mass Effect:

Blue Dragon:

Alan Wake:

BioShock:

Banjo Kazooie:

Lost Odyssey:

Project Gotham Racing 4:

Eternal Sonata:

Fable 2:


360 Non Exclusives:
Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars:

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix:

Virtua Fighter 5:

John Woo Presents Stranglehold:

Culdcept Saga:

Half-Life 2: Orange Box:

Grand Theft Auto IV:

Devil May Cry 4:

Guitar Hero III:

Beautiful Katamari:

Assassin's Creed:

Unreal Tournament 3:

Then add in a better system in the Elite, a price drop and more XBL support, well you get the picture of who will completely own 2007.

Xatranaz70

If i can really be bothered i could muster up an equally impressive line-up of POTENTIAL killer games coming up this year for both the PS3 & Wii. 

I challenenge to you to find ONE game that is as good as any of the best of the above, on the Wii or PS3

Here is a full list of games that matter, Wii can't be here, it has no games, only a new zelda would save that disaster called Wii

MS are going to dominate this year hands down they have Haslo3! mass effect, blue dragon, spiderman 3, C&C TW3, Assains creed, Army of two, The club and Shadow run! The wii has erm... not to shur hopefuly something good i need a reson to get it out again, the ps3 has Metal gear, lair and home!

in my opinion this is how i would rate this following year

1.XBox360 (i own)

2.PS3(currently saving up for)

3.Wii (i own)

4.DS (i own)

5.PSP (i own)

What games does Nintendo have? Their big hitters don't even have dates yet so I wouldn't be surprised if they were delayed, just like every other big hitter Nintendo releases.

Any way nothing can compete with this lineup and I'm not even listing all the games:

360 Console Exclusives:
Halo 3:

Forza Motorsports 2:

Shadowrun:

Too Human:

Mass Effect:

Blue Dragon:

Alan Wake:

BioShock:

Banjo Kazooie:

Lost Odyssey:

Project Gotham Racing 4:

Eternal Sonata:

Fable 2:


360 Non Exclusives:
Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars:

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix:

Virtua Fighter 5:

John Woo Presents Stranglehold:

Culdcept Saga:

Half-Life 2: Orange Box:

Grand Theft Auto IV:

Devil May Cry 4:

Guitar Hero III:

Beautiful Katamari:

Assassin's Creed:

Unreal Tournament 3:

Then add in a better system in the Elite, a price drop and more XBL support, well you get the picture of who will completely own 2007.

eastside49er

You criticize Nintendo's lineup by speculating that their games would be delayed till next year and then you go on to list 360 games that could be pushed till next year?  Your post failed. 

Wii can't be here, it has no games, only a new zelda would save that disaster called Wii

greg_splicer

Sony? Microsoft? Nintendo?

I think over the past few years there has been a kind of clear "winner" as in which big company had the best overall year.

2005 - Microsoft released the Xbox 360 and there was all the hype before it and yadda-yadda.
        - Sony continued pressing on with the Playstation 2 and did very well for so late in its lifespan. They also began properly hyping the PS3.
        - Nintendo didn't really do very much. They unveiled the long awaited "Revolution" controller, and shocked and surprised many, overall an uneventful year outside of the DS.

My rankings for 2005:

1. Microsoft
2. Sony
3. Nintendo

 

2006 - Microsoft launched Gears of War as a hard hitter, and there were a couple of other  games riddled in there, but nothing major.
       -Sony in my opinion didn't have a great year, compared to the other two anyway. However, there were a couple of major announcements, and the release of the PS3 was obviously a good thing for them.
       -Nintendo had a very very good year last year. The information about up and coming games plus announcements about everything the Wii has in Channels sparked interest everywhere. And to top it all off the DS was creaming the PSP.

 My rankings for 2006:

1. Nintendo
2. Microsoft
3. Sony

2007 -
Now this year could be interesting. Nintendo have their line up of brilliant games. Microsoft don't appear to have very much, and Sony have Home.

What do you guys think will happen this year? And what do you think of my rankings? Fair? Unfair?

I guess we'll find more out at E3.

  

armatage_shanks

I think 2005 went more

1. Sony 2. Microsoft 3. Nintendo

There's no doubting that Nintendo was last, even as a fan of theirs, the Gamecube was dying and while they had unveiled the "Revolution", it didn't constitute a major success since it wasn't in the market yet.   However, the PS2 was still selling very well (and still is now), and the xbox 360 had a rocky launch.   While the 360's launch did put it farther ahead of Nintendo for 2005, I think Sony did better since PS2 sales maintained status.   Also, I don't believe they had unveiled the PS3's price yet?   If they hadn't then, it was still being received moderately.

Saying Microsoft has nothing this year is a bit strange though.   As I said above, I'm a fan of Nintendo, but there's no avoiding that Halo 3 will be a big game. (as in it will sell well)   And they have Mass Effect and various other good games.   Also, Sony has MGS4, Lair, Heavenly Sword, Ratchet & Clank, and some others.   Nintendo has an all-star lineup for sure, but they haven't told us if they're going to make 2007 with all of them.   (MP3, SSBB, SMG, among others.)

Consoles: 360

Overall: PC. It has a massive line up this year and already has the most AAA's(again). PC's already got WoW: BC, C&C3, Stalker, Shivering isles, Supreme commander and heaps others and its only april.

darklord888

My thoughts exactly. I love the PC, and if people would realize that a console compliments the PC when it comes to gaming, not competes, as they are apples and oranges in my eyes. 

Here is a full list of games that matter, Wii can't be here, it has no games, only a new zelda would save that disaster called Wii greg_splicer

A system that is STILL selling out is a disaster?  o_O

No games? Super Paper Mario, Trauma Center, Elebits, Sonic, etc. disagree. ^_^

Gears launched toward the end of 2006. 1 major release after 1 year on the market.

Nintendo launched with Zelda at launch. 1 major release. But I keep see reports this game was scheduled to the previous console and nintendo just held off and released it with the wii.

Ps3 - 1 new IP called Resistance. Love it or hate it, it was a new IP at launch.

You criticize Nintendo's lineup by speculating that their games would be delayed till next year and then you go on to list 360 games that could be pushed till next year?  Your post failed. 

jdmpastor

There MIGHT be 2 or 3 games on my list that get pushed back until next year, where as that is all Nintendo has. I didn't even list all of the games so it isn't like they couldn't be replaced, where as nothing is replacing SSBB or Mario Galaxy.

[QUOTE="greg_splicer"] Here is a full list of games that matter, Wii can't be here, it has no games, only a new zelda would save that disaster called Wii Moon_of_Majora

A system that is STILL selling out is a disaster?  o_O

No games? Super Paper Mario, Trauma Center, Elebits, Sonic, etc. disagree. ^_^

Since when did crap games figure into the equation? I guess that is what sheep do now a days since really all they can brag about are sales of Wii? They sure as hell can't brag about the games.