2013 Videogame Predictions

Sony

-Playstation 4 will not be called PS4

-Roughly 6-8x stronger than PS3

-400 dollar basic model, 500 dollar deluxe model

-Will show off alot of interesting Gaikai features, but nothing game chaning

-Vita price drop

-PS4 wont block used games

-Guerilla Games, Media Molecule, Naughty Dog, and Polyphony will have games ready within 18 months of launch

Nintendo

-Third party support will be about the same as the Wii when the new consoles come out

-Will not drop the price of the Wii U

-Will announce alot of their big name games, but most of them wont come out for another 18-24 months

-3DS will continue to dominate

Microsoft

-Will announce next Xbox

-Roughly 6-8x stronger than 360

-Will announce exclusive multi media features

-Will show off new and improved kinect

-Will offer low price Xbox 3's with a 2 year contract.

If you are talking about only the home console market then I think Sony, as a company in general Nintendo will win 2013 (because X/Y).

I predict Sony and MS won't announce any new console this year.

I don't wanna be another Patcher, so i'm going with the brain dead obvious thing that the PC will dominate this year, just like it did last year.

cant do a long post on my phone. ill end up chucking it. that said, Im focused on what games will strike my fancy... i bought the xbox first this past gen because of bioware support (huge kotor nerd) currantly I find the games that xbox gets as console exclusives with PC to be better than ps3 exclusives so im excited to see where that goes...

ill say...

Xbox and ps4 will be comperable systems separated by whoever advertises and prices competitively , taking the lead...

WiiU wont fail because of first party support and pricing model, but i see at least 30million of those casual wii sales getting spread across a more compelling kinect 2.0 and whatever efforts sony makes. *note- compelling doesnt mean good, it means casuals will be casuals always judging a book by its cover. ultimately i think nintendo will have to upgrade the wiiu prematurely...

putting metagames and pointless bickering aside, i think next gen will be pretty awesome all around.

Sony have some pretty big games coming

Nintendo:

3D Mario (release Holiday 2013)

Retro Studios (release November 2013)

Yoshi's Island (release September or October)

I'm expecting Sony too because of more great games and possible PS4 maybe? Hopefull some Vita games.

But the real winner are the gamers, it's going to be a great E3 for everyone. Can't wait to see what the next Xbox will be like (even though I probably won't be getting the system).

Fallout 4 announced with ENTIRELY NEW engine.

I can hope.

My predictions:

• The Xbox 720 and PS4 will be shown off during E3 this year.
• Several games will be pushed back for release (I'm looking at Tomb Raider, The Last of Us, Metro: Last Light, maybe GTA V)
• Two companies will end up dead by the end of 2013; don't know who but I have a feeling that several someones are going to get the axe this year but I have a weird feeling one of them might be 4A Games.
• GTA V will be GameSpot's GOTY.
• TOLU will recieve great reviews but due to hype and the constant talking of it among gamers it will no doubt end up being the most overrated game of 2013 in System Wars.
• Sony will no doubt be working on the PS Vita and Microsoft will still be investing in the Kinect.

If Nintendo releases Zelda or Metroid and gets it right this time (Wii entries were a tad dissapointing), Nintendo will win.

My predictions: the Wii U will start losing 3rd party support and Sony/Microsoft won't release their next consoles until 2015.

Fallout 4 announced with ENTIRELY NEW engine.

I can hope.

OB-47

I don't wanna be another Patcher, so i'm going with the brain dead obvious thing that the PC will dominate this year, just like it did last year.

Lucianu

That's a safe bet.

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII will not be nearly as bad as some people expected. On the other hand, The Last of Us will not live up to the hype.

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Fallout 4 announced with ENTIRELY NEW engine.

I can hope.

TheEroica

My Prediction.

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Fallout 4 announced with ENTIRELY NEW engine.

I can hope.

dracolich55

NV was superior by a mile.

My prediction is that the Wii U continues to struggle all year until this holiday when it becomes completely irrelevant (Well thats not true, the new Zelda and Mario kart will keep it relevant for the Nintendolts)RR360DD

i feel lik sony might go bankrupt

i feel lik sony might go bankrupt

LostProphetFLCL

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Fallout 4 announced with ENTIRELY NEW engine.

I can hope.

dracolich55

It's meant to be a wasteland but with plenty of life as well. That's more of the fault with the current engine that Fallout games are using. It's incredibly outdated, and not only visually.

The strip itself felt so disappointing due to the engine's failure to either populate it to make it look like it was really Vegas, nor have proper NPC interactions. They would be like drunkards on the strip and if you talked to them, instead of a slurred speech they would randomly stand completely upright and talk to you as they normally would. That's a very small example but it represents some of the artificiality that the game had. Still love it though, and need to finish it NOW.