Why 2017 Will be the Biggest Year in Gaming Over the Last Decade

The Switch, Mario and Zelda

Scorpio

Major VR enhancements, games and hopefully..affordability.

Biggest reason: I have never seen a year stacked with so many huge and new titles all sharing the same year. Many wallets will take hits this year.

Sequels to some of the biggest games ever

• Injustice 2
• Kingdom Hearts 3
• Crackdown 3
• Red Dead Redemption 2
• Persona 5
• God of War
• Mass Effect Andromeda
• Last of Us 2 (probably not though)
• Shenmue 3

Plenty to keep us up at night

• Resident Evil 7
• Agony
• Outlast 2
• Allison Road (close 2nd to visage, I think it's the graphics)
  
• Visage (probably the most terrifying of the bunch)
• Scorn
• Friday the 13th
• The Conjuring House
• Routine
• Observer
• Through the Woods
• Here They Lie
• Frost Punk
• Get Even
• Call of Cthulu

SOMETHING FRESH

• Prey
• Horizon Zero Dawn
• Wild
• Nier Automata
• Scalebound RIP
  
• Sea of Thieves
• Days Gone
• Detroit: Become Human
• For Honor
• NIOH
• Spiderman
• Squadron 42
• The Surge
• Absolver
• Cyberpunk 2077 (maybe at least an update?)
• Death Stranding (also, probably not)

Some honorable mentions

• Agents of Mayhem
• Ghost Recond Wildlands
• Halo Wars 2
• Metal Gear Survive
• South Park 2
• State Of Decay 2
• Cuphead
• Tekken 7
• We Happy Few
• Vampyre
• Ever Oasis
• Pikmin (3ds)
• Sniper Elite 4
• Sniper Ghost Warrior 3
• Warhammer Dawn of War 3
• Dead Island 2
• Overkill's The Walking Dead

Complete gaming makeover

• God of War
• Resident Evil 7

Granted not all of these titles will be slated for this year, but I expect 90% of them to be there.

Well if Mass Effect doesn't get delayed till 2018, it should make 2017 all by itself.

Scorpio, Shenmue III and Sea of Thieves, those are what I'm looking forward to the most.

2017 is going to be top notch if all these games pan out. 2016 felt pretty barren, but 2017 is going to be pretty non-stop

19 Checks, 40 Scratches. Mediocre year at best.

I've heard this talk before whenever new years come around lol. Let's wait and see what gets delayed and what is announced before we start talking about it being the best.

No way Last Of Us 2 and Death Stranding are out next year, not a chance in hell.

Nice list, but I can pretty much guarantee you that TLoU 2 isn't hitting next year. I'd say that's coming late '18 at the earliest.

MMMM that smell of Delay in coming for all of these titles.

Mass Effect Andromeda and Horizon alone will make it a year to remember for me. If GOW 4 also releases too I'll be over the moon.

I thought 2015 was really great and then 2016 kept it going and now 2017 seems like it continues the streak. I feel bad for people who hate this gen because I am having a great time and can't play everything I would like to.

Lol @ LoU2 and Death Stranding... they'll be lucky to be out in 2019.

2015 was pretty shitty, like lots of things this year. 2017 probably cant be as shitty.

Oi, the lot of you have trouble reading

2016 was great year.

for 2017 only game i truely excited is PREY. 2017 doesnot looks better.

Ok list, major omissions..... but the 2017 conversation starts with The Switch.

Opps... missed that first line :P

Yeah. I'm really excited for next year. The downfall is that I don't have the time to play all the games I want too.

Not anticipating much this year;
Yooka-Laylee
South Park Fractured Butt Whole
Maybe RE7 when it's $20

That's about it. I'm also looking out for State of Decay 2, Red Dead 2, Last of Us 2, Outlast 2, Days Gone, Spiderman but I don't think any of those will release this year.

I won't be getting Scorpio, I'm plenty happy with my Xbox One S. And Switch of course will be on my radar. I won't be purchasing it though unless I see third party support is truly there. If not then I'll pick it up years from now when it's cheap so I can play Mario and Zelda.

I don't see how it can be any worse than 2016 but I think it will be an alright year. Sea of Thieves is what I am anticipating the most.

Switch will save gaming.

Also:

• CrossCode - Check this one out if you haven't heard of it!
• Divinity OS2
• Torment: Tides of Numenera

Looking forward to all the horror games.

Shenmue 3 would also be nice, but I don't have a huge hype meter for it.

The biggest release I want is Cyberpunk, but I highly doubt it will get released in 2017.

Otherwise, the year looks kinda meh.

more like Prey will save gaming. switch is just another nintendo handheld.

Nintendo best.

Prey ok, but not best.

nintendo is making same rehash (kids games) since 30 years.

I'm defenitely hyped 4 for honor

Good. Not matter.

2017 will probably be the biggest year for delays ever as well.

I expected a long list of games and you delivered, good sir. Great OP !

I can't wait to see Switch and Scorpio, among countless of new games.

Time to look into the sabbatical policy of my employer

2017 looks like a good year, Shenmue 3 unlikely to come out next year though,

Fixed it for ya cause that game releases February 2017 along with Horizon: Zero Dawn and I think we both know to the answer what's gonna really happen lol.

Just give me Nioh, ME4 and Divinity 2. Year is DONE.

@vahnzo: Nope, I read it just fine. :)

....and welcome!

Like 40% of those games aren't coming out next year, lol at think Shenmue, TLOU, or Death Standing have even a 1% chance at releasing until 2019.

Thank you in advance Sony.

Halo Wars 2 over God of War 4? Get that sorry shit off my list homie. You didn't fix my list you broke it.

If 2017 is half as good as 2016, it will be a great year (gaming-wise, at least).

No.

People really love to hype stuff.

redemption 2 shenmue 3 horizon zero dawn mass effect andromeda god of war 4 nioh resident evil 7 ni no kuni 2 GT sports detriot become Human uncharted DLC tomy clans wildlands tales of breseria crah bandicoot resident evil 2 remake final fantasy 7 remake vampyr outlast 2 yakuza 0 yakuza remake prey nier automata

and then the billion of random indie game on Steam :P

scratched out scalebound

Definitely going to be a great year... year of the Scorpio baby!!!!