TSA Staff: 2010 Predictions

A new year is upon us. What do the staff expect to happen?
Published 01/01/2010 at 20:00 by djhsecondnature

As everyone slowly begins to recover from seeing off 2009, it is of course now 2010. With a new year brings new possibilities, so the TheSixthAxis staff have pitched in with some predictions for the coming year. At the end of the year (providing someone reminds me) we can check to see how close the predictions were and thus who is secretly mystic Meg in disguise. Due to the timing of the predictions there were plenty of guesses for a PSN Premium subscription, which have since had to be replaced with another suggestion as it’s barely a prediction now.

As I’m sure you’ll agree, there’s a great variety of predictions but don’t just leave us to it though, comment below with three gaming predictions for the coming year. It will then act as a testement to your genius when they come true or just written proof of how wrong you really were. Either way, it’s just a bit of fun.

Alex

  1. PSP 2 – A touch screen based handheld, with a camera, motion sensor, 3G Internet connectivity (on top of WiFi), with a solid state drive. Therefore remaining download only.
  2. PlayStation 3 Minis – A new, smaller, lighter, cheaper, PS3 SDK to be released for companies to produce Minis for the PS3.
  3. Social gaming dominance – More SingStar, more ‘band’ games, with masses of titles for the PlayStation Motion Controller and Natal. If it can’t be played with your grandma, it won’t top the charts.

Peter

  1. New Wii – A new Nintendo console will be announced – probably just a WiiHD, to be released in Japan early 2011 and summer 2011 for the US and EU.
  2. Gears of War 3 – To be announced in the Spring at GDC but perhaps at E3 in June. It’ll be a launch titles for the new Natal-Integrated Xbox in October.
  3. PlayStation Motion Controller – Will be delayed until Summer, with a string of gimmicky and casual part-games for the rest of the year. The same will be said for Natal when it’s pushed out in the Autumn though.

Davs

  1. New Wii – A new Wii console to be released. Probably a WiiHD although will keep the current motion control technology and be priced at the current price of the Xbox 360 Elite.
  2. Mass Effect 2 – Announced for simultaneous release on PS3 and Xbox 360.
  3. PlayStation 3 – Worldwide sales of the PS3 to close the gap on the Xbox 360 down to three million.

Michael

  1. GTA IV DLC – Will be announced and released on the PlayStation 3.
  2. PlayStation 3 – Will receive another price cut dropping it down to around the £199 mark.
  3. PlayStation Motion Controller – The PlayStation Motion Controller will see a surge in PlayStation 3 sales and will eat massively into the Wii’s market.

Lewis

  1. New Xbox – Perhaps just a name, with a planned released for 2012 with Halo 4 as a launch title.
  2. Apple console – Joining the console world with their own hardware with a mac-esque name, perhaps iPlay.
  3. PlayStation 3 becomes profitable – Will see Sony making a profit off of the PlayStation 3.

Colin

  1. Killzone 3 – To be announced at E3 in June for a Spring 2011 release. Will include a cooperative mode.
  2. New Wii – A HD version of the Wii, or something similar, to be announced and released in time for Christmas 2010.
  3. New Xbox – A new console from Microsoft to be announced at E3 for an Autumn release.

Greg

  1. PlayStation 3 Price Drop – Will drop to the £199 mark for the lowest spec SKU in the second half of the year.
  2. Xbox Live Platinum – Microsoft will introduce a third tier of Xbox Live subscription with the Platinum membership costing around $99.99 for a years membership.
  3. 3D Gaming – It becomes nothing more than a curiosity for 2010.

Kris

  1. New Wii – Probably a WiiHD, will upscale all current Wii games, and therefore will utilise the current controllers.
  2. Natal – On launch Halo: Reach will be bundled with Natal, similar to how EyePet is currently. Halo: Reach will utilise voice commands and hand gestures to control and command your squad.
  3. PlayStation 3 – Worldwide sales of the PS3 will close to around 4 million on the Xbox 360 based on bundles of exclusive titles.

Lorcan

  1. Heavy Rain – Will sell poorly due to lack of advertising from Sony.
  2. Final Fantasy XIII – Sales for the Xbox 360 will be better in America than the PlayStation 3, however all other territories will have a great lead on PlayStation 3.
  3. Natal – Will receive greater sales, coverage and buzz as it’s a brand new concept, but then will die out pretty quickly and be an ultimate disappointment.

Murdo

  1. EU Qore – A slightly higher price than Qore, with a strong OPM presence and will include trailers, features and exclusive downloads.
  2. Improved Home Integration – The allowance of avatars as profile pictures will be the start, with the PlayStation 3 even logging into Home direct from boot. Making users utilise game-launching features and Home spaces even more so than before.
  3. New Xbox – Announcement of a new Xbox with a late 2010/early 2011 release date. To have fully integrated Natal, ensuring all games can be played without a controller if wanted. Priced at the current price of the PS3.

Zuler

  1. New Wii – With Wii sales stagnating, the WiiHD is announced at E3 with a planned release of late 2010/early 2011.
  2. Killzone 3 – Announced at E3 and dated as early 2011.
  3. GTA V – Announced at E3 and date for early 2011.

Rob

  1. Star Wars – At least three new Star Wars games will be announced, on top of the current ones expected for 2010.
  2. Monkey Island – The Special Edition version of Monkey Island will be released on the PSN.
  3. Media Molecule – The developer will continue to work solely on LittleBigPlanet titles and DLC.

Tom

  1. Year of the PS3 – It will be proclaimed by writers and analysts, however with the slim, a reduced price and a wealth of exclusive releases, it will begin to pull ahead of it’s competitors.
  2. PlayStation Motion Controller – Will launch and do well, as will Natal, however both become a passing fad and the novelty will wear off by 2011.
  3. Delays – As games were pushed back to March, more will now be pushed back to April/May to avoid the Spring

TuffCub

  1. Online Multiplayer – Will become even more of a necessity and games that don’t require it, not that it makes sense for, will still include it.
  2. Original IPs – More and more sequels will hit the charts as original IPs are not a viable revenue stream for puslishers.
  3. Natal – Will be released and the Daily Mail will have a field day with linking reports to paedophilia

Lee

  1. Mass Effect 2 – To be announced for release on the PlayStation 3 due to EA’s low recent revenue streams. A Mass Effects – Animated movie will be released on Blu-Ray to fill in the gaps for PS3 owners.
  2. Splinter Cell: Conviction – Will release on the Xbox 360 but as a timed exclusive. Will be announced for the PS3 shortly after release.
  3. PlayStation Motion Controller – Will release in Spring 2010 but will be marketed so poorly it will struggle in sales.

Comments

Please note that all comments are the opinion of the individual author and not TheSixthAxis.

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  1. waddo_89 | 01/01/2010 20:11
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    Ahhh. Excitement. Look like a good year ahead although all this talk about console, I’m not ready to part with more cash just yet…


  2. Jumping Monks | 01/01/2010 20:16
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    None of them seem unreasonable… WiiHD came up a lot in there, seems likely


  3. Topgearsam | 01/01/2010 20:33
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    itll be a good year the only problem is i dont have enough money to enjoy it all i have enough money spare for one game in the first few months of the year and im having trouble chosing that


  4. carlosfilippsen | 01/01/2010 20:39
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    Wii HD would be awesome.


  5. PrettyVacant | 01/01/2010 20:39
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    Natal will be a relaunch of the 360 with a new hardware design (think 360 Slim), new branding, new name. MS will be effectively trying to beat Nintendo to the Wii HD market that some people seem to think exists.  A proper next gen 360 will then be announced next year and the two MS consoles will be positioned at the high and low ends of the market (like Sony have tried to do with PS2/PS3).

    “PlayStation 3 Minis – A new, smaller, lighter, cheaper, PS3 SDK to be released for companies to produce Minis for the PS3.”

    There’s no point, the current, cross-platform SDK does the job just fine, and is a more attractive proposition to devs anyway.  A better minis prediction would be Sony starting to allow non-game apps.


    • bajere | 01/01/2010 20:50
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      making a PSP2 as a mobile phone/media device + the non-game apps would be the best way forward IMO.


  6. bajere | 01/01/2010 20:45
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    Id like to see Madden11 with SonyWand support… i think it would work well for the quarterback throwing. and a directional stick for the running part. Also a wand update to fight night R4


  7. TSBonyman | 01/01/2010 20:45
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    Here’s my 3:
    1: Psp2 with dual stick controls – not ‘block half the touch screen with your fingers’ type controls.
    2: The Last Guardian release results in millions trading in their current console for a PS3. :)
    3: Gears of War : Natal is released and hurriedly withdrawn due to a surge of players having a cardiac arrest. :D


    • speaker5 | 02/01/2010 20:10
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      How bout Dual Shock portable.


  8. baconsarnie | 01/01/2010 20:46
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    Think the Wii HD is pretty likely. It needs more better games than the usual casual gamer crap that keeps getting churned out. Last game i bought for mine was April 08 and haven’t switched it on for about 6 months!


  9. Sympozium Gro Mak | 01/01/2010 20:53
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    More like the Super Wii, could it finally include a hard-drive the system really needs to run games like we’re seeing on the other consoles if Nintendo do this Mario will conquer the world with over 40mil buying this because its Mario and its really really fun!!……… till it collects dust in the next day after Christmas


  10. iNsAnE_gAmInG | 01/01/2010 20:56
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    “Due to the timing of the predictions there were plenty of guesses for a PSN Premium subscription, which have since had to be replaced with another suggestion as it’s barely a prediction now.”

    What exactly do you mean by this? Do you mean everybody is so sure it will happen it’s more a guarentee than a prediction or that it is very unlikely therefore an unwise prediction? I am confused.
    (I’m pretty sure it’s because it is likely to happen, however I am just wishing my judgement here is incorrect).


    • Kovacs | 02/01/2010 11:23
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      When we gave our predictions to djhsecondnature it was BEFORE the recent PSN Premium stories came out. So, a lot of us predicted the service. When the news/rumours hit along with the recent comments from Sony, it was deemed less of a prediction and more of a certainty. 

      So, those of us who had “predicted” it replaced it with a different and less “already confirmed” prophetic guess. 

      Make sense now?


      • iNsAnE_gAmInG | 02/01/2010 13:10
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        Unfortunately yeah.
        I was expecting that reply dude, I was just thinking wishfully and hoping this crappy PSN Premium idea was not near-enough a ‘certainty’


  11. dooch2 | 01/01/2010 21:07
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    1. New WII deffo
    2.uncharted 3? (shot in the dark)
    3.Ps3 price cut ,dominating console market


  12. Floms | 01/01/2010 21:20
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    nice


  13. xdarkmagician | 01/01/2010 21:23
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    I predict that insomniac will decide to mix their 2 successful IP’s to launch the ultra mega hit- Resistance 3: Fall of Ratchet and Clank.

    activision will publicly state that “they have successfully removed all the fun from making video games”.

    And finally, R* will announce that they will be launching a GTA console and stop supporting other consoles. However the GTA console will become incredibly controversial when it’s discovered that the new console is just a box filled with a gun, some drugs, and the phone numbers of real life prostitutes.


    • TSBonyman | 01/01/2010 21:44
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      Lol :)


    • Flaming Turkeys | 02/01/2010 19:53
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      Haha, sweet


    • speaker5 | 02/01/2010 20:11
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      Nice


    • SYY2127 | 03/01/2010 08:08
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      I would buy it anyways!


  14. Yung Jones | 01/01/2010 21:45
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    If there’s a Wii HD coming out i’ll not be a happy bunny as I just got a Wii for christmas!! >=(


    • speaker5 | 02/01/2010 20:11
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      Bad Luck


    • iNsAnE_gAmInG | 02/01/2010 22:01
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      Oh well. There are still an epic selection of games for you so look on the bright side Yung Jones. Super Mario Galaxy, Zelda: Twighlight Princess, No More Heroes, Super Smash Bros Brawl, they don’t need to be ran in HD to be enjoyed and still look wonderful. :)


      • Yung Jones | 06/01/2010 21:09
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        You forgot New Super Mario Bros Wii!! :O


  15. cam the man | 01/01/2010 22:11
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    GT5 released this year!!!


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