Looking forward to gaming in 2010

December 30, 2009

Looking forward to gaming in 20102009 is at an end, as is the decade that came to be called the naughties. It’s been a good 12 months for gamers, although not for the gaming industry. We recently unveiled the GOTY for 2009, but it’s now time to look forward to 2010. And with the games due out in the next 12 months, I certainly am.

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was the most beloved game of 2009. But there are dozens of brilliant title due out in 2010, all of which could prove to be contenders for Game Of The Year 12 months from now.

We have a new poll now running asking which game you are most looking forward to in 2010. There are 10 to start you off but as always feel free to add your own. For me it has to be Gran Turismo 5, closely followed by Final Fantasy XIII, purely because these are the latest titles in game series I’ve loved for a long time.

Although there’s no chance of a new console being released in 2010 (although any of the big three could be re-released in a similar vein to the PS3 Slim), the end of the year should see Project Natal make its debut, and the PS3 Wand won’t be far behind. Natal in particular has the capacity to change gaming forever.

How do you think 2010 will go? Will it be a classic year for gaming or a disastrous one? Feel free to make predictions in the comments.

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139 Responses to “Looking forward to gaming in 2010”

  1. Barnabe Jones:

    GOTY for 2010 will either be God of War 3 or The Last Guardian.

    Adding The Last Guardian to the poll now…

  2. oldschool1987:

    Ain’t heard from CON lately. I think it was him arrested for trying to blow up that plane, he stopped commenting on here not long before lol.

  3. ToshithegreaT:

    GOTY for 2010 – ME 2 or Bioshock 2

  4. oldschool1987:

    GOW3 all the way

  5. CarlB:

    They need a God of War themed PS3 to go with it.

  6. The Future of Sega:

    *yawn*

  7. SW:

    GOTY for me = Ill tell you when I play them ;)

  8. Ivan_PSP:

    God of War III 2010 Game of the Year locked down
    God of War III 2010 Best Graphics locked down

    Sony is just too good they are making hits monthly non stop damn who ever is lucky enough to own the PlayStation Brand is a happy gamer.

    My PSN ID: Ivan-

  9. Ivan_PSP:

    Please go to this links i posted and read everything carefully. This is why owning the PlayStation 3 has been some fun.

    GTAIV DLC Coming To PS3, Including One New Episode
    psxextreme.com/ps3-news/6369.html

    Naughty Dog: Co-Op Expansion For Uncharted 2
    psxextreme.com/ps3-news/6373.html

    Soaking it all in: Hands-on with ‘Heavy Rain’
    content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2009/12/soaking-it-all-in-hands-on-with-heavy-rain/1

    Take-Two Posts Loss’ Even With 360 Deal
    ps3center.net/news/4194/taketwo-posts-loss-even-with-360-deal/

    My PSN ID: Ivan-

  10. FahKinSuPah:

    I’m so broke that I missed out on alot of great games in 2009 that I need to catch up on before I can think about 2010 lol.

  11. Ivan_PSP:

    FahKinSuPah:
    Same here i need to buy so many new games next year aka tomorrow. Almost all exclusives or from Take Two Interactive.

  12. Roca.:

    GOTY = GoW3, FF13, Last Guardian and Heavy Rain for me

    http://elder-geek.com/2009/12/why-sony-is-taking-the-lead-in-software-quality-and-quantity/

  13. phranctoast:

    My compiled 2010 predictions.

    -Eyepet will be critically acclaimed but advertised poorly by Sony.
    -God of War 3 will be a graphics benchmark.
    -GT5 will come out in June and be the PS3’s top selling game with 9million copies sold worldwide for lifetime.
    -Heavy Rain will be critically acclaimed but not bought by the masses.
    -Both Natal and the Wand won’t live up to expectations for the simple fact that they’re peripherals. Future iterations will be packaged with the product to begin with. Poor support for games, but the good idea will help for the future.
    -Alan Wake will be a highly reviewed game but not widely bought game. No PC port happens.
    -Twisted Metal PS3 announced at E3 with Oct 2010 release.
    -Resistance 3 in development. released Nov 2010
    -Killzone 3 in development. said to release early 2011.
    -The Getaway 3 back in development.
    -PS3 will outsell the 360 in NA for the whole year for the first time
    -FF13 will push 3 million copies out in Japan and raise the amount of ps3 by 1.5 million.
    -Bluepoint games get the task of the remake of ICO and SOTC for the PS3. Will be bumped up resolution and AA running at 60fps like the GOW collection. Game will be released just prior to the Last Guardians Holiday release.

    -Gears of War 3 announced at E3 for release November 2010.
    -The 360 lineup will be a lot better than its 2009 lineup.
    -Happy will be misdiagnosed with Parkinsons after colleagues continue to see him shaking his fist at the PC monitor at work due to Rocas posts.

    -3D introduced but still remains a niche product due to lack of widespread penetration of capable HDTV’s. Many 1st and 2nd party Sony developers add patches to their games to enable the feature and most third party games are made with it in mind. Seen as a good look at what a future product will be like when the TV’s are more widespread.

    -Halo reach while not being the most graphically superior game of the year will be the fastest selling 360 game ever.
    -Happy will lose a bet and donate to a charity of my choice

  14. twilight:

    Good morning everyone. Another Ps3 title will probably win game of the year again. Like Phranctoast stated, it will be interesting to see if the Ps3 will over take the Xbox360 in sales in America next year. So far, it hasn’t happened yet. Microsoft will try to make it tougher for Sony when they lower the cost of the Xbox360. However, the sales of Ps3 still have been pretty decent.

  15. Roca.:

    Good morning Twilight, yea you make a insteristing point. but I do believe that instead of MS lowering the price they will most likely bring a new Sku with a bigger HHD for the same price. I say this becasue thats the trend that MS has follow this gen.

  16. phranctoast:

    I agree with Roca on the new SKU.

    If MS or Sony was to actually drop the price, I don’t believe either would happen until the 4th quarter of 2010.

  17. twilight:

    Roca and Phranctoast,
    Well,it wouldn’t surprise me if Microsoft did this. It will depend on how well the Ps3 performs next year. Microsoft would only drop the price as a last resort.

  18. phranctoast:

    true.

  19. CAD:

    Ivan

    Thank You for letting me know that PSX Extreme is a fraud site. That was classic. I actually thought that it was for real. GTA 4 DLC coming to the PS3. I actually did not mind but once you look at the link and go to Rockstars Website it becomes obvious that it’s a fake because it does not match up. Ivan, the link like yourself is, have no credit whatsoever.

  20. Ivan_PSP:

    LMFAO sure Xbot

  21. phranctoast:

    @CAD.

    It’s listed as a rumor for the reading deficient.

  22. Ivan_PSP:

    phranctoast:
    You got a lot of predictions there.

    “-Heavy Rain will be critically acclaimed but not bought by the masses.”

    If is as awesome as it looks it will sell like U2 has really good.

    Bluepoint Games wont make those remake i bet my life on it.

    Gears of War 3 not this year maybe early 2010 a maybe.

    Resistance 3 and Killzone 3 i hope you right on that one.

    And yes 2010 is the year Sony’s PS3 comes to 2nd place in worldwide sales.

    The FFXIII never going to come true well not the 1.5 m.

    3D duh

    And duh again that the Xbox 360 will have a decent lineup compare to this year little list.

    My prediction is Xbox 360 is going to lose a lot of high profile games to PS3.

  23. Ivan_PSP:

    Gears of War maybe early 2011 oops not 10 LoL.

    Microsoft in 2010 is going to lose a lot of high profile exclusives. Halo is the only one saved because is own by MSFT.

  24. Roca.:

    I do agree 95% with Phrancs predicition, the only questionable predictions are

    -Gears of War 3 announced at E3 for release November 2010.

    I think think MS is going to allow a Halo Game and a Gears game come out in the same year

    -Twisted Metal PS3 announced at E3 with Oct 2010 release.

    this one is more likely to happen, but if the game is announced at E3 it will mostl likely be released the following year.

    other than that, Phranc pretty much nailed it. Specially on the last 2 predicitions ;)

  25. Ivan_PSP:

    I have a feeling that Xbox 360 is going to be losing a lot of exclsuives in 2010 to the PS3.

    Also i predict Sony is coming to 2nd place in console sales. Just look at their massive high profile exclusive list.

  26. phranctoast:

    “-Gears of War 3 announced at E3 for release November 2010.

    I think think MS is going to allow a Halo Game and a Gears game come out in the same year”

    Good point. I’m just basing it off the previous release cycle, and that would put it at Nov of 2010.

    “-Twisted Metal PS3 announced at E3 with Oct 2010 release.

    this one is more likely to happen, but if the game is announced at E3 it will mostl likely be released the following year”

    Eat Sleep Play hasn’t shown us anything for a long time. Jaffe has said that whatever they are working on is being done off of warhawks engine. He also said they were going to show something the same year it comes out. Maybe I’m wrong on the E3 announcement and it will happen sooner (PAX?) but the impression I got was whatever was announced would be coming out in 10-12 months time.

  27. SW:

    “Happy will be misdiagnosed with Parkinsons after colleagues continue to see him shaking his fist at the PC monitor at work due to Rocas posts.”

    Ahahahahahaha

  28. Ivan_PSP:

    Lightbox Studio is making ps3 games too.There’s so many secret ps3 projects that most of you don’t know like konami secret ps3 games.

  29. Roca.:

    what I dont get is why Jaffe left Sony to make his own gaming studio but yet he is still working on a Sony IP.

    Besides working on Twisted Metal, Jaffe’s Studio have a deal with Sony to create 3 new IPs [all 3 staying PS3 exclusive] for the PS3. after that Eat Sleep Play can choose to go multiplatform or stay PS3 exclusive

  30. Roca.:

    @Ivan

    I knew about Konami’s PS3 project. It will probably ZoE3 or a Sukoiden title

  31. Ivan_PSP:

    Roca.:
    Easy answer he left to make more money a lot more.

  32. phranctoast:

    Was it three new IP’s or three games?

    They already got one game down with the Twisted Medal Head on: Extra Twisted Edition.

  33. Roca.:

    3 new games for the “PS3″ – TM:HO was a PS2 title

    Wiki:
    ” The first game released by Eat Sleep Play was Twisted Metal: Head On for PlayStation 2 which is not one of the three game console exclusive deal”

    “The development team has expressed interest in co-operating with SCE Santa Monica on God of War III, which is a new installment of the series created by founder David Jaffe.”

    “Before E3 2009, Jaffe stated that the next Eat Sleep Play project would be shown a year later at E3 2010. Many rumors have been floating around the internet that it’s the next Twisted Metal game, due to a coded message explicitly suggesting as much in a behind-the-scenes video in Twisted Metal: Head On: Extra Twisted Edition”

  34. Roca.:

    “Eat Sleep Play has a three game console/handheld exclusive deal with Sony and plans to release its first original game in 2010.”

    so I guess you were right. E3 2010 annoucement and 2010 release

  35. kev:

    phranc – “PS3 will outsell the 360 in NA for the whole year for the first time”

    you ps3 fanboys have making this same prediction since the launch of the ps3 and yet, it’s not even close to happening…..

    *sigh* fanboys…..lmao..

  36. Ivan_PSP:

    Lightbox Studio is also making exclusive PS3 games.

  37. kev:

    my predictions:

    1. the 360 will outsell the wii in 2010.
    2. the ps3 will continue to be in last place
    3. the 360 will continue to have the highest attach ratios of games to consoles sold.
    4. GT5 will be a flop given it’s inability to meet the standards of Forza Motorsports 3 in regards to physics, damage, online, AI, and graphics.
    5. sony will officially announce they are ditching “teh cell” in the PS4.
    6. Sony exclusives will continue to sell very poorly as they are now.
    7. Sony will modify their online pricing business model at least once charging for things that xbl gives for free.
    8. the resident ps3 fanboys will continue to make promises that never come true
    9. Sony will continue to lie about their sales by including non-EU countries in their “EU” sales numbers.

  38. Ivan_PSP:

    kev is delusional lmfao what a joker not a single good prediction a total Xbot.

    slashfilm.com/2009/12/31/sony-accidentally-releases-armored-on-the-playstation-store-for-free-a-sign-of-future-digital-options/

  39. kev:

    ivan – uh..hate to break it to you, but so far my predictions have been pretty accurate since the launch of the ps3, while you have failed in every single prediction you’e ever made…ouch…lmao..

  40. Roca.:

    you prediction are are fanboy rants. Phranc made a good list of prediction for Both console based mostly on facts….

  41. kev:

    Roca – like this one of phrancs?
    “-GT5 will come out in June and be the PS3’s top selling game with 9million copies sold worldwide for lifetime.”

    dumbest prediction ever.

    the ps2 had many times the sales of the ps3 and NONE of the GT games for the ps2 has hit 9 million….

    clown….lmao..

  42. Roca.:

    what is dumb about it? can you brake it down for me becuase I dont see dumb about it.

    if fact there werent as many PS1 and there were PS2 and GT1 sold ver 10.85 million copies

    GT3 on the PS2 sold aver 14.89 million copies

    and GT5p sold 4.3 million copies and it came out when the PS3 install base was around 15M units. and it aslo sold more than any other Forza game

  43. Roca.:

    you just made your self looked like a idiot with this comment:

    “the ps2 had many times the sales of the ps3 and NONE of the GT games for the ps2 has hit 9 million”

  44. kev:

    Roca – “GT3 on the PS2 sold aver 14.89 million copies”.

    please link the source where you got these numbers, thanks…

    this is why i hate the ps3 fanboys, you just make stuff up and pretend it’s fact….lmao…

  45. phranctoast:

    GT4 also sold 10.5 million.

  46. kev:

    Roca – “you just made your self looked like a idiot with this comment”

    you used Wiki for you information clown. nice source….lmao…

  47. kev:

    phranc – source?

  48. kev:

    here’s the problem…

    just a month or so ago, you ps3 idiots were claiming the entire GT franchise has sold “50 million” games to date. yet, with your and roca’s claim, you’ve already hit half of that with just two games.

    and you wonder why you can’t be taken seriously…lmao…

  49. Roca.:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Turismo_3:_A-Spec#Reception_and_sales

    you must be retarded to really argue about this. GT is the best selling Playstation Franchise. Even even all Final Fantasy games on Playstation falls short compare to GT’s sales

    and the fact the GT5p has sold many more copies than any Forza game is something to look at

  50. phranctoast:

    vgchartz.

    Don’t like it, please introduce another site that tracks game sales and console sales.

  51. oldschool1987:

    Kev you always say I don’t have a Xbox, so I ask you: Source?

    *Sigh* fanboy… lmao!

    Oh that’s your line

  52. kev:

    Roca – Wiki is a site that can be modified with lies. Sony fanboys have been caught in the past editing this site with bad information. due to this, this cannot be taken as fact and is never done so by anyone else on the ‘net, for just such a reason

    give me some sales numbers from PD or Sony, then we’ll talk.

    you still didn’t explain why two games equal 1/2 of the total GT games sales…..

  53. kev:

    oldschool – we’re talking about GT games right now…. if you can’t keep up, ask your mom for help…

  54. kev:

    phranc – sony and PD would have these numbers if they were true…. but they don’t….

  55. Roca.:

    GT1 – 10.85 million copies
    GT2 – 9.37 million copies
    GT3 – 14.89 million copies
    GT4 – 10.5 million copies

    it seem like every single one of the has solde over 9 millions copies

    but Kev claimed that “NONE of the GT games for the ps2 has hit 9 million”

    lmaoo

  56. twilight:

    Kev,
    Your predictions are interesting as always. Grand Turismo will not be a flop. It will sale a lot of copies. I don’t know about Sony’s other titles but I know Grand Turismo and God of War 3 will sale very well. Since both systems have the same multi-platform games, it will depend on how effective Sony’s and Microsoft’s exclusive titles will be next year.

  57. phranctoast:

    What numbers do they have kev?

    source?

  58. oldschool1987:

    lol dodged the question like a true fanboy. My mum? lmao your the one still in school kid, do your homework child.

    There will be fireworks later KEv, they will be very pweettyyy.

  59. kev:

    here you go, douchebags…DIRECTLY from PD…

    h**p://www.thesixthaxis.com/2009/11/12/polyphony-reveal-gt-sales-data/

    53 million for the ENTIRE gt catalog, dating back to the ps1…

    ouch….lmao…

  60. oldschool1987:

    I like how you go on about Sony lies like it’s a conspiracy, next you’ll be saying they fund Bin Laden and CON.

  61. oldschool1987:

    Another ouch? sad.

  62. kev:

    but…i admit, i was wrong about the 9 million thing on the ps2…

    but, you forget the ps2 sold 150 million consoles wheras the ps3 only has 20 million consoles on the market…. ouch..

  63. Roca.:

    so Kev, since our number ain’t good enough for you.

    what is your source to claim that none of the GT game has sold over 9 million units?

  64. oldschool1987:

    His mum told him.

  65. kev:

    roca – i just admitted i was wrong, but here’s some things you’re not saying either:
    1. the ps1 has almost 200 million units on the market
    2. the ps2 has almost 150 million units on the market.
    3. the ps3 has only 23 million units on the market.

    to predict GT5 will make similar sales on a fraction of the userbase is insane, but not suprising coming from the ps3 fanboys…

  66. Roca.:

    Kev “53 million for the ENTIRE gt catalog, dating back to the ps1″

    did you actually do the math for all GT games sales

    between GT 1 to 4 the total sales is “45.61 million units”

    leaving at least 10 millions for all other GT prologue games.

    man you bad at this, you are actually looking like an ass today and your lying skills are just bad. period

  67. kev:

    Roca – read the link, idiot….

    go ahead, tell PD they’re wrong….lmao..

  68. kev:

    anyway, i’ll check in later to count the flames…

    cya soon fanboys….lmao…

  69. Roca.:

    you admited it after we proved you wrong and after a 8-posts argument from you.lol

    you you are correct about the PS3 not having enough units to match the PS1 or PS2, but Phranc did say that GT5 will reach the 9 million mark over the “lifetime” of the PS3. its just comon sense dude

  70. Roca.:

    lol @ oldschool

    he got cought lying again, had no choice but to admited it and then ran away as usual

  71. phranctoast:

    His total number of sales are off by a bit if we’re going to believe the link Roca originally provided.

    They have the 360 around 35 million with
    the PS3 at 30 million and the wii at 60 million. Take into account that by the time GT5 releases, 5 million more consoles would have sold, with the possibility of potentially more now with a price cut (consoles generally sell around 10 million a year)

    “you you are correct about the PS3 not having enough units to match the PS1 or PS2, but Phranc did say that GT5 will reach the 9 million mark over the “lifetime” of the PS3. its just comon sense dude”

    He also doesn’t take into account how many consoles were sold for the ps2 at the time gt3 came out. Being that it was the first real next gen release of GT I’m sure that’s the reason it got higher sales than the next one (GT4).

    GT5 will fall into a similar situation.

    Anyway. I feel dumber for even arguing with him.

  72. phranctoast:

    Just checked into it. GT3 came out in Japan April 2001, and NA in July 2001.

    Less than a year after the Ps2 was out (in NA). Oct 2000

    Hey kev…..

    Would you like to modify that 150 million number claim?

    ouch….lmao..

  73. twilight:

    Phranctoast,
    At least, you try to make some valid points unlike some people around here…

  74. Gravity:

    I’m going to watch pron, this site takes up a Minute of my life, porn takes up at least 5, i like to work it out….

  75. CAD:

    Phranctoast

    Yeah but the link to the source looks like a Rockstar Website but it really is not. When you go to the actual Rockstar Website and go on the Newswire it’s two different sites.

    The fake

    http://rockstargames.blogcindario.com/ficheros/newswirefi.html

    The Real

    http://www.rockstargames.com/2009REDESIGN/2.1/newswire

  76. Roca.:

    hahaha…good one Phranc!

    I get out of work at 1:30pm (EST) today, so I hope everybody enjoy the day and Happy New Years everyone!

    dont do crazy things and…
    lets all start fresh in 2010 ;)

    Roca – out until next year!!

  77. CAD:

    Ok Everyone Happy New Year and I’m out.

  78. SW:

    “1. the 360 will outsell the wii in 2010.”

    I have a hard time with this one.
    The rest of your list was too complicated for my brain, I couldn’t sift the satire from the fanboy, sorry.

  79. SW:

    * Doh, replace ’satire’ with ‘obvious trolling’…

    My bad…dot

  80. phranctoast:

    Out as well. Happy new years lady and gents.

  81. Ivan_PSP:

    Is not new years in the USA yet.

    kev is just writing anything out of desperation what a sad little troll. You can just see how he is one of the biggest Xbot bitter jealous ignorant stupid idiot Xbot. The Xbox 360 outselling the Wii yeah right LMFAO stupid dumb ass.

    PS3 is gonna wipe was left of the Xbox brand in 2010. Sony has wage war and now is time to finish in style with super mega hit long time classic franchises like God of War and Gran Turismo plus Final Fantasy. Is Game Over.

  82. CarlB:

    “Eyepet will be critically acclaimed” was the very first prediction on the list hmmm?

    LMFAO…

    “Critical Acclaim” from Playstation Universe – 65:

    “we became frustrated by the problems that have occurred as a result of the clumsy motion-sensing functionality of the PlayStation Eye… The only time prior to EyePet that we’ve spent any quality time using our PlayStation Eye camera has been to upload videos of ourselves murdering popular songs on SingStar… The Sim-like nurturing of your pet is fun a while, but it’s actually rather pointless. The fact that he never really evolves or shows signs of neglect means that you never really feel like the game is going anywhere… The PlayStation Eye just doesn’t seem to respond correctly on a consistent basis, which can make your time together very frustrating… the technology is too inconsistent to get any long-term enjoyment out of it and the gameplay has no real direction… Your EyePet does some amazing things, but the tech is so inconsistent that you’ll want to slap him”

    http://www.psu.com/EyePet-Review–a008271-p2.php0

    http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps3/eyepet

  83. CarlB:

    “Eyepet will be critically acclaimed” was the very first prediction on the list hmmm?

    LMFAO…

    “Critical Acclaim” from Playstation Universe – 65:

    “we became frustrated by the problems that have occurred as a result of the clumsy motion-sensing functionality of the PlayStation Eye… The only time prior to EyePet that we’ve spent any quality time using our PlayStation Eye camera has been to upload videos of ourselves murdering popular songs on SingStar… The Sim-like nurturing of your pet is fun a while, but it’s actually rather pointless. The fact that he never really evolves or shows signs of neglect means that you never really feel like the game is going anywhere… The PlayStation Eye just doesn’t seem to respond correctly on a consistent basis, which can make your time together very frustrating… the technology is too inconsistent to get any long-term enjoyment out of it and the gameplay has no real direction… Your EyePet does some amazing things, but the tech is so inconsistent that you’ll want to slap him”

    psu.com/EyePet-Review–a008271-p2.php0

    metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps3/eyepet

  84. phranctoast:

    Carlb isn’t happy unless he’s shooting anything ps3 related down. Let’s see your predictions hot shot. :)

  85. CarlB:

    -God of War III for GotY and best graphics of the year
    -UC3 is show at E3 with better graphics than God of War III, crowd cheers and gives standing ovation.
    -PS3 will close continue to close the hardware gap by 1-2 million, though still be behind 360 by 3-4 million, and still selling 100,000+ less software worldwide.
    -Price drops for all three consoles by November (around $50 drop), base unit price positions (lowest to highest) do not change.
    -HDD upgraded SKU for 360 and PS3, Natal SKU for 360
    -PS3 Gem Wand is a flop not due to tech, but lack of adoption and dev support… Natal fairs much better, holiday launch sales are good.
    -PS3 Eye head tracking option in games is a flop, though the games it is featured in still sell well.
    -Bayonetta, Alan Wake, Heavy Rain, and Last Guardian are all critically acclaimed but do not sell in high numbers.
    -Halo Reach is the top selling game of the year, graphics do not come near God of War III levels.
    -At least one next gen console is previewed at E3 or it’s specs are released (likely the next Wii).
    -Home’s registration numbers increase by millions, even though it’s actual use and sustained activity by those users flounders.
    -Sony finally breaks even on PS3 hardware cost.
    -Sony continues to sell last gen remastered games, PS2 BC is still non-existent. Speculation as to whether PS4 will have either PS2 or PS3 BC begins.
    -Online movie downloads and rentals for both 360 and PS3 are still ridiculously priced.
    -3D is introduced as an option standard built in to existing HDTV’s, i.e. “3D capable”. Owners have the option to buy the glasses separately/bundled, but still have a top notch TV if they do not desire to use the option… additional price is nominal.
    -Flash becomes affordable enough to begin taking significant marketshare away from HDD by the end of the year.
    -Sony begins selling full retail disc PS3 games over PSN following 360’s success with Games on Demand.
    -Sony begins selling music videos over PSN following 360’s success with it on Zune Marketplace.
    -Sony charges for no disc option on Netflix, improves Netflix navigation, resolution via subscription service.
    -Sony charges for cross game chat via subscription service.
    -Sony begins renting games over PSN via subscription service… 360 follows shortly after with XBL “Platinum” at $5+ (possible tier access plans) per month vice $3-4/mo.

  86. CarlB:

    “-Flash becomes affordable enough to begin taking significant marketshare away from HDD by the end of the year.”

    In PC’s, PMP’s… not consoles.

  87. SW:

    Have to hand it to you carl, thats one detailed list.
    I could probably agree with most of it too.

    I’m still unsure on the success/failure of natal tho.
    I think its going to come down to whether the ‘wii crowd’ adopt it tbh.

    I’d almost consider a redesign of the 360 if I were MS because if you look at the cutesy apple-esqu wii and then compare it to the obvious gamer stylings of the 360 it doesn’t look that ‘familly friendly’…
    And I don’t believe the ‘hardcore’ will adopt it in droves unless they make ‘halo natal’… Even nintendo kept the classic control schemes for ‘hardcore’ even now when we’re no longer thier target audience.

  88. CAD:

    Mike Ferro

    Why was my post deleted?

  89. Happyhockum:

    Happy new year folks.

  90. twilight:

    Happy New Year to all!

  91. phranctoast:

    Damn good list!!!!!

  92. Ivan_PSP:

    This year PS3 is surpassing thew Xbox 360 worldwide sales. Is not much to catch up.

    HDD upgrade a nono i bet well maybe a yes for Xbox 360 since it needs a bigger HDD.

    If Sony’s new controller fails NATAL will too for sure.

    CarlB most of that list are biased useless crap some good predictions and some fanboy one that are not going to come true ever.

  93. Saber_HAHAha:

    We wish you a Happy New Years
    We wish you a Happy New Years
    We WISH YOU a Happy New Years
    …and a Happy New Yeeear!

    As for 2010? Gran Turismo 5 for me. That’s all I’ll really get, maybe MAG, I wonder what we’ll see announced at E3 next year.

    What I want to look forward to is Elder Scrolls 5 if it eventually comes, Bestheda said there were “no plans” :( . I just got Oblivion, and I LOVE IT. What I like is how I’m hours into it and haven’t even gone into the main quest. Plus, the mountains you see aren’t just a backdrop: I decided to dress in light armor and run towards them, expecting an invisible wall. While I did find an invisible wall eventually, I reached the tip of the mountains I wanted to reach. I’m keeping myself busy by forcing the Adoring Fan to run off of Dive Rock, then sliding down after him, then removing his clothes, THEN pelting him with arrows. Rinse, repeat. MUAHAHAHA.

    Actually a great list, Carl. I’d be expecting to see most of that happen.

    HAPPY NEW YEARS. There’s another decade come and gone.

  94. The Future of Sega:

    Seriously, Oldfool1987, are you male or female?

  95. CarlB:

    Hey Ivan… nice blinders:

    cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2008/04/thumb463x_sony%20fanboy-thumb.jpg

  96. Ivan_PSP:

    Fail i never check other links especially not Xbot or PS3 haters

  97. oldschool1987:

    @ Future of Gayga:

    Male mongo, why?

  98. The Future of Sega:

    Nice try. But I’m the only one who pops the jokes around here pal. :)

  99. Ivan_PSP:

    STFU

  100. CarlB:

    STFU2BFLPBNIUY… lol.

  101. oldschool1987:

    Jokes? But you didn’t realise the baby gravy joke was a joke. You were actually offended lol. Are you a homophobe? You know what that means right? And before you say I’m gay, I have a Mrs lol.

  102. Roca.:

    Nice list CarlB

    I hope everybody had a good new years eve. lets get back on the console war on monday ;)

  103. The Future of Sega:

    @ Ivan, Don’t you know how to knock flimwad?!? I haven’t called for you yet. Shut it!! :)

  104. The Future of Sega:

    Anyways….I’m not even going to address that last statement. Waste of time….Anywho, hey Roca so you want to know my PSN id now?? So you can get PWNED in tekken!!!! lol. uncharted 2 is nice! i like that game! im on the 3rd level. :P

  105. oldschool1987:

    ‘I’m not even going to address that last statement. Waste of time’

    LMAO this made m laugh

  106. skeeter:

    I just bought a used ps3 ill be damned if i give sony a dollar, except for games btw… I bought uncharted 2 and love it it just shows both consoles have high and low points

  107. Ivan_PSP:

    skeeter:
    Xbox 360 only low points.

  108. Liquid:

    ps3 will fukin annihilate xbox this year.

    games coming out for ps3 dis year, all of em ar exclusive

    MAG
    Heavy rain
    God of war 3
    Gran turismo 5
    Modnation racers
    The Last Guardian
    Starhawk
    Syphon filter 5
    Twisted metal
    Wipeout 4
    Eight days
    The Getaway 3
    Resistance 3
    Studio cambridges unannounced game
    games for the wand
    maybe killzone 3.

    how the fuck can shitbox 360 beat that. xbox is finished.
    microsoft is sonys bitch from here on out.

    kev please kill yourself

    happy new year all!

  109. Liquid:

    my prediction for this year is that microsoft fail and pull out of the console market and sega finally return

  110. Saber_HAHAha:

    Microsoft is here to stay Liquid, games or no games. Xbox has Natal to back them up, and that can potentially win them 2010 whether it is a novelty or not. Most hardcore gamers will probably turn PS3 or PC if Natal fails to please their audience.

    Sony will have run dry of long-awaited exclusive titles once they reach mid-2010, unless they start delaying. They will need to start announcing games and putting them out quickly. 2010 looks like a Sony year so far. As for Xbox, it’s looking far better than their extremely dry 2009 exclusive line-up. Let’s just hope that they don’t suddenly turn to the casual audience. For me, turning away from the hardcore audience is turning away from the console wars. Get all the sales in the world, but a purely casual gaming console won’t be better than a real console, for a real gamer. Not saying that Microsoft will suddenly turn the 360 into a super-Wii, but they must be warned: I will NOT be a happy camper if they dump real gamers.

  111. Roca.:

    I agree with Liquid and Saber

  112. Liquid:

    all the games mentioned above are coming from the start of the year till the end.
    sony will obviously announced more games for 2011 as this year progresses. maybe microsoft would of done better if they built up a stable of first party devs instead slipping cheques under the desks of third party devs.

    as for natal, devs say its unresponsive and laggy, wonder what would happen if you had a wank in front of it? btw are microsoft releasing a sequel to “learn how to talk to girls” on xbla? well they do care bout the 360 audience lol

  113. The Future of Sega:

    Great…new year….new jackass. Ivan/Roca/Liquid. What next??? Cad/Dr. Phil!!!!

  114. Ivan_PSP:

    The Future of Sega:
    Get a life dude.

  115. Liquid:

    agree with ivan

    shut the fuck up sega how are me/ivan/roca the same? ive been on since before the new year, go let daddy jizz in your mouth fag

  116. Ivan_PSP:

    Thanks

  117. JofaMang:

    You forgot one title from your exclusive list that should be on every RPG players list, 3d dot game heroes.

  118. gunstar:

    One of the biggest predictions I read is that the PS3 Fortess will still be unhackable and the pirated PS3 BluRay games still can not be played on it.
    Any news on this?

  119. SW:

    That’s because there’s little profit in a mod chip no one will buy.

    Why bother copying a game when you have to pay something like $30+ for a blank 50GB BD-RW

  120. The Future of Sega:

    Liquid, you stupid piece of ass oozing shit!!! YOU shut up faggot!!!! And how about I jizz on your fat whore mom’s face little pussy!!!! PWNED bitch!!!

  121. oldschool1987:

    Gayga must be hard.

  122. Liquid:

    sega your such a little freak!
    how did i get pwned by you ya little bitch? ill pwn you with a box in the jaw. my “mom” isnt fat. but its funny you brought up moms coz i had so much fun with yours, me and the other 12 guys, man that bitch is crazy, she begged for it in the ass all night long, i totaly pwned that whore, im sorry you had to find out like this, but im your dad, well you hav 12 dads sorry my bad.

    now who got pwned faggot?

  123. Liquid:

    oldschool

    gayga is so hard he couldnt hit snow off a rope

    i found out what he looks like, you know the little imbred redneck that plays the banjo at the start of that movie deliverance? thats gayga

    yeah u heard me gayga your a little dumb imbred fuck!

  124. oldschool1987:

    LMFAO Gayga got pwned (Is that geek talk correct?) ll

  125. oldschool1987:

    BTW it was sarcasm when I said he must be hard lol. He gives the impression of a chavvy school boy who sucks his teeth like a Jamaican lol.

  126. Liquid:

    lol i knew you wer messin. my cuz is joinin the british army in april, whats it like?

  127. oldschool1987:

    Depends what he’s joining. I was in a Infantry regiment so we were always working and always on tour but the lads you meet are fucking mental, you’ll have the best time of your life. But the bullshit factor is unreal. Officers like to do stupid things to keep you busy and piss you off lol.

  128. Liquid:

    lol cool, he is rearming helicopters and stuff for the 1st year but then he will be doin peacekeeping in afghan. he is from ireland is will be shipped over in april

  129. The Future of Sega:

    Liquid, I’ve bukkaked your whore mother before you even existence you fucken faggot FUCKEN BITCH!!! And me and my PS3 friends ran a train on your grandmother too you stupid piece of shit!!! I win always own you….and your whore mother loser. PWNED bitch!!!

  130. The Future of Sega:

    You bastard little shit. FUCK IN HELL noob.

  131. The Future of Sega:

    Hey Liquid, you are the true definition of FAGGOT FUCKEN GAY. Twigs up your arse mate?? LOL I will ALWAYS OWN YOU!!! hee hee pwnies. :)

  132. Liquid:

    hahahaha your such a worthless piece of shit.

    man what i said must of really hit a nerve huh son? its okay sega, you wer raped as a child and your only escape is to be a little bitch on this site. actually i OWN you, your crack whore of a mother sold herself a bit short, 50euro for her, not bad. i keep that fuckin whore on a leash, she likes it doh . . . man what a slut, constantly beggin for sex, but i just gotta beat bitch sometimes ya know. you reply to me again ill go over to america and you cut you up and feed whats left of you to your whore of a mother. dont you know not to insult your dad? bye bye. . . . i will hunt you down

  133. Liquid:

    haha your ps3 friends? oh im so scared, will they threaten me over psn? well me and my real friends will cut off your hands and drown your old saggy bitch of a granny,

  134. oldschool1987:

    Gayga your still in school ain’t you?

  135. oldschool1987:

    ‘ill go over to america and you cut you up and feed whats left of you to your whore of a mother. dont you know not to insult your dad? bye bye. . . . i will hunt you down’

    @ Liquid: No need to lower yourself to his level with lies mate, you know you won’t go to America to beat up a school boy.

    He’s just going through puberty and thinks he can take anyone and everyone, he’ll get over it when his balls drop lol.

  136. Liquid:

    so true lol

  137. The Future of Sega:

    Damnit Dave you were suppose to ban my account! lol oh well Sega boy is back. errrm.

    Errrm. Liquid, your mom is a slut and I own her. Your grandmother is a slut and I own her. Aaaaand…go to hell. :-) PWNED.

    FUTURE OF SEGA IS BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!!!!

  138. The Future of Sega:

    Ironic how your name is Liquid and I left my liquid in your whore mother loser :-) hee hee uber pwned!

  139. The Future of Sega:

    “hahahaha your such a worthless piece of shit.

    man what i said must of really hit a nerve huh son? its okay sega, you wer raped as a child and your only escape is to be a little bitch on this site. actually i OWN you, your crack whore of a mother sold herself a bit short, 50euro for her, not bad. i keep that fuckin whore on a leash, she likes it doh . . . man what a slut, constantly beggin for sex, but i just gotta beat bitch sometimes ya know. you reply to me again ill go over to america and you cut you up and feed whats left of you to your whore of a mother. dont you know not to insult your dad? bye bye. . . . i will hunt you down”

    Ha, keep dreaming pal. :-)

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