Make your 2023 Gaming Predictions!

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the-pi-guy

Dec 12, 2022, 04:23 PM Last Edit: Feb 14, 2023, 04:58 PM by Legend
If anyone is interested in continuing this brand new tradition

Have until February 15th, 2023 to put in your predictions.  Feel free to suggest other things to add into the predictions.


Sony

The business:
How many Studios will Sony acquire this year? Bonus - which ones?
How many PS5's will Sony sell in 2023?
When will Sony have their biggest show of the year (State of Play, Showcase)?

PSVR2:
How many PSVR2 will be sold?
Will Sony announce a major PSVR2 title?
Will Valve bring Half Life Alyx to PSVR2?

The games:
What studios will announce a game?
What studios will release a game?
When will Spider-man 2 launch?
What will be the best selling first party PlayStation game of 2023?
Will any live service title be a major success?

The shows/movies:
What PlayStation movies/TV shows will be announced?
Will The Last of Us be good?

Make a bold prediction.

Microsoft


The business:
How many Studios will Microsoft acquire this year? Bonus - which ones?
Will the Activision acquisition be completed or blocked?
How many Series S|X will be sold?
How many Gamepass subscribers will MS have?

The games:
What studios will announce a game?
What studios will release a game?
What will be the best selling first party Xbox game of 2023?


Make a bold prediction.

Nintendo

The business:
How many Studios will Nintendo acquire this year? Bonus - which one?
How many Nintendo Switch's be sold?
Will Nintendo announce or release a successor this year?
If it's announced, will it be backwards compatible with Switch games?

The games:
Will Tears of the Kingdom match the reception of Breath of the Wild?
Will Tears of the Kingdom be delayed again?
Will Metroid 4 launch this year?
What will be the best selling Nintendo game of 2023?

The shows/movies:
Will Mario be a successful movie (boxoffice/critically)?

Make a bold prediction.

All


What publisher and what studio will have the top rated game this year?
What will be the biggest new acquisition of 2023?

kitler53

i'll hold off on filling this out for now in anticipation i can influence the list of questions.  xD  


some suggestions:

Will MS successfully acquire activision or will the acquisition be blocked?

number of gamepass subscribers by the end of 2023?   last offical statement is 25 million i believe but i hear "this is it's year"...


I'd change up the "will nintendo release a successor this year" to "announce".   A spring 2024 is as likely as a holiday 2023 imo if a successor is planned for "this year".

Will breath of the wild be delayed so that it can be a launch title for nintendo's successor hardware?

Will nintendo's next hardware be fully BC or will they upsell you on ports again?

metroid 4 was announced in 2017 and rebooted in 2019.  will 2023 be the year it releases?


will half-life alyx be ported to psrv 2?

will any of sony's GaaS games be a critical/community success?


what will be the highest selling game on playstation/xbox/nintendo launched in 2023.

what will be the highest profile aquisition in 2023 (excluding activision)?    like who gets aquired so like "ubisoft" or "sega" but not who they are aquired by.


will hapax finally release?








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the-pi-guy

i'll hold off on filling this out for now in anticipation i can influence the list of questions.  xD  

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I think I added all of them, but I made some of them a little more open/general.

kitler53

Dec 12, 2022, 05:20 PM Last Edit: Dec 12, 2022, 05:24 PM by kitler53
I think I added all of them, but I made some of them a little more open/general.
nice.  if memory serves you added the one about the mario movie too.  good one! 

i'll still hold off a bit making any predictions in case other have more ideas but there is certainly some meat on those bones now.  i'll suggest more if i think of them but i feel tapped out.


=== edit ===
i'll just add that i intended to add some predictions in the area of mobile gaming.  nintendo has some releases.  sony has statements about moving into this area.  MS is may be aquiring king if allowed to.  it feels like this should be ripe for a few predictions but i just couldn't think of anything specific.



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BananaKing

Dec 12, 2022, 09:24 PM Last Edit: Dec 12, 2022, 09:28 PM by BananaKing
If anyone is interested in continuing this brand new tradition

Have until January 1st, 2023 to put in your predictions.  Feel free to suggest other things to add into the predictions.


Sony

The business:
How many Studios will Sony acquire this year? 3

 Bonus - which ones?
Deviation studios
Something else
Something else

How many PS5's will Sony sell in 2023?
26 million

When will Sony have their biggest show of the year (State of Play, Showcase)?
September


PSVR2:
How many PSVR2 will be sold? 4 million
Will Sony announce a major PSVR2 title? Yes
Will Valve bring Half Life Alyx to PSVR2? Yes (at least announce it)

The games:
What studios will announce a game?
Naughty dog (do we consider TLou multiplayer to be announced?)
Deviation games
Firesprite studios

What studios will release a game?
Naughty dog
Insomniacs
When will Spider-man 2 launch?
October 3rd
What will be the best selling frst party PlayStation game of 2023?
Spiderman 2
Will any live service title be a major success?
TLoU multiplayer
The shows/movies:
What PlayStation movies/TV shows will be announced?
Horizon TV show
God of war tv show

Will The Last of Us be good? Yes

Make a bold prediction.
From software will announce a PS5 exclusive


Microsoft


The business:
How many Studios will Microsoft acquire this year? 5

Bonus - which ones?
ioi
CDPR


Will the Activision acquisition be completed or blocked? Blocked
How many Series S|X will be sold?
17 million

How many Gamepass subscribers will MS have?
36 million
The games:
What studios will announce a game?

What studios will release a game?
Bethesda
Turn 10

What will be the best selling first party
Starfield
Xbox game of 2023?
Starfield

Make a bold prediction.
Other than turn 10, no other studio will release an AAA game that year with the exception of Bethesda or a new studio/publisher they buy


Nintendo

The business:
How many Studios will Nintendo acquire this year? Zer0
Bonus - which one?
How many Nintendo Switch's be sold? 18 million
Will Nintendo announce or release a successor this year? No
If it's announced, will it be backwards compatible with Switch games? No

The games:
Will Tears of the Kingdom match the reception of Breath of the Wild? Yes. Fanboys will be fanboys
Will Tears of the Kingdom be delayed again? Yes
Will Metroid 4 launch this year? No
What will be the best selling Nintendo game of 2023?
Zelda
The shows/movies:
Will Mario be a successful movie (boxoffice/critically)?
Yes. I predict 500-700 million globally

Make a bold prediction.
Kitler will buy a switch


All


What publisher and what studio will have the top rated game this year? Nintendo
What will be the biggest new acquisition of 2023? Microsoft buying CDPR

Legend


Sony

The business:
How many Studios will Sony acquire this year? Bonus - which ones?
1-Ubisoft
How many PS5's will Sony sell in 2023?
12 million
When will Sony have their biggest show of the year (State of Play, Showcase)?
May Showcase

PSVR2:
How many PSVR2 will be sold?
4 million
Will Sony announce a major PSVR2 title?
No
Will Valve bring Half Life Alyx to PSVR2?
No

The games:
What studios will announce a game?
Insomniac, Naughty Dog, Pixel Opus
What studios will release a game?
Naughty Dog, Insomniac
When will Spider-man 2 launch?
September
What will be the best selling first party PlayStation game of 2023?
Spiderman
Will any live service title be a major success?
No

The shows/movies:
What PlayStation movies/TV shows will be announced?
Uncharted 2
Will The Last of Us be good?
Of course!

Make a bold prediction.
TLOU MP is only ok and struggles to retain players.

Microsoft


The business:
How many Studios will Microsoft acquire this year? Bonus - which ones?
0
Will the Activision acquisition be completed or blocked?
Hmm
How many Series S|X will be sold?
6 million
How many Gamepass subscribers will MS have?
30 million

The games:
What studios will announce a game?
343i, Rare, the hi fi rush guys (but not hi fi rush)
What studios will release a game?
Turn 10, Bethesda, Arkane
What will be the best selling first party Xbox game of 2023?
Starfield


Make a bold prediction.
Starfield is the best game of the generation. It ecplipses Skyrim and becomes the game Bethesda Studios is most known for.

Nintendo

The business:
How many Studios will Nintendo acquire this year? Bonus - which one?
0
How many Nintendo Switch's be sold?
30 million
Will Nintendo announce or release a successor this year?
No
If it's announced, will it be backwards compatible with Switch games?

The games:
Will Tears of the Kingdom match the reception of Breath of the Wild?
No
Will Tears of the Kingdom be delayed again?
No
Will Metroid 4 launch this year?
No
What will be the best selling Nintendo game of 2023?
Tears of the kingdom

The shows/movies:
Will Mario be a successful movie (boxoffice/critically)?
$800 million world wide, mixed reviews

Make a bold prediction.
Tears of the Kingdom is so divisive that Nintendo issues an apology in some form.
All


What publisher and what studio will have the top rated game this year?
Starfield
What will be the biggest new acquisition of 2023?
Ubisoft

the-pi-guy

The business:
How many Studios will Sony acquire this year?
3
Bonus - which ones?
Arrowhead Games, Deviation Games, Ballistic Moon

How many PS5's will Sony sell in 2023?
20 million
When will Sony have their biggest show of the year (State of Play, Showcase)?

June - Showcase

PSVR2:
How many PSVR2 will be sold?
3 million
Will Sony announce a major PSVR2 title?
Yes
Will Valve bring Half Life Alyx to PSVR2?
No

The games:
What studios will announce a game?
Naughty Dog,
What studios will release a game?
When will Spider-man 2 launch?
September
What will be the best selling first party PlayStation game of 2023?
Spider-man 2
Will any live service title be a major success?
Yes, TLOU

The shows/movies:
What PlayStation movies/TV shows will be announced?

Will The Last of Us be good?
Already is.

Make a bold prediction.


Microsoft

The business:
How many Studios will Microsoft acquire this year? Bonus - which ones?
0
Will the Activision acquisition be completed or blocked?
Completed.
How many Series S|X will be sold?
10 million
How many Gamepass subscribers will MS have?
30 million

The games:
What studios will announce a game?
What studios will release a game?
What will be the best selling first party Xbox game of 2023?


Make a bold prediction.

Nintendo

The business:
How many Studios will Nintendo acquire this year? Bonus - which one?
0
How many Nintendo Switch's be sold?
25 million
Will Nintendo announce or release a successor this year?
Announce later this year
If it's announced, will it be backwards compatible with Switch games?
Yes

The games:
Will Tears of the Kingdom match the reception of Breath of the Wild?
Yes
Will Tears of the Kingdom be delayed again?
No
Will Metroid 4 launch this year?
No
What will be the best selling Nintendo game of 2023?
Tears of the Kingdom

The shows/movies:
Will Mario be a successful movie (boxoffice/critically)?
Yes

Make a bold prediction.

All


What publisher and what studio will have the top rated game this year?
Nintendo Tears of the Kingdom.
What will be the biggest new acquisition of 2023?
Someone random will acquire Ubisoft.


the-pi-guy

Sony

The business:
How many Studios will Sony acquire this year? Bonus - which ones?
1-Ubisoft
How many PS5's will Sony sell in 2023?
12 million
When will Sony have their biggest show of the year (State of Play, Showcase)?
May Showcase

What will be the biggest new acquisition of 2023?
Ubisoft

You expect Sony to acquire Ubisoft?

Legend

You expect Sony to acquire Ubisoft?

Maybe that should have been my bold prediction.

Ubisoft is so freaking cheap for how large they are. Plus I like the games they make and I really don't want them to go bankrupt  :P

Watch Dogs Legion and Assassin's Creed Odyssey are some of my favorite flawed games.

the-pi-guy

Maybe that should have been my bold prediction.

Ubisoft is so freaking cheap for how large they are. Plus I like the games they make and I really don't want them to go bankrupt  :P

Watch Dogs Legion and Assassin's Creed Odyssey are some of my favorite flawed games.
I think the biggest issue is how massive they are. Pretty sure they have more employees than Activision and EA combined.  
I see Tencent being more likely to acquire them.  

Unless Sony really wanted a huge support network, that feels pretty unlikely.

Legend

I think the biggest issue is how massive they are. Pretty sure they have more employees than Activision and EA combined.  
I see Tencent being more likely to acquire them.  

Unless Sony really wanted a huge support network, that feels pretty unlikely.
Yeah double Activision Blizzard yet less than one tenth the cost. Super cheap way to massively expand PlayStation.

Plus wouldn't it be fun if PlayStation made a mario game?  :P

kitler53

ubisoft seems to be the exact opposite of what sony looks for in an aquisition but maybe they just want a bunch of staff.

...would take a lot of work to right that ship though.    


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the-pi-guy

I hope this year ends up more eventful.

The past couple years have felt kind of boring overall. Haven't had any crazy showcases since June 2020. (even if we have had some decent ones since; but nothing else has had 9 PlayStation published games announced...) Think the closest since was like 3 announcements.

Xbox has been fairly uneventful announcement wise. Still waiting for games that were announced years ago.

I am not asking for acquisitions, but even that has slowed down since March of last year.b



Legend

I hope this year ends up more eventful.

The past couple years have felt kind of boring overall. Haven't had any crazy showcases since June 2020. (even if we have had some decent ones since; but nothing else has had 9 PlayStation published games announced...) Think the closest since was like 3 announcements.

Xbox has been fairly uneventful announcement wise. Still waiting for games that were announced years ago.

I am not asking for acquisitions, but even that has slowed down since March of last year.b



I'm optimistic about Sony this year. Insomniac is pretty much their only studio that has future games announced. Would they really want to enter 2024 with Wolverine being their only big announced game?

BananaKing

I'm optimistic about Sony this year. Insomniac is pretty much their only studio that has future games announced. Would they really want to enter 2024 with Wolverine being their only big announced game?

I think Sony will announce a lot this year. If you think about it, even teams like bluepoint who released games at launch have had 2.5~ years now since their last release.

They have a lot cooking. I think this year we will see what sucker punch is doing, TLoU multiplayer, probably what Sony bend is doing, and I think at least one more GaaS announcement from their new partnerships or studios.

The thing is now GaaS games need to be announced close to release or be dropped at the same day. They don't benefit from long announcements before release like single-layer games do