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Bold 2014 Playstation predictions

I expect to get burned on a lot of these, but there are worse things in life than being wrong on a message board. As such:

- The Last Guardian will get an E3 announcement that it's on PS4...and that's it. No release date or any other info for the rest of the year. Still, as if one's crush in high school smiles at you when you ask to borrow their pen, the mere presence of the game will be enough to break open the Banderas GIF flood-gates.

- Playstation Now will only launch in the US and select EU countries first, following a similar track to the PS4 launch. It will be a terrible value due to high price and spotty performance, and thus not catch in a big way until 2015 and beyond.

- PS4 will have a massive launch in Japan, and reinvigorate Japanese console development in a big way. The sales will just be decent between the first few weeks and the fall, though, as it'll catch devs over there off guard.

- Uncharted on PS4 will have stellar graphics, but will go over as well as 3 did once the next-gen Naughty Dog euphoria wears off. Take that as you will.

- Thief, like Tomb Raider, will be a great game hated by it's old fanbase for being too different from the original series. I also expect it to sell well and fall short of SE's projections anyway.

- GTAV and TLOU will have PS4 versions announced, with the former released either at the end of 2014 or early 2015.

- The PS4 won't manage more than a slight lead over the Xone in the States for the year, regardless of what comes out for either console. (It will completely annihilate the Xone everywhere else, though.)
 

Hyunashi

Member
Big promises for 2015, nothing for 2014 except for what has been announced so far. So essentially I bet they go all in on indies this year (and I hope gamescom isnt an indie festival again this year). I am going pessimist mode because I can see them push back The Order like they did with Drive Club and I dont think UC4 will be out with ND having said almost nothing on it.

So essentially, what we see is what we get. I feel this year is gonna suck after they talked big but they will start rolling next year. Infamous, Drive Club, The Order and MLB are the only games from their first party I expect this year. Oh and a ton of indies they publish with the only one that really appeals to me apparently coming out, you guessed it, in 2015.

I go into this year expecting nothing for this year.
 

Musolf815

Member
Hnnnnng day < 0 that was so cool. What was that demo for again? You'd also have to play as the QA guy who tries to track her down :p

It was just a tech demo to show off their new engine. Apparently they still get letters from people asking them to make Kara a full game.
 

BakedYams

Slayer of Combofiends
Hey, Verendus and Demonite, what bold predictions might you guys have? Just curious.

I think it's best if they keep shut about it. I miss the days where rumors would just flow and no confirmations of any games would be leaked. Just builds the hype up so much more when it is revealed out of nowhere.
 
Monster hunter portable 4th is announced for vita, but comes nowhere close to using the full potential of Vita because its an upresed version of mh4. MH fans yawn. Again.
 

sn00zer

Member
List of things I want to happen but wont!

-Sony reannounces Last Guardian for PS4
-Media Molecule creating new IP similar to the crafting worlds of Tearaway and LBP, but its basis is on molding clay
-FFXV is good....REALLY good
-Sony Santa Monica's game will blow people away and gamestyles will be completely unexpected
-UNCHARTED will not be primarily about Nathan Drake, but will be a back and forth between past Sir Drake and current Drake


- PlayStation All Stars is reannounced as a new brand (Playstation Classics?) with the primary basis to start cashing in on nostalgia and older IPs this will result in multiple games including:
- one FTP based on the Hot Shots framework featuring only PS characters
- another based on a 4 player fighting game framework that is not SSB
- another being a spiritual successor to CTR
- new Parrapa game coming
- new PSN game of "forgotten" IP
- JetMoto and Motorstorm sequel to create a beautiful game called JetMotorstorm



List of things I dont want to happen but will!

- Both Infamous and DRIVECLUB will be "ok, but not great" 7-8/10
- Crash is not and has not been in the hands of Sony and is still with Activision
- FFXV will sell below expectations and lead to severe cuts to Kingdom Hearts 3 content
- PS4 will take at least another year to get great
- Turns out things are not going as smoothly as Sony has marketed themselves as
- Sony hack 2.0
 
-Drive Club will be 1080p/60fps with minor dips and will release in early April.

-Uncharted 4 gameplay will be shown with visuals causing loss of sanity; will release in early spring 2015.

-Witcher 3 will be 1080p/locked 30fps and will release in 2015.

-GG's RPG will look incredible but the reveal will leave us confused as to what it's aiming for.

-One of Sony's studios will come up with a clever technology that allows them to create 30fps games and use an algorithm that fakes 60fps (something like motion flow on tvs.) This will work correctly about 60% of the time, and will delay the game in development until mid to late 2015 as the innovation is refined.

-Knack will be a free PS+ game by the end of the year.

-Bubble Bobble returns - believe.
 
1. The PS4 will continue to be hard to find at most stores well into the new year due to the Japan launch sucking up volumes from the rest of the world. The situation finally stabilizes by April.

2. There will be one major PS4 exclusive released in 2014 that hasn't been announced yet.

3. GTA V will get a PS4/X1 port in June/Jul and it will be shown at Sony's E3 presser.

4. PS+ will get a price rise on PS4 (but not on PS3/Vita) to $10 pm

5. The Vita will continue its transition to being a companion device to the PS4 and will not get any new major first party exclusives beyond those announced. The focus will be on console downports and smaller games.
 

Sinfamy

Member
The Last Guardian at E3 for 2015.
Gabe Newell announces Half-Life 3 at Sony E3 conference with Steam crossover and co-op like Portal 2.
Metal Gear Solid V: Phantom Pain will release November 5th.
Final Fantasy 14 coming to PS4 as F2P for Plus members.
Final Fantasy 15 to be released March 23rd 2015.
PS Vita 2000 will be shown at E3 for U.S.

Nintendo shows more Cranky Kong via Nintendo Direct.

Sony and Nintendo merge on Christmas, the "PlayStation" brand becomes just "PlayStation" and not "Sony PlayStation".
 
Sony will come out with Playstation Party! (title under construction)

In other words, Mario party but with Sony characters and some 3rd party characters. Because Nintendo is shit when it comes to making an Online Mario Party so getting a minigame fest from Sony would be good for casuals and for those hilarious moments that happens in party games.
 
List of things I want to happen but wont!

-Sony reannounces Last Guardian for PS4
-Media Molecule creating new IP similar to the crafting worlds of Tearaway and LBP, but its basis is on molding clay
-FFXV is good....REALLY good
-Sony Santa Monica's game will blow people away and gamestyles will be completely unexpected
-UNCHARTED will not be primarily about Nathan Drake, but will be a back and forth between past Sir Drake and current Drake


- PlayStation All Stars is reannounced as a new brand (Playstation Classics?) with the primary basis to start cashing in on nostalgia and older IPs this will result in multiple games including:
- one FTP based on the Hot Shots framework featuring only PS characters
- another based on a 4 player fighting game framework that is not SSB
- another being a spiritual successor to CTR
- new Parrapa game coming
- new PSN game of "forgotten" IP
- JetMoto and Motorstorm sequel to create a beautiful game called JetMotorstorm



List of things I dont want to happen but will!

- Both Infamous and DRIVECLUB will be "ok, but not great" 7-8/10
- Crash is not and has not been in the hands of Sony and is still with Activision
- FFXV will sell below expectations and lead to severe cuts to Kingdom Hearts 3 content
- PS4 will take at least another year to get great
- Turns out things are not going as smoothly as Sony has marketed themselves as
- Sony hack 2.0
You might be on to something based off of their demo. I'm imagining an amazing Nightmare Before Christmas quality claymation world
 

joecanada

Member
1.) Unreal Tournament reboot on PS4

2.) Gears of War collection on PS4

3.) Star Citizen announced for PS4 @ E3

4.) PS4 reaches 17,000,000 WW sales by this time next year, with demand still high

5.) Uncharted releases November 2014

6.) LittleBigPlanet 3 is announced at E3

7.) Firmware update allows for 1080p uncompressed screenshot captures and video capturing is enhanced to 1080p capability.

8.) Demons Souls 2 is a thing, and it will be glorious. The 6th pillar world

9.) Level 5 announced Dark Cloud 3, will release Q3 2015

Why aren't you president of sony?
 

fritolay

Member
1) Next halo will be XB1 only
2) XB1 will outsell PS4 in NA
3) PS4 will have PSN issues that irate its fanbase
4) Sony will sign exclusives as it starts losing marketshare to XB1 after it's great 2013 launch
5) GTA V will come out on XB1 and PS4, not on WiiU
6) Red Dead Redemption 2 is teased
7) 2014 COD doesn't stay #1 through christmas on both XB1 and PS4
8) Nintendo announces new console
9) Amazon stirs up gaming marketplace
10) Sony announces VR headset
 

Tagg9

Member
- PlayStation All Stars is reannounced as a new brand (Playstation Classics?) with the primary basis to start cashing in on nostalgia and older IPs this will result in multiple games including:
- one FTP based on the Hot Shots framework featuring only PS characters
- another based on a 4 player fighting game framework that is not SSB
- another being a spiritual successor to CTR
- new Parrapa game coming
- new PSN game of "forgotten" IP
- JetMoto and Motorstorm sequel to create a beautiful game called JetMotorstorm

I love this idea. Unfortunately it would probably be stretching Sony's first party studios too thin. =(

- FFXV will sell below expectations and lead to severe cuts to Kingdom Hearts 3 content
The Osaka team has proven that they are far and away the most competent and efficient Square dev group, so I wouldn't be surprised if Kingdom Hearts 3 comes out around the same time as FFXV (whenever the hell that is).
 

Nakazato

Member
11. Sequel to Warhawk as F2P game

Ive called this so many time Im so sure that this will happen. It just makes sense.

I have 5

PlayStation All-stars 2 ..... Will be a moba announced at E3 F2P (more in the vein of Smite and Super MNC)

The Order Oct-Nov 2014 they want it out after destiny but before what ever COD gets announce at E3

Knack will be On PSN+ before E3

DriveClub is May-June

At E3 Sony will have a lot of focus on PS Legacy titles for the ps1 era at least 3 in all Syphon Filter will be one of them..... Made by Bend... Or a secret ND team. Will have 4 player online co-op mission. Gabe will Not be a playable.
 
Delays everywhere
no games
ghoststation 4
indiestation 4
all game announcements saved for spike video gaming awards 2014 (to be aired in early december)
 

sn00zer

Member
Well, this isn't a 2014 prediction...
I chuckled

I love this idea. Unfortunately it would probably be stretching Sony's first party studios too thin. =(


The Osaka team has proven that they are far and away the most competent and efficient Square dev group, so I wouldn't be surprised if Kingdom Hearts 3 comes out around the same time as FFXV (whenever the hell that is).

Yep unless they get some smaller studios to work on it like Superbot, but this time decide ahead of schedule what sort of budgeting and licensing they will do and what sort of game they want. Also, question, did the Osaka studio work on 1 and 2 or just the portable games....or is this an entirely different team altogether?
You might be on to something based off of their demo. I'm imagining an amazing Nightmare Before Christmas quality claymation world
Yeah something similar, would make sense given both the scultping and the puppet demos they did.
 
I chuckled



Yep unless they get some smaller studios to work on it like Superbot, but this time decide ahead of schedule what sort of budgeting and licensing they will do and what sort of game they want. Also, question, did the Osaka studio work on 1 and 2 or just the portable games....or is this an entirely different team altogether?

Yeah something similar, would make sense given both the scultping and the puppet demos they did.
Osaka worked on BBS which means your prediction is automatically gonna fail cause BBS was the best one so far
 

GamerJM

Banned
I'm thinking it's going to be the opposite with the Order, personally. I feel like it's going to be rushed out to October or something so that the PS4 doesn't have a drought of exclusives, and it ends up being a really cool game in terms of ideas but it ends up feeling unpolished due to the lack of a delay.
 
Gears of War will come to Playstation in 2014.

If this happens and Epic Games Poland makes it then PS4 owners are going to be pretty disappointed.

I'm thinking it's going to be the opposite with the Order, personally. I feel like it's going to be rushed out to October or something so that the PS4 doesn't have a drought of exclusives, and it ends up being a really cool game in terms of ideas but it ends up feeling unpolished due to the lack of a delay.

I would shit my pants from devastation if this happens. The guys at RAD seem so psyched about it, I'd hate for the franchise to get off to a crappy start.
 

Error404

Banned
I'm thinking it's going to be the opposite with the Order, personally. I feel like it's going to be rushed out to October or something so that the PS4 doesn't have a drought of exclusives, and it ends up being a really cool game in terms of ideas but it ends up feeling unpolished due to the lack of a delay.
SCE aren't going to do that. they are not EA
 

TomShoe

Banned
I've got a couple.

- Sony will acquire Housemarque, known for Resogun and the Super Stardust series.

- Gravity Rush 2 will be released in late 2014. It's a Vita exclusive.

- Sony Bend will announce a new PS4 title, to be released in 2015.

- Digimon: Cyber Sleuth and Freedom Wars will both receive localizations, to be released in mid-late 2015.

- SuperBot Entertainment (Playstation All-Stars: Battle Royale) will announce a new IP they've been working on, due out in 2015.

- The Order: 1886 will be delayed in to late 2014.

- DriveClub will reach 60fps. Much rejoicing from fanboys will be had.

- Finally, The Last Guardian will be announced at this year's E3. There will be no confirmed release date. Many fans will go to the hospital with "blueball" syndrome (swollen balls), while Kaz laughs maniacally backstage.
 
Ridge Racer 8 is announced by Namco Japan.

The Last Guardian is announced and releases November 2014.

Alundra 3 is announced and is actually made by the same guys that did the first Alundra which was the best.

PlayStation Now gets delayed to 2015.

Street Fighter 4 Ultra Edition is announced for PS4 at E3.

Virtua Fighter 6 is announced and comes in 2015.

I know... let me dream :D
 

RPGamer92

Banned
The Last of Us Definitive Edition announced at Destination Playstation- Releases in Summer
First Uncharted 4 Gameplay at E3
Demon's Souls 2 announced at E3
Sony Santa Monica New IP announced at E3
Media Molecule New IP announced at E3 (maybe at GDC)
The Last Guardian as a "one more thing" announcement at E3
 
K

kittens

Unconfirmed Member
The Last Guardian on PS4 in 2014

Can't get much bolder than that
The 6+ year late release of a game from a company that only a small fraction of gamers even remember exists. I think we can do better.
 

Sotha_Sil

Member
Sony acquires one of the following closely-partnered studios: Ready at Dawn, Quantic Dream, Sanzaru, Bluepoint, or Housemarque.

I see it being Ready at Dawn. They seem similar to MediaMolecule and Sucker Punch, which were both purchased after their first PS3 exclusive released, iirc.
 
-Uncharted 4 will get a Release Date in Fall 2014 but it will get delayed.
-The Order 1864 will release on October and it will be a GOTY contender for 2014
-Ready at Dawn, Quantic Dream and Housemarque become part of the Sony Family
-Mm next game will be revealed at E3 and it will be a new IP
-Last Guardian will not be re-revealed or showed at all in 2014
-Santa Monica's New IP will be best presentation of the Sony's 2014 E3 Conference
-Teaser for Guerrilla Games new IP at E3
-Dead Nation 2 to be revealed this year
-Old Sony IP (PS1or PS2 era) will be brought to life on PS4
-Rockstar's Agent might finally be revealed but it'll be multipatform
-PS Vita will get a price cut but the Memory Cards will stay the same price
-New IP for PS Vita
-Gravity Rush 2 and Gran Turismo for the PS Vita will be revealed on 2014
-Playstation Now will have a rough start this summer but it'll get better a by the end of 2014
-VR prototype with Eye tracker revealed at E3 (sort of like the PS move prototype presentation at E3 2009)
-PS4 will have sold 18 million consoles by Nov 15, 2014.
 

Sotha_Sil

Member
Sony doesn't own these studios already?

No. Housemarque, Sanzaru, Quantic Dream, and Ready at Dawn are technically indie developers (admittedly, large ones) who have contracted work with Sony. Like Insomniac is doing with Sunset Overdrive, they are free to develop games on other platforms as far as I know, unless their current contracts forbid it or something.
 

mankoto

Member
1. BioShock, Call of Duty, and Assassin's Creed Vita will be formally revealed at E3 with a Winter 2014 release date.

2. Persona 5 will be announced to come to PS4. Will come to Summer 2015.

3. Vita 3000 will be unveiled this year in Japan. It will be an ALL DIGITAL model with a 64GB storage. Meanwhile Vita TV and 2000 takes off in the west.

4. PS+ will have a tier list. One strictly for multiplayer ($20). The model we have now (still $50). And the model that adds Now $75).

5. PS Now will be $30 a year.
 
Last Guardian will be shown at E3 AND released by the end of the year.

There will either me a Vita redesign or a peripheral released that will make it more like a Dualshock 4
 
This is really a prediction across the board, but a bunch of new titles will be announced at E3 being promised to be released in November, and after pre-sales reach critical mass, the games will be pushed back into 2015.

Welcome to the delay generation.
 

sjay1994

Member
These are more plausible

1) FF15 and Kingdom Hearts 3 will have exclusive PS4 content

2) Uncharted for 2015. Not called uncharted 4, and Nathan Drake is not the playable character.

3) SSM unveils new IP

BALLS TO THE WALLS PREDICTION

Last Guardian was cancelled, but Ueda not giving up on the project approaches Platinum games to remake it.

Game no branded as THE LAST GUARDIAN: REVENGEANCE
 
PS4 is like a PC. Japanese developers haven't developed primarily for PC hardware in like 25 years.

True, hopefully they can learn fast. That's my biggest hope for the PS4 is that Japanese devs become more efficient and deliver more games thanks to a simpler architecture.
 

Nestunt

Member
my turn:

- There wont be a TLoU "definitive" edition (in 2014). Its Sony killer app for PS Now

- The Last Guardian announced for a 2015 PS4 release

- Bend Studio's new IP is an horror game

- London Studio's new IP is GTA-like (one of them coming 2014)

- One of Capcom's major IPs (old or new) is PS4 exclusive
 
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