I am writing this in May, but will probably post it when everybody else is posting just before E3 or during because who doesn’t like a wall of noise?
I used to get hyped around E3 and all the shiney new goodness that came out of it, but the last 5-6 years have been a cavalcade of meh to the point that I didn’t bother to pay any attention to the last 2 years.
So what are my predictions? And do I have any enthusiasm for this circle-jerk anymore?
Nintendo Switch
- Will get 5 WiiU ports, and nothing good 3rd party (Sonic doesn’t count). People will get overly hyped by this. I will augh when people get hyped at a Star Fox WiiU port is announced to much hype.
- Something Pokemon, something Fire Emblem, and one left of field game announcement. There will be one new Nintendo IP.
- More Amiibos.
- Rerelease of the same Virtual Console titles
- We might see some more Gameplay of Mario Oddyssy, but I bet Nintendo will do there usual underwhelming E3 show.
- A Super Nintendo Mini that will have 5 copies made, so eBay scum can scalp.
- Gameplay of *laughs* another Skyrim remake
The others
IE, the two current gen consoles.
PS4
- Expect ONE PS4 exclusive that will blow your minds
- Bloodbourne 2
- Last of Us 2 extended trailer
- Something Uncharted
- Probably a tiny bit of the Final Fantasy VII remake
XBone
- Expect ONE XBone exclusive that’ll more or less be Halo…
- Expect the specs/price of Scorpio, the new XBone model. I reckon they’ll go in at a cheaper price than the PS4 in an attempt to actually try to catch up on Sony’s sales.
- Expect me to audibly laugh when the Scorpio exclusive is a racing game
Then (both consoles);
- 5 Reboots
- 3 Remakes
- A tonne of sequels that are in the 4th-10th sequel range
- and at least 10 sequels to games that are into the late teens in terms of actual numbers. (Assassins Creed, Call of Duty, FIFA, Madden et al).
- Gameplay footage of a Resident Evil remake
PC
Since VR has sold so well expect a new version of VR headsets announced, Oculus 2, and maybe an improved HTC Vive. This tech will cost you your liver but the ones interested will remortgage their houses for it, the rest will safely ignore it.
No Half Life 3.
Ubisoft
- Expect a tonne of Gameplay trailers for games that are released broken and Buggy.
- A shitty Rabbids thing
EA
Insert EA’s presentation they have done for about 20 years. Sports titles, a crappy version of FIFA for Switch, and maybe a Battlefront spinoff.
Bathesda
They haven’t done anything for a while, and it is probably too early for another Fallout. So Expect a new Elder Scrolls tease.
What we won’t see
- Any thing Red Dead Redemption 2
- A proper game in VR that isn’t a jumpscare-a-thon
- Half Life 3
- A new Metroid
- Gamecube games on Virtual Console
- Gqameplay of Death Stranding
- Anything from Konami
Conclusion
It is going to be shit, but I am mostly interested in watching people on Twitter who think they have insider information talk about the mad exclusives they know about.
But is anyone hyped for anything? Please somebody get me hyped!
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I’m kind of hyped for Switch, just because it’s so new still. I agree we’ll probably see more in the way of ports. But porting from Wii U isn’t a bad thing. Wii U sold so poorly and had a very small install base. Combine that with some poor software sales, there’s tons of titles that people missed out on, like Bayonetta 2 and many others. I think it’s a good move to bring some of these over because they were otherwise overlooked just because of the platform they were on. I actually like the thought of SF Zero coming to Switch. On it’s own, I don’t think it’s a bad game by any means. It’s the closet we got to SF64 since. Only bummer were the forced motion controls. The controls could work, but it required some serious concentration and devotion from people, and for an arcade style shooter, it was too much to ask for, and in a way poorly implemented. So I wouldn’t mind seeing this come to the Switch, because I think it would be better received and hopefully sell well enough that Nintendo doesn’t consider putting the series on the ice.
Oh ya, and a Metroid announcement would be rad, but like you, it’s only a dream and I don’t think we would realistically see anything on this.
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My problem with the Switch ports is that those games didn’t convince me to buy a WiiU, so I’m not buying a Switch for them. They need to announce other games, and have the ports as a “oh and we’re doing this”.
At the moment it seems is all they have is Ports, which is sad.
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Yea, definitely need more new games along with the porrs. Need a bit of both in the end. The ports in their own can’t make it a great system but still a good idea.
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Very true
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Please Microsoft, give the Xbox One some new IPs and exclusives, if for no other reason than to keep things interesting. It’s looking more and more like they’ve given up now.
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I did juat read that the XBoneS launch title is Forza…
Microsoft are acting like they don’t really care, and are dping it for fun rather than wanting to sell a buttload of games and consoles
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Forza?! Way to think outside the box MS!
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People love Forza, and those 10 people will buy the Scorpio just for that. But i want Bloodbourne! Or something from From, hell, call it Bleedbirth. Just get an exclusive that isn’t Halo or Forza
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Oh man, this was great. “A Super Nintendo Mini that will have 5 copies made” had me in stitches. Too true and I won’t be surprised at all when it inevitably happens! At this point it’s too widely known – any “mini” will be sold out immediately as scumbag scalpers buy up all the stock and resell them for 50x the price, while Nintendo makes it even harder to produce Switches or Minis while in competition with Apple resources.
I don’t follow Sony or MS because in my opinion they are completely out of touch with the modern consumer. Like the distance between Earth and the Sun out of touch.
I cannot wait for E3 for Switch news but I am expecting to be very disappointed by tons of 3DS-exclusive releases that will never see the light of day on the Switch. New games on old consoles, and then old games from the WiiU re-released for the new console. Like you replied earlier, they didn’t convince me to get a WiiU back when they first released, and they still won’t get me to buy them now even though I already have a Switch.
Just hoping they don’t screw this up…
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To give Nintendo credit they are the only ones who seem to be doing something
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“People only want mobile free to play games now.” – Sony
“People only want to play alone with things strapped to their heads.” – Microsoft
That’s how I see it, anyway.
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“We want people to play our consoles, but we don’t want to make enough consoles.” – Nintendo
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Hah! You got that right!
“We think people will like a mini-NES because of nostalgia.”
Sales explode because of nostalgia.
“We had no idea people would want this.”
Stock drops to zero, prices explode on eBay.
“We’re not making anymore. Good luck, nostalgic people.”
THANKS NINTENDO!
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Word for word how I think that boardroom discussion went.
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I’m done with DLC, ports, remakes, HD, VR, 4K, 3D and everything else that is a chance to HUSTLE me out of my money. Sequels too, with a slim few exceptions.
I’ll read all about it when it’s over. Twitter, YouTube and the bandwagon will run their phony exclusive broadcasts and I will watch NONE of them.
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I’ll have a look next week, certainly not watching it. I really don’t need to hear people woop about a new Call of Duty
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Same, I’ll be browsing articles over the weekend, maybe do an article or two out of boredom. But if it isn’t something to write home about…well you know what I’ll do.
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