They did it before with the PSX, so its at least possible. But actually I don't quite think they would put an expensive technology like the PS3's into another machine when the PS3 itself isn't selling so brilliantly.
That's interesting as I'd have thought the opposite was potentially more plausible as it might generate another revenue string. However, I would also be surprised to see Sony doing anything like that. (One comment cancels out the other lol) I am genuinely interested in what you and S_Blender mentioned.
Hmm, i expect a PS3 price drop, due to the fact that Sony will produce a 45nm processor which means lower manufacturing costs.
I predict that PS4 will be stupidly easy to program for and come with training wheels + nanny for every programmer.
I'm predicting this year we'll get 5 new screenshots of Duke Nukem Forever... I can still hope can't I? =P As a actually feasible prediction. I'm betting we'll get a new Zelda game announced sometime this year, PS3 prices will drop more, and more crappy plastic accessories will come out for the Wii.
You know, I'm beginning to think that Duke Nukem Forever is actually just a social performance by 3D Realms. It's just a test to see how long you can hype something up without actually delivering anything of substance. My predictions for 2009 is that the Wii will continue to release crap games, the PS3's price will drop and sales will increase, and the 360 will continue to flourish.
No price changes for 2009, the game industry is the only one thats not in the red, and it continues to grow beyond expectations. Considering sony is loosing money on most divisions, the idea of making a cheaper PS3 even when demand has been stable is preposterous. About convergence, it depends. A low-powered console mostly for casual gaming like the wii could become a part of most TVs and DVDs, but then again the increasing processing power of those devices coupled with an OS could be a feasible game platform on it's own. But as long as there's enough demand for state-of-the-art games there's gonna be high-spec consoles, and those cant be integrated into common electronics simply because the cost would be too high
I believe that 2009 is going to continue the trend of digital delivery of movies in HD to outpace the acceptance of Blue Ray. Sony took a big gamble on Blue Ray and it will end up being the albatross for the company. The other branches of the company will continue to struggle as the death of the recording industry increases in it's rate. Artists will continue to leave the big record companies and strike out on their own. I feel that 2009 will be a year of Indy development. There will be a bigger market for low budget games that are able to capture the non-traditional market. The struggling economy will create a market for new companies and continue to cause hardship on established companies who are unwilling or unable to change their business model to compete with smaller, younger, and more aggressive companies.
I expect announcements from MS and Nintendo about the next generation of consoles. Not release dates or names but just an announcement that they are in testing. Sony still is trying to hold on to that 10 year plan with the PS3 so nothing will come out of them this year. Atari will announce a Flashback 3 system that plays 2600, 5200, and 7800 carts. Sega will drop yet another franchise that could have made them money if they would just listen to the goddamned fans!!!
I predict that if it turns out to be real OnLive will be the big gaming story of 2009 http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22260
I predict that TEAM ICO's new game will be revealed at TGS in the autumn, not before, and not at E3. I predict that GT5 (full version) will be released in JP and USA in time for X-Mas 2009. I predict that joysticks will remain scarce for the rest of the year. It'll be fun to revisit this thread at the end of the year!
i predict that the ps3 gets hacked and after it does, sony releases new firmware that will instantly null the mod wii2 will also be announced in a while and 360 will continue to struggle with failing hardware
I predict that some pretentious artist will use the red ring of death on 10,000 360's to make some shit sculpture attacking consumerism and the state of the global economy. Wanker.
Honestly I think Sony's big mistake was being so desperate for blu ray to win that they used it as the format for the system so they could also sell it as a blu ray player. Why does every successful game company always screw up really big down the line? Nintendo- started with 64 then gc, luckily wii and ds were successful and saved them. Sega- genesis was a huge sucess, then saturn failed in U.S. europe. Dreamcast while critically successful, but financially a failure and lead to their hardware demise. Question is which pattern is sony following?
The Nintendo Wii will release more games for an older audience perhaps? Playstation 3 will remove Bluray and price drop, even though I think the price for a PS3 isn't to demanding since it comes with free online and it has a good lirbary that isn't acknowledged enough.
I recently read an article where one of those economic analyst type people spouted the same line. The problem with that idea is that all PS3 games (or at least all of the ones I own - about two dozen) are on Blu-Ray discs. Think about it: they'd be releasing a PS3 which can't run PS3 game discs... Although I guess it could work if they made the games available via the PSN, but I can't see them getting away with calling it a PS3.
