Prediction made by a microsoft worker who pretend to be fair!

The original PSP (with memory stick) will be discontinued, and replaced by a new model with an integrated hard drive. The new model will enable connectivity to the Playstation store via internet connection, and allow you to purchase and download both emulated PS1 and native PSP games directly. Over time (meaning not in 2007), it will also allow you to purchase music and movies from the Sony store.
The Playstation 3 will have an effective price drop of at least $100 by Thanksgiving 2007. By effective, I mean that it’s also possible that the price will remain the same, but at least $100 of value will be added to the bundle.
Nintendo will release their own Live Arcade service for the Wii. Specifically, this means Nintendo will enable third-party developers to create, distribute, and sell casual games for the Wii and DS through a new Wii channel.
The Nintendo DS will continue to outsell the PSP in 2007. It will also enable DS<->Wii wireless connectivity, enabling cross-platform gaming scenarios and the purchase of Nintendo DS casual games. It will not enable the download and purchase of full retail games for the DS, however.
Apple will expand their gaming efforts significantly. The most likely scenario is investment in iPod and the (soon to be announced) iPhone devices to enable a common game development platform for developers to target. This platform will include WiFi wireless connectivity, user accounts and presence, and the ability to trial and buy content from a games channel in the iTunes store. Apple will not enter the gaming market with a home console of their own.
HD-DVD will begin to pull ahead of Blu-Ray in the high-definition DVD format war. This will be measurable by number of DVDs available for either format on Amazon, and total player sales (including the Xbox 360’s HD-DVD add-on and the Playstation 3’s internal Blu-Ray drive).
By the end of 2007, total lifetime unit sell-through of home consoles will be led by the Xbox 360, followed by Nintendo’s Wii, with the Playstation 3 third. This order will also be true of units sold-through solely in 2007 (ie, not lifetime sales).
Google will show significant public interest in the gaming sector for the first time, including interest in acquisitions to bolster their Ad-sense business. The most likely target will be IGA Worldwide (to combat Microsoft’s acquisition of Massive). If unsuccessful, Google will seek to acquire one of the larger game publishers on the market to gain a foothold in the in-game advertising market. Likely targets include Electronic Arts (though it would be extremely expensive), Activision, or THQ.


http://ozymandias.com/archive/2007/01/01/2007-Game-Industry-Predictions-_2600_-Prognostications.aspx

hahahahaha

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

Actually, all of that sounds rather reasonable, what specifically do you find funny about that?

I dont want to celebrate, I want to sell you hate.

thought so myself, it' s a well put conclusion.. and i' d say pretty fair.

NiGHTS into Dreamcast

wait, whats the joke? am i missing something here? let us in on it Quez

because he thinks sony will lose in everything,

Blue-ray will win 2007 because of the ps3.
Its obvious.

However not every future owner is gonna buy a freaking hd-dvd wheb they dont have to.

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

Google won' t aquire a gaming publisher, that' s just stupid.

Blue Ray = Next UMD.

It' s not gonna be that.
Not many people will get a HD-DVD,while they be forced to get a BD via ps3,and its not like those eople will also buy a HD-DVD later.

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

You think the PSP will ever beat the DS? Doubtfull, especially after the Pokemon game drops in America and every 8-12yr old buys one. Will PS3 " win" ? Im not sure, but I know in my area they are already readily available at the large retailers (Target, Wal Mart, EB) and theyre sitting there. With it being this close to launch and under a million sold that shouldnt be happening, but I guess its still too early to tell.

As for HD-DVD vs BluRay, let me explain something to your small mind Quez. Wal Mart is now carrying an HD-DVD player for about $200. Its over. PS3, 360, its all irrelevant. What matters are PCs and what the mainstream(think moms and grandparents) buy. And where does the mainstream shop in America? Why, that would be Wal Mart.

Advice for you Quez, dont spout bullshit in favor of Sony to make it seem like youre objective, you just come off as ignorant.

I dont want to celebrate, I want to sell you hate.

I already said i hated sony you dumbshit.

doesnt mean i dont belvie they will win this console war and the next dvd format.

I been saying that from the start.
Some people here are truly dumb.

Has nothing with me trying to sound objective.

MS and their Nintendo alliance is getting embarsing,fuck Nintendo.
Fuck their Ds and their kiddie wii.

Its retarded,its a diffrent way to play games with.

I hope DS lose the war also.
Tired of low graphic and as a excuse " innovation" .

It' s not,they have diffrent ways of playing their games.

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

Adam, can you change Quezcatols level to ' Cheesy Poof' please?

Just stfu majik,who are you like then?
Gangsta wannabe pimp? take more pics of yourself and upload that instead.

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

I recall my previous statements of calling Quez a MS fanboy.

It seems he is just very opiniated and stands by them, which is better than being a onesided prick who doesnt think things through like a lot of guys on the forums.

I really cant say what will win, personally I hope its blu-ray, not because its sony, but because its a superior format. The movies/games cost the same but hold nearly twice as much dual layered. If it was MS using Blu-ray and Sony using HD-DVD then I would still support Blu-ray because I could give a shit about brand, but I do care about whats a better product.

One thing though, in response to " immortaldanmx" you are right about maintstream america largely deciding what wins, and this is why I fear blu-ray may not come out on top, BUT let me say this. Disney has just put its support behind blu-ray, and along with the other big movie companies supporting it, blu-ray will have a lot of titles coming out. And for your comment " mainstream(think moms and grandparents)" who buys Disney? Moms and Grandparents.

Also, they just came out with PC drives that write Blu-ray, but can read HD-DVD' s, which to me gives me no reason to buy HD-DVD atm.

And when there are poor sales for the BluRay movies and Disney sees a signifigant installed HD-DVD base they wouldnt release on both, would they.

Sigh, some people dont get how the world works.

I dont want to celebrate, I want to sell you hate.

Ummm, not to be taking up for anybody, but what did quez do to deserve this kind of treatment? I dont think hes said anything at all bi est in this forum

EDIT: my bad i put forum instead of thread

By the end of 2007, total lifetime unit sell-through of home consoles will be led by the Xbox 360, followed by Nintendo’s Wii, with the Playstation 3 third.

ARe you kidding me??

Wii in less than a month AND with shortages has already sold 45% of how many 360s are out there..

The sale of Halo 3 and GTA will no doubt help shift 360s.. but at the rate Wii is going and once it it freely available it wont be long before Wii says ' Goodbye' and overtakes..

Ill say by Summer time Wii will start leaving the rest behind.

Its retarded,its a different way to play games with.

I hope DS lose the war also.
Tired of low graphic and as a excuse " innovation" .

It' s not,they have diffrent ways of playing their games.

Also This is the type of gamer the evil M$ has created, the ones who are now not a ashamed to call themselves graphics whores.. (even tho you' ll actually find better graphics elsewhere than 360, but still)

People really have forgotten that if M$ ever got their way.. Gaming as we know it would be FUKKKKed....

And supposedly ' Gamers' going against a Nintendo product for a M$ one are too.

FLAME FLAME FLAME <NO CONTRIBUITION> FLAME FLAME FLAME....there :)

PS3 will probably win after a while but Nintendo will be throttling First place after a year. Blu-ray will fail, HD-DVD has more footing right now.

" What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people and loving things."
~ Unknown ~

I think eddie needs to bring the flame war thread back

Sigh, some people dont get how the world works.

Sigh, some people are such blatant fanboys.

The sale of Halo 3 and GTA will no doubt help shift 360s.. but at the rate Wii is going and once it it freely available it wont be long before Wii says ' Goodbye' and overtakes..

Ill say by Summer time Wii will start leaving the rest behind.

That may be true, but will the Wii' s be sold to traditional gamers, the new demographic Nintendo has tapped, or does it matter?

Sigh, some people are such blatant fanboys.

Saying HDDVD will win has nothing to do with being a fanboy, it has to do with logic and numbers. When Americans go to the store to get a new player, are they buying the $200 for an HDDVD player or $600 for a BluRay player when the experience is very similar?

I dont want to celebrate, I want to sell you hate.

I think eddie needs to bring the flame war thread back

I would, but I' m pretty sure Adam locked it. Seriously guys, stay on topic, talking bout formats & stuff. I haven' t really made my ideas clear on this one, so here' s the way I see it.

Blu-Ray will not tank like Betamax, Mini-CD, UMD, & Their recent blue-laser archival format. (which most people don' t know about) For a few reasons. One:


Blu-Ray=Sony WRONG!!!

Blu-Ray =
Apple
Dell
HP
Hitachi
LG
Mitsubishi Electric
Panasonic
Pioneer
Philips
Samsung
Sharp
Sony
Sun Microsystems
TDK
Thomson
Twentieth Century Fox
Walt Disney
Warner Bros.

Do your homework people! Blu-Ray isn' t sony proprietary, it' s being, and has been developed my multiple companies, whereas UMD & the like were all in-house endeavors.

The second reason why I belive Blu-Ray will suceed is the fact that there' s one in a PS3. People will buy PS3s eventually, more than those who will buy HD movie players for sure. That' s going to be a huge contributing factor if Sony can get off their arse sometime this year.

The blu ray / HD DVD war will be won and lost by the film studios, much like the VHS / Beta wars in the late 70' s early 80' s (Man were those betamax recorders big buggers.) The film studios all went for the cheaper and to some extent the poorer quality medium.
It is obvious that M$ are fully 100% behind HD which could mean a worrying push towards one medium in the PC world. Hypothetically M$ could force all PC manufacturers to install an HD DVD drive into all machines as Windows Vista or Windows future will only work on this media. Restrictive practices I hear you say but wait M$ have been fighting law suits for almost 10 years now with the whole interweb exploder being the only compatible web browser then the media player issue.
Consoles I think will not be so much of a worry as either medium is not being used in actual gaming terms, AT THE MOMENT.

Going back to the business of the PSP being revamped, I look at mine on my desk and think maybe I should have waited for a DS lite, then I remember I like nice graphics so, maybe I should have both, I cannot see Sony producing another handheld for sometime until the PS3 debacle has died down, I think it might be commercial suicide to do so. However the spec that was mention by Mr Q at the begining isn' t that much from the truth and has been mooted for sometime as an improvement, although a lot of people will scream about backward compatibility of UMD games, that we will have to think on.