Kotaku: Predictions

Which of the Console Companies will an Apple "Smart Television" Kill?

Joel Johnson — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:20:00 EDT

There's going to be another round of consoles. There's another Xbox coming, another PlayStation. Anything could happen in the next couple of years before they're released. For instance, Apple could start selling "smart televisions". More »

Madden's NFL Predictions — And a Few of Our Own, Vol. 3

Owen Good — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:20:00 EDT

It's an annual tradition for Madden NFL 12 to simulate the upcoming season and offer its predictions of how the football season will unfold. Last year it correctly picked one of the Super Bowl participants—the eventual champion Green Bay Packers. This year, the game calls for a rematch of their title game with the Pittsburgh Steelers. More »

Forbes Predicts the Rise of Apple and Google Gaming and Decline of Sony and Microsoft

Brian Crecente — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 13:00:00 EST

In light of Forbes amazingly perceptive 2000 piece about the computers of 2010, Forbes' Paul Tassi decided to take a stab at predicting what gaming will be like in a decade. More »

MLB 2K10 Says The Giants Win The Pennant — And World Series

Owen Good — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 18:00:00 EDT

Postseason sports means time for sports game developers to predict champions. Going against two heavy favorites in Philadelphia and the New York Yankees, MLB 2K10 says the Giants will win their first World Series since moving to San Francisco in 1958. More »

Madden's NFL Predictions — And A Few Of Our Own

Owen Good — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:20:00 EDT

Madden NFL has an impressive record picking Super Bowl winners; it also takes an annual stab at the much less exact science of predicting the season, which a simulation says ends with Baltimore and Green Bay as conference champions. More »

NCAA 11 Picks Alabama Ohio State for the National Title

Owen Good — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:30:00 EDT

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We know there's a certain level of stagecraft and gimmickry to these sports video games picking winners. That said, EA Sports has correctly predicted the Super Bowl, Stanley Cup, and World Cup champion this year. More »

Mass Effect 2 Predicts Super Bowl Winner — in 2185

Owen Good — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:30:00 EST

No word on how Madden is doing with its predictions 175 years from now, but Mass Effect 2, via Cerberus Daily News, says the New York Giants, with a Krogan quarterback (pictured), beat the Beijing Dragons in Super Bowl CCXIX. More »

2010: Looking Back on Kotaku's Look Ahead

Owen Good — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:00:00 EST

We're 10 days from New Year's but tomorrow is the winter solstice, starting us on another trip around the sun. And a new year that will be full of its own controversies, challenges, triumphs, disappointments and delights in video gaming. More »

Madden Simulates NFL Season; We Offer Predictions, Too

Owen Good — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:00:00 EDT

As it does every year, EA Sports simulated the upcoming football season on Madden NFL 10 and determined that, yes, New England is a great team, and the AFC and NFC West remain as weak as a free casino drink. More »

One Man's VGA Picks

Owen Good — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:35:00 EST

How long until our generation starts a VGA pool, the way Oscar pools are now run? Here are my picks for tonight's honors. Choices that have already been named by rumor are marked. More »

The Ghost of Gaming Future

Maggie Greene — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:30:00 EST

The topic for this month's Blogs of the Roundtable has led to some fantastically diverse answers: "What role will gaming play in your familial relationships in 5 years? 10 years? 20 years?". More »

The Megatrends of Gaming: Multiplayer Gaming

Maggie Greene — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:30:00 EST

We mentioned Pascal Luben's series on the 'megatrends of gaming' back when it kicked off with part one; since then, he's done a second part and is now back with part three. More »

MIGS Keynote: A Broken Business Model

Maggie Greene — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:30:00 EST

The Montreal International Game Summit recently wrapped up, and keynote speaker David Braben of Frontier Development really took the industry to task on everything from the business model (broken!) to retailers (killing longevity of games!) to the 'online myth' of the next gen consoles. He makes some interesting points, though I'm not at all convinced of the veracity of some of them. Here's his take on the retail model: More »

Predictions on the Future of Gaming

Maggie Greene — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:30:00 EDT

Over at the Escapist, they're taking a look at the future of gaming — Hal Halpin, president of the Entertainment Consumers Association, looks at a number of 'maybe, maybe not' predictions with his own take. Ranging from the mundane ('Game prices will go down!') to the political ('Things will get better once gamers become politicians!') to the industry-focused ('Publishing structure is stuck in a rut and won't change!'). It's a fun read with some good points on the present and future directions of the gaming industry. On the publishing structure, Halpin has this to say: More »

Forbes Predicts Future Classics

Mark Wilson — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:00:56 EST

The financial minds at Forbes have taken off their big business hats for a moment to focus on a more pressing topic: classic video games. Which of today's titles will become immortalized in our hearts, marble statue-ized into our next Super Mario Bros 3s that we can't put down a decade later? Well, they've compiled a list of their top ten and it's...actually not that bad. And of course, Mario has made an appearance. More »

Analyst Sees Multimedia Hubs Dominating in 2008

Mark Wilson — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:40:17 EST

Piers Harding-Rolls not only has a name way cooler than yours will ever be. He's also a senior analyst at media (analyst) firm Screen Digest. And he thinks that 2008 will belong to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Now that these multi-media services - online video, IPTV, digital terrestrial TV and PVR functionality - are now available or poised to come on line in different markets, this 'hub' strategy is emerging as a key console battleground for Microsoft and Sony.

Hmm, most people thought the PS3 struggled because it lacked games, not multimedia features. And unless Sony will be bringing that sweet PS3 DVR functionality to the US, there's massive hole in their plan for the time being. As for the 360, aside from DivX, their multimedia functionality has gone quiet as of late. More »

Last Chance to Bet on E3

Brian Crecente — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 11:00:47 EDT

Today's your last chance to bet on E307. So far one of our predictions proved to not only be right, but almost 100 percent spot-on (sorry Mike, you were two weeks off) ... and the show hasn't even started yet. More »

Analyst: No Bully 2

Brian Crecente — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:00:40 EST

Dennis McCauley, over at Game Politics, points us to an analyst report saying that the chances of a Bully sequel are slight to nill. More »

Msoft Ozy's 2007 Predictions

Brian Crecente — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 12:00:10 EST

Ozymandias has put together his game industry predictions for 2007 which, not surprisingly, include some very bad news for Sony. More »

This Day in Gaming, 2007 Predictions

Mark Wilson — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 14:00:23 EST

2007: Two questions for you, dearest readers. More »

Rumor: X06 Announcement Round-Up

Brian Crecente — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:00:05 EDT

NeoSeeker forum member posted up what looks to be predictions for Microsoft's X06 conference coming later this week to Barcelona, Spain. More »

Wired's E3 Predictions

brownlee — Mon, 08 May 2006 13:40:48 EDT

Wired's Game Life blog has posted a list of its E3 predictions up for Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony. What does the hovering corpse-green face of Jombi see in our E3 futures? A highlight from each to wet your whistle, although the link itself holds many more: More »

E3 Predicitons: Nintendo

Brian Ashcraft — Sat, 06 May 2006 13:22:02 EDT

These past couple weeks, Nintendo has already made huge several announcements. With the console named and the DS Lite US release date announced, big N must have something exciting in store for its press conference. Our final team Kotaku E3 Prediction Poll wonders what the hizzy heck that is. More »

E3 Predictions: Sony

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 05 May 2006 16:20:59 EDT

Sony has made lofty claims, regarding the PS3's power. But as jaded gamers start to wake up from the Next-Gen dream, will Sony continue to make these claims? And, if they do, will we buy it? So, here's our next Team Kotaku E3 prediction poll. More »

E3 Predictions: Microsoft

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 04 May 2006 17:23:15 EDT

With E3 minutes away and kicking off next week, it's time to gaze into that crystal ball we like to call Team Kotaku's E3 Predictions. Word around the game console is that Microsoft will unveil more details about Halo 3 to divert attention from Sony and Nintendo. But, what do y'all think? More »

E3 2006 A First Look

Brian Crecente — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:00:33 EST

Game Daily is making some E3 predictions. An article about this year's show walks readers through what the site expects to see at the big show. More »

Game Stock Prices Set to Jump in '06

lsmith — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 15:35:27 EST

The videogame industry as a whole has been a terrible investment for mom and pop investors over the last 20 years, so take the DFC's latest report with a grain of salt. That report focuses on the success of game industry stocks during "last" generation - from PS2 to Xbox 360 - a five-year cycle. The question remains, will 2006 lead to investor anticipation for the new generation only to have things slump again in 2007 - as investors realize it takes time to set up the next generation? Or will investing be smarter this time around? More »

Next-Gen Console Champion? Crown Them in 2007 Says Gates

lsmith — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 17:40:06 EST

Not without calling the Xbox 360, "the hottest product we've ever had," Microsoft headmaster, Bill Gates also said that there wouldn't be a visible winner in the latest iteration of the console wars until 2007. By then we'll all be playing with our Revolutions, PlayStation 3s and the software will hopefully be hitting full stride. I think 2007 is a bit early to dole out the Heavyweight title in next-gen console gaming. More »

Analysts: People Tire of Sequels

lsmith — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 10:40:03 EST

Straight from the mouth of Captain Obvious, it would seem. Next Generation has the latest holiday predictions from analysts Wedbush Morgan Securities, the news is not so festive. "WMS says Xbox 360 shortages, the lack of price cuts on now-generation hardware and consumer indifference to the proliferation of sequels all lead to a cautious outlook." More »