It’s the most wonderful time of the year for gamers! Yes, that magical season when Reggie Fils-Aime comes down your chimney and… shows you boring charts. At least that’s how it went last year for Nintendo. Reggie’s also been known to kick ass and take names every now and then. We can all pray that they won’t let another pathetic Cammie Dunaway speech be the center of the presentation, but you never know…
So, we present to you our predictions for the E3 Press Conferences in 2009. They are ordered by company and then by likelihood, but everything should be clear when you read it. For convenience’s sake, the times of the E3 conferences are posted above.
Miyamoto’s Predictions
Sir Shiggy’s Predictions
Bananabread’s Predictions
CanadianJak0’s Predictions
Nintendo
Absolutely certain to very certain (1:1 – 4:1)
- Miyamoto will appear even though not officially listed (1:1)
- References made to panning of last year’s conference (3:1)
- More casual gamer/utility titles! (1:1)
- More DSiware support/titles (1:1)
- Reggie still kicks ass even though he’s the chart guy now (2:1)
- Pikmin 3 formally announced with teaser (2:1)
- NA release dates for Pokemon Gold/Silver remakes (2:1)
- “I like puppies”-like inane talk from Cammie Dunaway (2:1)
- Turtles Smash Up playable (1:1)
- New Wii Zelda shown (4:1)
Mostly to Mildly plausible (5:1 – 50:1)
- VC for DSi with GameBoy/GBA games, possibly sold in packs (5:1)
- Wii price drop (5:1)
- New big Zelda/Mario in trailer form (10:1)
- Nintendo shows more of Wii MotionPlus (10:1)
Pie-in-the-sky (60:1 – 10000000:1)
- New F-Zero (please, please, please!) (250:1)
- New Wii Kirby game (65:1)
- New Starfox title for Wii (85:1)
- Mario of War the first M rated Mario game ever is announced (100,000,000:1)
Microsoft
Absolutely certain to very certain (1:1 – 4:1)
- Celebrity appearances of some kind (1:1)
- ZuneHD info and integration into Xbox Live (1:1)
- More Alan Wake touting, getting old (2:1)
- More exclusive/timed exclusive games announced (2:1)
- Pretending that somehow in some month 360 sold more than Wii (2:1)
- Alan Wake shown (1:1)
- Playable Halo ODST (1:1)
- More HD Netflix (1:1)
- Massive Splinter Cell Conviction Rollout (2:1)
Mostly to Mildly plausible (5:1 – 50:1)
- ZuneHD as a serious gaming platform (40:1)
- Motion-control device for 360 (25:1)
Pie-in-the-sky (60:1 – 10000000:1)
- Crackdown 2 footage, release date (80:1)
Sony
Absolutely certain to very certain (1:1 – 4:1)
- Pretending that they’re doing well and liking sales figures (1:1)
- More talk about Prototype (1:1)
- Either more LBP DLC or a sequel/other game from Media Molecule (2:1)
- More talk of how well the PS2 sold a decade ago (2:1)
- Touting the couple of months where PS3 outsold Wii, in that month (1:1)
- Hard Rain preview (1:1)
- Solid NA release date for Final Fantasy XIII/Versus (3:1)
- Kojima’s New Metal Gear unveiled (1:1)
- PSP Go! unveiled (4:1)
- Price drop for PS3 (2:1)
- God of War 3 playable (4:1)
Mostly to Mildly plausible (5:1 – 50:1)
- Next in-between PSP model (DSi-style), not called Go! (10:1)
- Rumoured slim PS3 announced, cuts features for size and price (15:1)
- If slim PS3 is announced, it will be cheaper than current PS3s (40:1)
Pie-in-the-sky (60:1 – 10000000:1)
- Announcement that they’re backing out of the console race and being absorbed by Microsoft to take out Nintendo (10000000:1)
- God of War 3 has a playable demo (10,000:1)
- Gran Turismo 5 trailer or gameplay shown (10,000:1)
