I predict there will be games released, games announced, and games showcased. Game Pass announcements, and acquisition news.
couldn’t be more wrong on any of that smh
Good predictions so far. I will just add a few.
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If MS can supply enough consoles the big sports games will come to Gamepass earlier. Not Day 1 but like mid November I think this is the best move to get people into the Xbox ecosystem. Sports games and FPS games are like the superhero movies of the cinema. Those are the blockbusters and I believe locking those down and making Xbox/ Gamepass the best ecosystem to play those games is super important.
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$250 Series S and $450 Series X. MS is going to be aggressive
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2nd half 2022 will be stacked again and MS will do another 6 major games in 6 months on Gamepass. AoE4 console edition, Redfall, Forza Motorsport, Starfield, Plague Tale sequel. That is only 5 I dont know what the 6th game will be. Probably Company of Heroes 3 because of that Sega/MS alliance
Damn, and I tired to not be controversial.
2022 for Japanese games on Xbox.
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AI: The Somnium Files Nirvana initiative will launch day 1 on gamepass.
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Persona will finally come to Xbox
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Final Fantasy 7 Remake will finally come to Xbox via gamepass
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Street Fighter 6 will be announced as multi-platform, coming to Xbox
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Tekken 8 will be announced as PlayStation exclusive (this pains me)
No acquistions
Xbox will reveal a new Fallout is in the works.
Things
IF
Personal Bet in 2022:
I will overreact about something, say something rediculous and @Doncabesa will send me on a little vacation.
MS will finally make another acquisition(s)
Streaming stick and TV app will finally release
If its bad enough you may end up there forever
And deprive XboxERA their daily dose of Prog?
When Prog doesn’t post, the people notice.
Let us help you out…
My Predictions Are:
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Xbox will make a major acquisition. It’ll be just this one and maybe one “smaller” announcement (something akin to a publisher and a separate studio).
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We’ll have Perfect Dark and Hellblade gameplay at TGA 2022.
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We’ll finally get Compulsion, Roundhouse, and at least two global publishing projects revealed. inXile’s will be left in the dark for now. Josh Sawyer’s project at Obsidian will also be shown.
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A major Japanese franchise will be allying with Game Pass in a similar fashion to what Yakuza did in 2020.
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With the positive buzz from this last year’s Xbox TGS, this next year will have even more announcements. Not a lot more, but a few. Might see something akin to Danganronpa, Nonary, Stein’s;Gate, Phoenix Wright, etc join the platform and launch on Game Pass similar to what happened with AI: The Somnium Files. (this may tie in with prediction 4)
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Starfield will be a critical darling (90+), Redfall will review well but not crazy (80s), Deathloop will have a solid port, Ghostwire Tokyo will have mixed reviews (70s), Crossfire X will be mixed to negative (50-60s, Forza Motorsport will rate highly (80s), As Dusk Falls will rate high (80s)
And that’s it for now. Can’t wait to be wrong!
Note: Scorings are based off Metacritic.