Originally, this was going to go up tomorrow, with my game of the show going up today, but I decided I needed a little more time with the game of the show, so I’m swapping things around. Anyways, I was so, so off with all of my predictions this year. But hey, that’s the fun of it all, and I was delightfully wrong in many cases.
Microsoft
Gears of War HD Collection will definitely show up, given all the leaks, but they’ll announce a new, formal Gears game for Xbox One as well. Nothing more than a title card though.
Kinda Right!
Okay so first off, I had a misunderstanding of what the Gears of War re-release was meant to be. I thought it was a remake of the entire series, but it was just the first game. It doesn’t make much sense to me, but whatever. I’ll give myself half credit for that one. They did announce the new Gears game, but showed off a decent sized demo.
Halo, Halo, Halo.
Right!
Well duh, but I wasn’t expecting to be as into it as I was.
Rumors are circulating around a new title being announced by Platinum, it’d fit good in the Microsoft presser.
Wrong!
The Platinum game was a Transformers game, and didn’t even show up at a conference.
With Windows 10 coming, Microsoft will find a way to work it in with the Xbox crowd, in a cool, but useless way.
Wrong!
I honestly can’t remember. If they mentioned it, it wasn’t a big enough deal for me to remember, evidently.
I’ve somewhat distanced myself from Microsoft in the last few years, if you couldn’t tell by my “predictions.” Their conferences have been flat and they really have nothing to show for it. They have the most to gain in their presser, so I’m looking forward to it.
So?
They gained a lot from me. I was very impressed and it was a great conference. Much better than their previous years.
Sony
THE LAST GUARDIAN.
But no seriously, this is the year, right? Last year there was a ton going on involving the game, with someone stating it was dead, then Shu stating it wasn’t, right before E3. I could see that encouraging Sony to throw something out there to show it’s alive and well, especially since nobody expects it again and it’d shock the world. Nevermind, I changed my mind, it will never happen.
Right and Wrong!
I really did expect it to happen for a little while prior to the show, but then I realized how ridiculous that was, so I decided it wasn’t going to happen. It happened!
Titanfall 2 will be announced on the Sony stage. It won’t be exclusive, but Sony will be making a statement by revealing it to the world on their stage.
Wrong!
Respawn wasn’t even presenting anything at E3 this year, I’m positive it’s still coming though.
Sony dropping the Vita to a ridiculous price and committing to marketing it as a PS4 accessory.
Wrong!
The Vita was mentioned once by name in the entire conference and it wasn’t for a price drop.
PS Now catalogue expanding to Playstation 2 titles.
Wrong!
PS Now was not mentioned at all. Thankfully for Sony, any type of PS Now announcement that wasn’t “It’s free!” would have looked really bad following up Microsoft’s backwards compatibility bombshell.
PS4 system update that includes access to PS Classics. Chalk this one up as wishful thinking, more than a prediction. It was a bummer discovering the PS4 didn’t have access to the classics. With the announcement during the Playstation Experience that a new version of FFVII is coming to the PS4 with trophies, it makes it seem like the originals won’t be making the leap unless they receive this sort of special treatment.
Wrong!
No mention to an update at all, but hey I mentioned FFVII right here. I feel like that gives me some points for foreshadowing.
I expect Sony to keep applying the pressure they have been in previous years at E3. I’m afraid their movie studio will play a larger role this year with the upcoming Ratchet and Clank movie.
So?
I don’t know if I’d call it applying pressure, they didn’t announce much of anything for this year. Great announcements overall though, and a great conference. No mention of movies or poor Ratchet and Clank.
Nintendo
They’ll give us an actual name for the new Zelda and a lengthy demo. Just to assure us things aren’t burning down since they had to delay it.
Wrong!
There was a single mention of it and that was it.
Ditto for Star Fox, but the big reveal will be that it releases this holiday. Please have a good online component.
Right! But I’ve got some bad news…
Star Fox headlined the conference, but about that online component…
Pokemon Wii U. Okay, maybe just a new one for 3DS.
Wrong!
Not a mention of Pokemon in this conference.
An all new, original Mario game. Mario was completely absent from Nintendo’s event last year, so he’ll return in big fashion this year.
Right!
I guess I forgot about Super Mario Maker. They celebrated the 30th anniversary of Mario, so I’d say he returned “in big fashion.”
More Xenoblade, please!
Right!
There was a bit of Xenoblade and it made me want it even more.
It’s really difficult to predict what Nintendo will show, given that they have made such a big deal out of their random Nintendo Direct shows. Nintendo doesn’t really need E3 to announce things at this point.
So?
I don’t think anyone could have predicted this show. It had a strange amount of third party stuff shown. Hopefully a few Nintendo Direct Shows can make up for their showing this year.
Other
As soon as I saw the Fallout 4 trailer I felt that it had to come out this year. Now there are tons of rumors and retailers leaking that it is indeed due out this year, so I expect that to be a huge announcement.
Right!
I actually predicted a November 28th release. November 10th was the announced date, so I wasn’t too far off.
Star Wars Battlefront and/or Rainbow Six Siege will get alpha/beta demos soon, maybe exclusive to one of the consoles.
Wrong!
Microsoft announced Xbox One users will get early access to a beta for The Division, close but no cigar. I believe they said the demos will start in August or September, which isn’t really what I meant by “soon.”
The Division gameplay featuring actors.
Right!
Ubisoft is so attached to their “let’s listen to these players communicate in-game the way nobody ever communicates in game chat” ideas.
Release dates for Mirror’s Edge and Kingdom Hearts.
Right and Wrong!
February 23rd for Mirror’s Edge Catalyst and nothing on Kingdom Hearts III.
Valve will show off their home stuff.
Wrong!
The whole PC show was a nice try but a joke. Maybe it’ll be worth something next year.
Well there’s always next time. Half-Life 3, Star Wars 1313 and Mother 3 announcement next year at the Sony conference, calling it now. They just didn’t have time for them this go-round.
Stay tuned for my E3 2015 Game of the Show post tomorrow!