1. Duke Nukum Forever will remain Vapourware despite promises of the release next year.
2. Apple will release a widescreen video iPod, a phone handset and announce a successor to the Newton. - The iPhone, which combines all three devices was announced at MacWorld 2007 on 09/01/07.
3. Halo 3 will become the best selling Xbox 360 game ever, boosting sales of the console to 12 million. Gears of War 2 will narrowly surpass it in terms of quality and playability.
4. Every single major gaming convention will be called ‘E3’s replacement’ by the gaming press.
5. Vista will be as buggy as Windows 95/98/2000/ME/XP. People will still be using XP in 2010 rather then upgrading.
6. The DS will remain at the top of the Japanese sales charts.
7. Despite Sony reducing the price of the PS3, the PS2, Xbox 360 and Wii will still outsell it.
8. Sony will have a better year as far as free publicity goes, however people will still remember the Rootkit scandal and the exploding batteries. Ken Kutaragi will remain a jackass.
9. Command & Conquer 3 will be one of the worst games in the franchise. Fans will still buy it.
10. EA Games will continue to feast on the souls of gamers, releasing several sports games which are exactly the same as previous versions, a number of overpriced add-ons and several WWII shooters. They will buy 5 other publishing houses/developers, one of which will be a major one.
11. Microsoft will announced IE8. People will continue to use FireFox.
Biggest Rumour of 2007: Tie between seeing Master Chief’s face in Halo 3 and the iPhone rumours.
[Thanks to Matt from WP Admin for suggesting doing a 2007 Predictions post.]
