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Give us your 3 gaming PREDICTIONS for 2026.

1. Console hardware prices will increase
2. Adoption of Steam OS by Windows PC gamers triples
3. Xbox announces their exit from the hardware console business and announces plans for Xbox app to be compatible with the Steam Machine
 
Aion002 said:
Bloodborne Remake will be announced and will be released in 2026, it will include some extra content and a rework of the chalice dungeons.

Teaser of Bloodborne 2 at TGA.

Nightreign will get Bloodborne inspired dlc.
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Bloodborne was peak, the only actual good game they released after Demon Souls. Everything else sucks. Of course we will get more slop like dusk and elden ring.
 
1. More and more developers are gonna to market their games to the straight male. I'm not sure about Japanese Developers but more Western Developers will start to say outright that their female characters are aimed at The Male Gaze. Sex Sells but at the same time, I think it's too late to course correct due to them dragging their feet for the past 10 to 15 years. That audience moved on to stuff like Gacha that gives them what they want

2. Monolithsoft reveals their next game. I'm hoping for at least two games, a new Xenoblade Game, and a new JRPG IP from them

3. Console prices will increase and as a result the Big Three will have a harder time selling their consoles due to the price
 
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Games:
1. GTA 6 will be delayed into 2027
2. CoD 2026 will be best selling game (depends on GTA6 delay)
3. Some unknown indy game will win a bunch of awards (not GOTY)

Hardware
1. MS will announce and show new Xbox
2. Switch 2 will be hacked
3. All 3 major hardware will go up in price

Random:
1. AI AI AI
2. Square Enix will be sold
3. Bungie will become a support studio
 
Poppinfresh said:
I'm hoping for a sequel to Xenoblade X, personally.
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Yeah I hope so too, I was able to play the game this year and I LOVED it. I just wonder if they are gonna to be able top the OST of the first one. They really cooked with that especially

It's tied with Kai No Kiseki Farewell O Zemeria as my GOTY

Poppinfresh said:
PS6 is going to be late 2028 or early 2029 at the earliest.
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That's too early, it should be at least 2035 at least

Poppinfresh said:
I think the Steam Machine will release on time
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I'm interested in getting one but if the rumors about the price are true than I would rather wait another five years to build a new PC than buy a Steam Machine
 
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt said:
2. Monolithsoft reveals their next game. I'm hoping for at least two games, a new Xenoblade Game, and a new JRPG IP from them
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Or a mainline Zelda game:

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1. We will get a trailer and release date for Final Fantasy VII Part 3 and it'll be called Reunion.

2. We will get an announcement for a new Tales game by the end of 2026.

3. No Half Life 3.
 
Poppinfresh said:
The Halo remake will bomb, because of lack of multiplayer.

Multiplayer, first local and then via Xbox Live, is what made Halo into a blockbuster game. Remove that and the single-player campaign alone isn't enough to carry the game.
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Agreed but its a relic at this point games have moved on. MP or not the game will be irrelevant.
 
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  • $399 becomes the standard Switch 2 price
  • Steam Machine and Frames sell out immediately and remain backordered the entire year
  • PCVR has a resurgence
  • GTA 6 releases for $99
  • An AI video game character will blow our minds and show what's possible
  • Druckmann moves on from Naughty Dog (we can dream!)
  • Lower priced game trend continues
 
State of Decay 3 cancelled

Xbox regression in the console market continues as does a lack of scrutiny for its executives in the media

Konami announce a new Castlevania

Capcom announce a new Dead Rising set in Japan

EA sell off some of its IP such as Mirrors Edge and Dead Space

Various UI Themes finally arrive on Switch
 
  • Sony will release a game with a lesbian main character.
  • Slimeball Schreier will write multiple hit pieces about studios making their adult day cares actually work for their $200K+ salaries, and firing the clowns who try to form unions cause they want to fake work from home and make $500k.
  • MS will discontinue one or both Series consoles due to run away DRAM inflation making a 3rd and 4th price hike a comically ridiculous endeavor. If it prolongs and worsens as expected, they'll likely use the DRAM apocalypse as the excuse to exit hardware entirely (canceling all next-gen and future products).

AndrewRyan said:
  • $399 becomes the standard Switch 2 price
  • Steam Machine and Frames sell out immediately and remain backordered the entire year
  • PCVR has a resurgence
  • GTA 6 releases for $99
  • An AI video game character will blow our minds and show what's possible
  • Druckmann moves on from Naughty Dog (we can dream!)
  • Lower priced game trend continues
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That describes every piece of hardware they've ever released cause they woefully under produce by default, and with the expected scary high prices, they will undoubtedly further under produce into the earth's core.
 
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Marvel Tokon will finally reveal a new character.

Crimson Desert will get at least a 90 score on Metacritic.

Final Fantasy VII part 3 will be shown and talked about.

DRAMs will be worth more than gold in the retail market.
 
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Slay the Spire 2 consumes another 500+ hours of my life as number 1 did

Fatekeeper is as a good as the trailers look

Steam Machine is a hit, but has a huge wait-list due to memory shortages
 
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  • Half-Life 3 Announced & Releases with Steam Machine but it won't be Spring anymore due to RAM pricing/issues
  • Capcom Announces RE: Zero or RE: Code Veronica Remake for 2027
  • Sony finally showcases Intergalactic with a 2027 release window
 
Linux will reach 4% by end of 2026

Big merger for financially challenged companies - maybe UBI Soft

Persona 6 announcement
 
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  • Next Gen consoles delayed due to Ram shortage... until the buble breaks.
  • All console game prices and subscription increase again.
  • More people jump to Steam.
 
  • Half-Life 3, in some capacity, is officially acknowledged by Valve.
  • Squadron 42 does not hit its 2026 release date and is postponed indefinitely or given a more specific release date sometime in mid-late 2027.
  • Fable is cancelled.


* Bonus - Little Devil Inside briefly appears from its opaque development to let everybody know it is still alive.
 
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1. GTA6 is merely decent
2. Microsoft withdraws from the hardware race
3. Sony finds receipts for ten million more ps2's after the Switch passes the 160m mark.
 
1.Switch 2 goes up in price as soon as current stock ends.
2.Sony publishes gaas turds to nobody's surprise.
3.Mario Galaxy Movie doesn't reach 1B global box Office.
 
1. Steam Machine will be priced too high to compete with consoles, but priced more aggressively than other PCs with the same inflated cost due to RAM/SSDs. Will be Steam Deck levels of success of a few milion.
2. GPU/RAM/SSD pricing will start to go back down by the end of the year, but be bad for most of 2026, and at least one console maker will raise costs.
3. Half-Life 3 will come out with the Steam Machine or later in the year.
 
1. AI will start to become normalized within game development so get used to it I suppose.

2. GTA 6 will not be worth the countless years of waiting and numerous delays.

3. New 3D Mario game (more of an open world game) will be announced.
 
What I can say for sure is that Marathon will be one of the worst games of the year and a real blow to Hermen Hulst and PlayStation. 😎
 
Steam Machines do very well.
Grand Theft Auto VI will indeed release on November 19th, 2026
Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 3 will be announced in late January to early February celebrating the release of Rebirth.
 
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