Playstation family predictions for 2009

[AranhaHunter]

Since it's a Playstation board, let's keep it to Playstation predictions only.

PS3
- $100 price drop by September '09 on all SKUs, either all at once or 2 $50 price drops, one to coincide with Killzone 2/Yakuza 3 release and the other in the fall for the holiday shopping season
- No Slim, but there will be rumors of that coming in '10
- PS2 BC through software emulation will still be asked for by millions of fans, Sony might start doing that on a per game basis, but fans still won't be happy
- EyePet will be bundled with The Eye and will be released by Fall '09.
- Big push for Eye Toy Kinetic PS3 to compete with Wii Fit
- All our fears come true and Sony will try to emulate the Wii with a new line of Eye Toy games that will make heavy use of The Eye but won't require it, it'll however require the new breakway controller and it'll be bundled with that controller by Fall '09.
- FFXIII makes it out in Japan in Dec '09
- Dead Rising on PSN, Dead Rising 2 announced
- Gran Turismo 5 out in Fall '09 in Japan and Europe, US gets the shaft
- God of War 3 out in the US in Fall '09, Europe and Japan get the shaft
- Tales of Vesperia port on the PS3 probably by Summer but no later than Fall.
- Star Ocean IV by Fall or at least announced
- Mass Effect 2 is announced multiplatform, ME1 port possible
- Epic will tease Gears on PS3, but that will only be to get bigger moneyhats from Microsoft

PSP
- Price drop to $150 in the fall on the Core, $179 on the bundle
- Some features added will be the ability to go to HOME and trophy support. Only the most successful games will see a patch.
- Not a lot of new games announced except for those from Japanese companies and SCE
- PSP 4000 in the Fall with a decent camera and cool voice support programs
- Monster Hunter 3G Portable announced and probably released by Fall 09 in Japan
- Dragon Quest spin off where you play online with friends announced
- White Knight Chronicles Portable

PS2
- Price drop to $99 in the fall on the core, $129 for the Singstar and the family bundles
- The manufacturing in Brazil and producing PS2s in S. America will prove very successful. 1st party games that will succeed, should they choose to distribute them there, will be the big blockbusters (Gran Turismo, God of War) as well as Buzz and Singstar.
- Only new releases will be the MP sports games and

MISCELLANEOUS
- Sony buys one or two close developers, people will scream doom and gloom because of the financial instability right now
- PSN Music Store launches by Summer at least in the US, but probably WW
- PSN Video Store launches in EU and Canada (I think it has already launched in Japan )
- HOME is actually a financial success for Sony and grows