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Posted on January 13, 2009 at 10:06 AM.

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I'm going to channel my inner prophet and give you guys some predictions for the next twelve months so you can feel prepared and say "I told you so" to all of your friends when the news finally breaks.

Ready? Here goes:

Either MLB '09: The Show, NBA 2K10 or NHL 10 will be huge disappointments this next year. The solid trio we could count on will be no more after this year.
Both fighting games (UFC and Fight Night) will be contenders for game of the year.
EA and Take Two will BOTH have bids to buy them out this year, one of them will actually do it.
Madden will finally get online franchise and NCAA will get a new feature we've all been clamoring for. In fact, one of these two games will actually be received favorably by the OS crowd this year, even the group that has sworn off EA Football.
The Wii will get several really good sports games this year.
PC Sports Gaming will officially be called a dead platform, despite all of the modding communities keeping titles such as Madden alive (not to mention the text-simmers).
Sports gamers will be very excited by at least one surprise game announcement for this year.

So that's what my crystal ball is telling me. What are you thinking 2009 will bring for sports gamers? Let's see who has some of the best predictions in 12 months!

Comments

# 1 rudyjuly2 @ Jan 13

I think 2009 will be a banner year for the sports gamer. Most improved in 2008 and the expectations are high for 2009.

# 2 SHAKYR @ Jan 13

Fight Night Round 4 will be game of the year followed by UFC, then THQ will announce it's making a boxing game....errr just kidding..

# 3 RaychelSnr @ Jan 13

I think you are right on Rudy. Is there a game no one thinks will be any good next year? (I'm talking games which aren't Live 06/07 bad) Even the worst major sports game of this last year, SCEA's NBA game, should be decent at the very least.

# 4 thudias @ Jan 13

Wow if this came true it would be awesome.

# 5 Acedeck @ Jan 14

"Madden NFL 2010 will be better than NCAA Football 2010. I like the direction this game is headed with Ian and Phil on board. NFL 2K5 will finally be forgotten!"

That made me laugh. While I do like the direction it's going, Madden is still so far behind 2k5 it's incredible.

My predictions:

NHL2k9 will actually fire back at EA, as EA will probably primarily focus on the EASHL online Be A Pro mode, rather than actual gameplay.

Madden will still not offer custom stadium sounds, certainly not in the manner the NFL2k series allowed.

Madden will still not take advantage of their ESPN license, again certainly not in the manner the NFL2k series did it.

Hunting, fishing, and bowling games will continue to suck.

# 6 ronnyballgame @ Jan 14

~UFC will be the game of the year, it will blow FN4 out of the water, and leave EA gasping for air on producing another Fight Night.
~MLB 2K9 will be the sleeper game of the year, no one thinks it will be good, and we will be in store for a nice suprise. Next year will be the year it shows The Show who is boss.
~NCAA and Madden will both be excellent this year, really, I think they actually get it right for both games...
~NHL 10 will continue to be my favorite sports game, because it actually improves drastically year to year