1)
Expect Microsoft
to reveal the online counter to PlayStation Plus
It’s
hardly a strange thing to predict as this has pretty much been the non-existent
portion of the Microsoft reveals so far. The company keep pumping us with
details of the Xbox One’s online features but they haven’t explained, yet,
whether this will require paid subscription or what different features will
require different licenses.
The
online features expected and announced already will be pricey ventures for the
American powerhouse and you can expect these to be subsidised by your monthly
membership feet.
2)
Super Smash Bros.
Wii U / 3DS
The
next really obvious inclusion is the Super Smash Bros announcement from
Nintendo. The Big N need to hit the ground running this year and what better
way than by bringing forward the project that the fans really want? – None I hear
you say!
Smash
Bros is a franchise that most games (casual or hardcore) have grown to love and
is one of their in-house titles that could sell a whole console. Put that
together with the fact that a new Zelda is still a long way off on the Wii U
and you’ve found what may compete with the next generation of consoles from
Microsoft and Sony.
3)
The PlayStation
Vita will get a price drop and be announced as a PS4 companion
Sony
are fully expected to announce a price drop on the Vita to get the handheld
market share that they really wanted, especially if this comes in the Autumn
for the Christmas present season. The Vita hasn’t been as strong as Sony may
have originally have wanted but the quality games are started to spill through
and getting people involved on the platform will put the consumer-base firmly
in the court.
This
leads me into the fact the you can expect the Vita to be tied to the PS4 in one
way or other – perhaps as a second screen like the Wii U has done with their
tablet controller.
4)
Halo 5 will be
announced (and most probably as a Day 1 release)
In
the history of Microsoft consoles their day one game schedule has been poor and
as the industry develops in different ways expect the developer to go with a
AAA exclusive title off the bat. 343 don’t seem to have been doing anything new
and we know that Halo 5 is scheduled to be released on the Xbox One so what
better way to get people excited on their new console than announcing this at
E3- over 4 months in advance to get
people’s excitement levels up.
5)
Pricing of the
new consoles
Wild
speculation has hit the new for the pricing models of both the PlayStation 4
and the Xbox One. Most people believe that the Xbox One will be the more expensive
option since we will all be given the Kinect hardware at the same time but I’m
not so sure. Sony won’t be throwing their console in at a high price and
Microsoft need to follow suit. Both companies will be looking at their options
and the views of their competitors so expect the pricing announcements today.
Seeing
as this is a US event I’ll go for the dollar options (as the UK prices never reflect
a standard like-for-like):
Xbox
One $499.99 (£399.99)
PlayStation
4 $449.99 (£399.99)
What
do you expect to see at the show – sound off below…..
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