2025 promises to be one of the most interesting periods in the gaming industry. It’s no joke, this year we’ll have Nintendo console and most likely release of the whole GTA VI.
But if in one of the previous materials we already discussed what games are expected this year, then today we will discuss According towhich may take place in 2025. And at the end of the year we will definitely note it here to see what ultimately came true.
I warn you in advance: everything written below is nothing more than my personal conclusions made based on an analysis of the processes and what is happening around the gaming industry. I am not an insider, I have no contacts in different studios, and my source is exclusively “trust me bro“, and a little analytics.
But it’s much more interesting this way, isn’t it?
Nintendo Switch 2 doesn’t match the success of the original
A lot is known about the next generation of Switch, even not from the official announcement. Every week, various insiders leak information in batches about what the new Nintendo console will be like. And on paper everything looks really great.
But here’s the thing: It’s not 2017and the market for portable consoles is completely different now, thanks, by the way, to Nintendo itself.
In 2017, the company had no competitors, and the Nintendo Switch itself was an extremely cautious experiment trying to enter both gaming markets. And if everything was fine with consoles for the pocket/backpack in the god-industry, then the segment of stationary consoles was very different from its competitors due to the failure of the Wii U.
The Switch is selling better than the PS 5.
It is impossible not to note the enormous success of the Nintendo Switch. This console, released in the middle of the PlayStation 4 generation, sold better than the market leader. But most importantly, it set a new standard for portable gaming.
I won’t be wrong if I say that many people bought the Switch not for the exclusive games, which are certainly great, but to play big games from other platforms such as The Witcher 3, Doom and others without getting out of bed . or on the road.
It was in the wake of the success of the Nintendo Switch that a new generation of portable solutions came into being, in which there is no division between large and small games. Thanks to Nintendo, there are now enough solutions on the market to launch AAA projects with the connection of stationary consoles.
Again, I won’t be wrong if I say that many gamers left the Switch for the Steam Deck for better quality multiplatforms.
At one time, it became possible to play real “big” games on a portable computer.
And in such a market, where there are a large number of portables on any wallet, Nintendo will accidentally release its new console, where one of the features will be able to run large games on a small screen natively, and not in the cloud.
How this will be interesting to all those who bought such opportunities for the Steam Deck, ASUS ROG Ally, Lenovo Legion, Ayn Odin and a thousand other names of Chinese devices is a very, very rhetorical question.
In turn, Switch 2 will be a hit, and there will be a lot of cool games, especially exclusive ones. Does he whine in such conditions of success with his gigantic sales rate, which has practically not decreased for many years? Most likely not.
Ubisoft is facing a serious reconstruction, possible closure
2024 was one of the easiest years for Ubisoft in terms of reputation and financial impact. We have already talked about this in detail in a separate article on the site. And I’m sure that in 2025 everything will only get worse. And the release (if it happens) of Assasin’s Creed: Shadows will be to blame for everything.
Recently, the long-suffering Ubisoft project again angered gamers from Japan (as if past scandals weren’t enough) and led to discussion in a not entirely positive way. In short, Ubisoft again accuses Japan of disrespect for the project’s new release date.
The game will be released on March 20, 2025, on this day 30 years ago, the Aum Shinrikyo sect staged a massive… Well, you get the idea. This date is a symbolic memory of the terrible tragedy of Japan. True, in 2020 Doom Eternal and Animal Crossing were released on the same day, and for some reason no one complained. But poison AC: Shadows now fashionable.
The most anticipated crossover of 2025
To tell the truth, it is not clear how the French can surprise and return the love of the players. The release of Assassin’s Creed: Shadows will clearly become another reason to quarrel on the Internet and write several articles about how evil gamers are bullying a poor company.
And the success of the game will most likely be decisive for all of Ubisoft. If Assassins doesn’t take off and fails in sales, Ubisoft may well face a wave of reorganizations, as well as closing several internal studios and selling itself to Tencent.
Microsoft will close Ninja Theory. What is recognized will fail
Speaking of the creation and destruction of entire studios. 2024 for Microsoft was a very good year in terms of the quality of games, but in terms of their advertising and profits… Everything is very unclear. The company is in no hurry to share the results in principle.
We still don’t know how much money Game Pass brings in, but we already know what Microsoft can do with seemingly successful projects. They still remember the closing of Tango to this day.
And if you take a closer look at many additional indicators, the conclusion suggests itself that the expensive, long-term construction of Hellblade 2 is most likely, at the very least, a financial failure. Although the game was noted at The Game Awards, most of the players have already forgotten about it, and according to Steam statistics, Senua has not reached the end of the story.
To say that this is sad is to say nothing. Hellblade 2 is a purely original and in many ways complex project, as they say, “not for everyone.” But with what love he worked, how much strength and money was put into him, words cannot express it.
In some places it’s even a pity that the game passed by and was quickly forgotten. And I don’t get the feeling that expectations for Microsoft’s Ninja Theory were much higher and that it might be the studio’s last game.
“I really wanted him to get angry at my performance and I can’t believe it actually happened. You haven’t seen the basic settings yet, you pathetic nonentity” – excellent words from a public developer of computer games, of course.
It’s also likely that it may not be a big success, and Obsidian has admitted that. In the promotional videos, the game looks good – a medium-sized first-person RPG made by a company that knows how to make these RPGs. True, there is already an unpleasant smell of SJW scandal surrounding Avowed, thanks to one trailer in which they noticed the opportunity to choose your character’s pronouns.
Everything would have passed by if Obsidian art director Matt Hansen had not appeared in a scolding, who began to openly insult gamers and boast that when hiring he gives preference to black and LGBT people.
Gamers have already buried the project in absentia, on the Internet they again began to loudly swear at people about SJW, participation in Sweet Baby Inc., random leaders of left-liberal activism, and so on. And Elon Musk even went to complain about Microsoft CEO Hansen.
“Based on the latest news, if you’ve been turned down for a job at Obsidian over the past few years, contact a lawyer—hiring discrimination, especially at Microsoft Studios, could mean you never have to look for a new job again “
It all ended with the fact that even Chris Avellone (the father of the same Fallout, who was recently “cancelled” and persecuted due to unfounded accusations of harassment) joined in the abuse and demanded that Obsidian be taken to court.
The game ended up getting buried in absentia, and it’s entirely possible that it actually fails then and Obsidian will either be shut down or it will cause submissions to take place again.
GTA VI will be postponed
Well, perhaps the most important event in the industry will be the transfer of GTA VI to 2026. By the way, if you look at it from the side of game developers, this event is very good. The fact is that many games are planned for 2025 without a specific release date, especially if we are talking about the autumn period.
It’s commonplace that publishers and developers are afraid to name dates, and then it turns out that their project arises between Call of Duty and GTA VI. A release at this time can be compared to a motorcycle.
For players, this event is rather disappointing for a number of reasons:
FirstlyWe’ve been waiting for another year for a new GTA, but we’ve been waiting for 12 years already.
SecondlyWe don’t see what kind of fight will unfold at The Game Awards 2025.
ThirdlyPC players will have to wait even longer, because for now GTA VI is still billed as a limited-time console exclusive.
Why did I even decide that the game would be postponed? There is information circulating online that Rockstar wants to avoid reworking in studios as much as possible, as was the case during the development of GTA V and RDR 2, but at the same time, part 6 is huge, to say the least. the biggest in the series at the moment, again according to rumors.
The situation with RDR2 is visible. Rockstar literally does nothing to stop her look. Let me also remind you that GTA VI has only one trailer and nothing more.
The logical conclusion follows – the game has been pushed back to 2026. It’s also worth recalling that Red Dead Redemption 2 was postponed twice, and was originally planned to be released back in 2017, but do you remember the scale of development of details in it?
In any case, I am sure that in any case we will get a complex and large project that may turn the page in history, both in the gaming industry in general and in open worlds in games in particular.
And this is only the most important prediction
2025 will be one of the most eventful years of this decade. In addition to the arguments above, it is quite possible to imagine that a new portable from Xbox will be announced this year, and that Sony will show a line of the latest PS5 exclusives. Let’s not forget that we are slowly moving towards the end of the current console generation.
It is quite obvious that with the release of the 50-series video card, all developers are beginning to place even greater emphasis on the formation of this frame parameter and image upscaling, and I am really interested to see how the Xbox Series S will behave in conditions.
By the way, the following outcome is quite likely: GTA VI will still be released in the fall of 2025, but because of it, at least Death Stranding 2, a couple of Sony games, Metal Gear Solid Delta and something else will be postponed.
But these are just guesses. The main thing is not to deprive yourself of such a pleasant feeling, the expectation of good and interesting news. It seems to me that living with him is much easier.
It is with this thought that I voice you. Have a good day!
Source: Iphones RU

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