Never Tell Me The Odds: Our E3 Predictions

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We're less than a week away from E3 2007, with Microsoft's press conference scheduled to start the festivities formally on Tuesday July 10 at 8:30 PM PDT. Sony and Nintendo reveal their secrets the following morning with further announcements spread out through the week. With E307 a vastly different affair from the show's previous incarnation as an orgy of sights, sounds, smells and off-duty strippers, the all-new, all-business E3 is expected to have an understated showing. But that doesn't mean Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo and a host of third parties won't be bringing their big guns.
Our predictions—some lofty, some pure fantasy, some grounded in rumor and reality—are after the jump.
Each of the editors thought long and as hard as their individual brains are capable of, tapping their predictive mental prowess, buffing their crystal balls, shaking their magic eightballs and calling upon their video game business savvy to provide an early outlook on next week's announcements. In alphabetical order:
BRIAN ASHCRAFT
  • Nintendo will show off its peripheral storage device. (2:1)
  • Reggie will unveil his new catch phrase. (10:1)
  • Sony will show off a new PSP redesign. The new portable will be called the PSSP (PlayStation Slim Portable). (2:1)
  • Microsoft will announce Metal Gear Solid 4 for the Xbox 360. Peter Moore will sport a MGS4 tattoo on his forehead. His wife will divorce him. (5:1)
BRIAN CRECENTE
SCEA
  • A PSP online game and media store are detailed, perhaps launched. (5:1)
  • PLAYSTATION 3 gets a price drop. (2:1)
  • Additional Home details announced. (2:1)
  • Killzone 2 will be playable. (2:1)
  • Quantic Dream's PS3 exclusive game details are revealed. (2:1)
  • Full SOCOM 4 is announced. (10:1)
  • New game from Fumito Ueda revealed. (20:1)
  • Metal Gear Solid 4 will be playable. (10:1)
Microsoft
  • Big XBLA announcement. (2:1)
  • Xbox 360 gets a price drop. (4:1)
  • Xbox branded portable is announced. (20:1)
  • More Zune functionality added to Xbox 360. (5:1)
  • More GTA IV details revealed. (2:1)
  • Live Anywhere shown off. (3:1)
  • Peter Jackson game details announced. (8:1)
Nintendo
  • Wii with DVD playability announced. (5:1)
  • Mario Kart for Wii announced. (4:1)
  • Super Smash Bros. Brawl details and dated. (2:1)
  • New Nintendo DS redesign. (20:1)
  • TGS showing by Nintendo announcement. (4:1)
  • WiiWare games announced. (2:1)
MIKE FAHEY
  • Once again, Aztecs will be completely overlooked as a major villain grouping for a video game. (2:1)
  • A World War II shooter will be shown. (1:1)
  • A SEGA rep will finally crack, tearfully admitting that the real Sonic the Hedgehog was killed in 1999, replaced by Bubsy the Bobcat with hair extensions. (100:1)
  • Someone is gonna get shown some Pokemans, bitches. (1:1)
  • Reggie, Peter, and Phil...did somebody say group hug? (1000000:1)
MICHAEL MCWHERTOR
  • Konami finally gets around to announcing GuitarFreaks and DrumMania for North America. (5:1)
  • Sega announces Sega Vintage Collection for Xbox Live Arcade. (2:1)
  • PLAYSTATION 3 $100 price cut announced, goes into effect the following week. (4:1)
  • First Steven Spielberg/EA co-developed game for Wii revealed. (2:1)
  • New Wii channel shown. (10:1)
  • SIXAXIS with rumble announced. (3:1)
  • Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games added to Virtual Console. (10:1)
  • Capcom finally shows off Lost Planet Colonies for Xbox 360, PC and PLAYSTATION 3. (2:1)
  • Tecmo shows Ninja Gaiden 2 for Xbox 360 and Dead Or Alive for PS3. (5:1)
  • Nintendo announces new Wii game starring Wario. (10:1)
  • PlayStation Store redesign shown. (10:1)
  • Peter Moore eschews tattoos for tasteful body jewelry sporting an MGS 4 dog tag. (500:1)
LUKE PLUNKETT
  • Home is shown again, and announced as being delayed until 08. (10:1)
  • PLAYSTATION 3 gets a price-cut. (3:1)
  • Mario Kart Wii is revealed, with silly Wii Remote control scheme that has a lot of people concerned. (2:1)
  • Nintendo shows off games that actually make proper use of Wii/DS interconnectivity. The world holds its collective breath for Pictionary. (5:1)
  • Dead Rising 2 blows our collective socks off (Yes, we must see socks ejected from feet without voluntarily removal.—Ed.). (500:1)
MARK WILSON
  • Nintendo will unveil its expanded DS to Wii connectivity, assembling its two monster systems with Voltron domination. Miis will fit in your pocket. (4:1)
  • Sony will attempt to completely rebrand the system from PS3 to the Sony Home System, focusing on streaming video and other PSHom3 media sharing. (100:1)
  • Perrin Kaplan and Matt Casamassina will kiss for the first time (in public) on stage at Nintendo's press conference. They will use tongue. (1000000:1)
  • Microsoft announces Zune 2. (50:1)
In the next hour, we'll be opening up the betting pool for predictions in a follow up post, so start reading over our best guesses, compare them to our odds and get ready to participate in the E3 2007 Kotaku Fantasy Betting Pool. Oh, and make sure you read the rules!
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