10 Bold Predictions For The New Gaming Generation

10. Sony Launches Its Own Game Pass Service (With Day & Date PC Releases)

One of the gaming industry's most tectonic shifts this past generation has been the surge in video game subscription services, spearheaded by the success of Microsoft's fantastic Xbox Game Pass.

With Game Pass Ultimate allowing subscribers to play all first-party Microsoft games day-and-date, many have been wondering when Sony might implement their own Netflix-style subscription model.

While Sony of course has the cloud gaming service PlayStation Now and recently introduced the PlayStation Plus Collection for PS5 owners, it's all still decidedly "lesser" than what Game Pass offers.

Yet it's tough to imagine Sony resisting refining their own subscription service for the entirety of the new generation.

While it's highly unlikely that Sony will ever allow their new marquee AAA releases to appear on a Game Pass-style service day-and-date, it wouldn't be surprising to see them added after a certain window of time - say, six or 12 months - as something of a compromise.

Sony will take a bigger cue from Microsoft, however, by ramping up their PC support. While we've seen belated PC ports of PS4-exclusive titles like Death Stranding and Horizon Zero Dawn, before the generation's end first-party PS5 games will most likely release on PC the very same day.

These decisions will naturally be warmly embraced by players, and further cement that gamers have more value-rich options at their disposal than ever before.