Jason Schreier released his video games industry predictions for 2025, including the end of console exclusives, GTA 6 being delayed to 2026, and Silksong finally releasing.

Obviously, take it all with a grain of salt:

"Last year Square Enix Holdings Co., the Japanese gaming giant, released the role-playing game Final Fantasy VII Rebirth exclusively for Sony’s PlayStation 5. It may be one of the last third-party exclusives we ever see. The company has since promised to “aggressively pursue” a multi-platform strategy, with Rebirth hitting PCs later this month and more ports likely to follow. Even the console makers, Sony Group Corp. and Microsoft Corp., are releasing their games on rival platforms — the previously PlayStation-exclusive Spider-Man 2 is coming to PCs, following many of Sony’s other games, while Xbox’s recently released Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is also arriving on PlayStation 5."

"Exclusive math just doesn’t make sense anymore. Games cost too much to make, the console audience isn’t growing fast enough and skipping Steam means missing out on a massive chunk of the market. This year, I think we’ll see Xbox go completely multi-platform and PlayStation get closer and closer. The only exception may be Nintendo — and we’ll just have to see how much longer that lasts."

"Publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. has said that the most-anticipated game of all time is on track for a fall 2025 release. But companies say a lot of things. The next Grand Theft Auto is a huge and ambitious game, the pressure to make it great is inordinate and developer Rockstar Games has vowed to avoid forcing excessive overtime during the final months of development. I expect that it will slip to 2026."

"If you follow the video-game industry but haven’t heard of Silksong, you will this year. Announced in 2019, the much-anticipated sequel to the indie gem Hollow Knight has become a running gag in some circles after failing to materialize over the last few years, generating nearly as much hype as some of its big-budget contemporaries. I predict that it will finally come out this year — and it will sell millions of copies."