Brendan, Rebekah, Chris and James kick off the year with a roundtable discussing our hopes, predictions, expectations and utter pipe dreams for the year ahead.

Following our roundup of analyst predictions for 2020, we offer our own thoughts on what might be the biggest topics and trends of the year -- almost inevitably centring around the arrival of new consoles next Christmas.

We also touch on what Nintendo's plans might be in a year were Sony and Microsoft will likely dominate much of the discussion, how Google Stadia can hope to improve its standing following a shaky launch, whether we'll seen any major developments in the VR space, and the potential (or perhaps lack thereof) for a new disruptive subscription service.

Woven into the conversation are thoughts on some of the biggest games already announced or teased for the year, the ones we're looking forward and how we believe the launch of the next generation might affect them.

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