2007 was a pretty good year for gaming as a whole. The Wii and PlayStation 3 each came into their own, and the Xbox 360 continued to expand its user base. The PC got some AAA titles, and handheld gaming had another set of big games.

It is reasonable to assume that 2008 should be even better. What we want to know is how it will be better. What are your predictions for the gaming industry in 2008? Give us your predictions in the Hot Topic forums thread and you might be here this time next week!

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Last week we asked what object of your affection you pined for this holiday season. No promises that you will get any of it, but here are some of the things you all asked for:

bustin98 wrote: I'm itching to play Mass Effect. But I wouldn't mind a classic controller.

wandering wrote: I don't normally make a Christmas list or tell people what to give me, but this year I decided to make a list. An epic list. A list so large that I could only get a small percentage of the stuff that's on it. Here's an excerpt, featuring all of the gaming-related items:

VIDEO GAME CONTROLLERS:

Wii Classic Controller

Xbox 360 Controller

GameCube wireless WaveBird controller *

Hori Gameboy Player controller*

VIDEO GAME SYSTEMS:

A Super Nintendo Entertainment System*

VIDEO GAMES:

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening*

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

Old Lucas Arts adventure games, like Grim Fandango (I don't own any except Sam and Max Hit the Road and Day of the Tentacle)*

Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations

Namco Museum 50th Anniversary*

Mega Man Anniversary Collection*

Mega Man X Collection*

Midway Arcade Treasures*¶

Midway Arcade Treasures 2*¶

Metroid Prime 2: Echoes*

Ico*

God of War

God of War 2

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask*

Hotel Dusk*

Metroid: Zero Mission*

* hard to find

† expensive

‡ absurdly expensive

¶ can be inexpensive

pSYCO-gAMER321 wrote: I been holding myself off now on getting Shining Force. I always swore that my next paycheck I'll get it, but the recent paycheck I got I spent on a Japanese Wii so I can get Super Smash Bros. Brawl next month. >.<* That being said, haven't bought a VC game since Paper Mario. Oh right, on the question:

Mario plushie. I have 2 yoshi a goombario, luigi... but would be complete with a Mario.

KDR_11k wrote: I'm getting Prime 3 Corruption. The Wii doesn't seem to have much else out right now (yes I have Galaxy already). I was considering Hellgate, Jericho or UT3 for a moment but for the latter two I'm not even sure they run on my PC and Hellgate is on my B-List.

Mr. Jack wrote: Lots of classic games, oh and Nights Journey of Dreams because I love the original. Hard.

Lord_die_seis wrote:Well I know I'm going to get money for my birthday and christmas which is in 2 days so I think I'll get Nights and probably Uncharted I would like to try the 360 Naruto game and Mass Effect but my 360 is getting repaired.

insanelord wrote: Despite the fact that I have a ton of games that I'm nowhere near done with and I don't have the time to play what I currently have, I have Guitar Hero III, Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, Star Trek: Conquest, Geometry Wars: Galaxies (Wii), and Namco Museum DS on my Christmas list. I'm probably the only one complaining about Nintendo and others spreading out their releases throughout the year; I need the downtime to finish everything I already have.

Omegametroid wrote: I am currently working toward 100% item completion in Metroid and I am hoping that Battalion Wars 2 is good, as well as Galaxy, both of which I am getting.

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