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TheShape31 on 24 February 2012

I feel dumber for having listened to what Pachter said.



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NintendoPie on 24 February 2012
Euphoria14 said:
If Pachter says it, that means the opposite will happen...

Great, another Nintendo dominated gen early on.

Great! Pachter keep saying bad things about Nintendo! ^o^



Ail on 24 February 2012
binary solo said:
4GB HDD? O_o Surely he means 400GB.

I think he's right that $600 for the nextbox would be bad for MS. It was bad for Sony and Sony was riding a wave with a much higher creast than MS has this gen. $499 for Nextbox and PS4 I think. Will be interesting to see them go head to head on price from the start of next gen. I just hope our dollar stays highg so that $499 doesn't translate to $1000 for us. At the moment $499= approx $700 (then there's sales taxes on top of course), which is a much more attractive launch price point.

If Wii U is basically similar tech to PS360 with a tablet controller then $249 sounds about right, and it sounds like a marketable price. Not sure if $349 is marketable, so will be interesting to see what happens.


Yeah 4GB seems a tad too small.

Minimum should be 400-500Gb imo....( 400Gb cost 60$ or less at retailers these days...)



PS3-Xbox360 gap : 1.5 millions and going up in PS3 favor !

PS3-Wii gap : 20 millions and going down !

happydolphin on 24 February 2012
binary solo said:

If Wii U is basically similar tech to PS360 with a tablet controller then $249 sounds about right, and it sounds like a marketable price. Not sure if $349 is marketable, so will be interesting to see what happens.

There is no if... In all probability (important factor when making an analyst's prediction), 95% probabilty, the WiiU will have next gen capabilities, technical features the PS4 and nextbox will also offer, aside dedicated hardware (like the touch controller).



NintendoPie on 24 February 2012
happydolphin said:
binary solo said:

If Wii U is basically similar tech to PS360 with a tablet controller then $249 sounds about right, and it sounds like a marketable price. Not sure if $349 is marketable, so will be interesting to see what happens.

There is no if... In all probability (important factor when making an analyst's prediction), 95% probabilty, the WiiU will have next gen capabilities, technical features the PS4 and nextbox will also offer, aside dedicated hardware (like the touch controller).

Afterall Nintendo did say that it was more powerful than both. They haven't given out specifics though.



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sethnintendo on 24 February 2012

I love seeing bs statements like basically similar tech compared to the PS3/360. Do you guys have your head in your ass? Stop saying such bs statements. You want me to talk shit about your systems/companies? At least I can list legit arguments towards my negativity.



happydolphin on 24 February 2012
NintendoPie said:
happydolphin said:
binary solo said:

If Wii U is basically similar tech to PS360 with a tablet controller then $249 sounds about right, and it sounds like a marketable price. Not sure if $349 is marketable, so will be interesting to see what happens.

There is no if... In all probability (important factor when making an analyst's prediction), 95% probabilty, the WiiU will have next gen capabilities, technical features the PS4 and nextbox will also offer, aside dedicated hardware (like the touch controller).

Afterall Nintendo did say that it was more powerful than both. They haven't given out specifics though.

Fair, rumors are rumors, but compound that to general positive dev feedback (what we hear this far), the only reason one would deny WiiU next-genness is out of bias. I now truly believe Pachter is biased by pitting the WiiU with a last-gen console...

Truth be told



NintendoPie on 24 February 2012
happydolphin said:
NintendoPie said:
happydolphin said:
binary solo said:

If Wii U is basically similar tech to PS360 with a tablet controller then $249 sounds about right, and it sounds like a marketable price. Not sure if $349 is marketable, so will be interesting to see what happens.

There is no if... In all probability (important factor when making an analyst's prediction), 95% probabilty, the WiiU will have next gen capabilities, technical features the PS4 and nextbox will also offer, aside dedicated hardware (like the touch controller).

Afterall Nintendo did say that it was more powerful than both. They haven't given out specifics though.

Fair, rumors are rumors, but compound that to general positive dev feedback (what we hear this far), the only reason one would deny WiiU next-genness is out of bias. I now truly believe Pachter is biased by pitting the WiiU with a last-gen console...

Truth be told

Nintendo right out stated it, it isn't a rumor. It is getting really positive dev feedback though.



HappySqurriel on 24 February 2012

If Michael Pachter was a visionary, and most of his predictions came true, he would/could be a highly paid executive at a large publisher helping them produce a strategy to take advantage of the direction of the market

He's not that accurate though ...

Like analysts of all markets you have to be remarkably skeptical about what Michael Pachter says because, since you're not paying him, what he says is more likely to get you to believe what his client wants you to believe than to express any meaningful information to you.



happydolphin on 24 February 2012
NintendoPie said:
happydolphin said:
NintendoPie said:

Afterall Nintendo did say that it was more powerful than both. They haven't given out specifics though.

Fair, rumors are rumors, but compound that to general positive dev feedback (what we hear this far), the only reason one would deny WiiU next-genness is out of bias. I now truly believe Pachter is biased by pitting the WiiU with a last-gen console...

Truth be told

Nintendo right out stated it, it isn't a rumor. It is getting really positive dev feedback though.

They can always say that, but the question remains: by how much? Plus, you can'talways take PR at face value when there are no specs in tandem to work with.

The rumors I was referring to were rumors about the hardware used in the WiiU's design, to be clear.