| dallas said: So Pachter thinks that both the 360 and PS3 will be making progress? I really doubt that Pachter thinks that there is room in the market for all 3 consoles....he is just saying positive things about all three consoles and keeping his opinions to himself. This is probably a smart idea.... I mean if he just went out and said that XXXXXX console is going to win it all, b/c I say so, he would look pretty dumb for doing that. |
Except (of course) that Patcher already has made several claims that essentially state "XXXXXX console is going to win it all" ...
Initially Patcher stated in 2004 that the PSP was going to dominate and then in late 2005 he stated that by the end of 2006 the PSP was going to be in the lead; he believed that the PS3 was going to dominate this generation and then he changed his opinion that the PS3 would take the lead later in the generation.
The fact of the matter is that Patcher is strictly a financial analyst and has very little interest in gaming; much like many of the executives at third party publishers he has based his expectations on meaningless things like "Brand Awareness" and doesn't understand that people only care about the right product being offered at the right price. This is (really) no different from any other market, if Apple decided to offer the multi-touch screen on all iPods but this forced every one of their iPods to cost $600+ suddenly the Zune would take off.
