Nintendo admits Wii is close to its ultimate level

[theprof00]

Viper1 said:

theprof00 said:
I just want to point out something very funny.

Nintendo says it's peaked,
and fanboys defend their own opinions.

 

No, Nintendo did not.  That was the authors assertion based on the new revenue, profit and unit sales projection.  Show me in that article anything directly from Nintendo claiming they have peaked.

Since the numbers of sales aren't changing much the author pulls a very bad journalism tactic of inserting a conlusion or outcome based on irrelevant data.  Point is just because this years figures aren't going to go up much doesn't mean 2010 won't - price cuts, new colors, bundles...hard to say.  But it's an illogical conclusion.  Prosecutors try to use the tactic a lot.

 

Here is an example of what I'm saying:

 

Assertion: Tom is a cat.
Assertion: Cats can see in the dark.
Conclusion: Tom can see in the dark.

Unless Tom is blind.

 

By leaving out that key piece of information - Tom being blind - you can state a logical fallacy to unwitting readers.

"Nintendo reported that its profits in 2008 were the strongest on record but said that it would struggle to repeat the performance as sales of its two main consoles — the Wii and the DS — level off and foreign exchange turmoil destroys margins."

sorry, I was basing my ideas off of this quote.

this also from gamasutra:
"However, not all is rosy on the horizon. Nintendo expects sales and profits to level off or even go down in the year ahead, projecting net sales for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2010 to reach ¥1.8 trillion ($18.2 billion, flat), net income of ¥300 billion ($3 billion, an eight percent rise) and operating income of ¥490 billion ( $4.9 billion, a 12 percent decline)."

I don't know if I should say I am sorry or what. I think I'm right. It seems to me that everyone else is saying Nintendo, or the report, is wrong and I don't see any concrete evidence why I should believe them outside of intangible guarantees.