Pachter Time: Wii 2 = Dreamcast ???

[LordTheNightKnight]

BenVTrigger said:

LordTheNightKnight said:

1. He's wrong for assuming the power of the dreamcast had anything to do with its fall. So the comparison, even as it is, is still a fallacy.

2. Funny turnaround. He kept saying that simply a more powerful Wii was vital for Nintendo. Then again, he lied that his WiiHD prediction came true with the Move.

1.  Actually from a tech standpoint the Wii 2 will be just like the Dreamcast was.  Slightly more powerful than the current gen systems but not near as powerful as Xbox 720 or PS4 will be.  He simply uses the Dreamcast comparison saying that if going HD is all the Wii 2 would be it would fail.  And he's 100 percent correct.

2.  Its not a turnaround at all.  He's been saying for about a year now HD wouldn't be enough.  Early on he said they needed the HD more than a revolution, but now he says it will take more than that to stay viable with the competition.  Again, he is 100 percent correct.

Here's a direct quote from him earlier this year on the topic from before the Nintendo HD rumors even started.

 

"Unfortunately I cannot speculate on what a Wii 2 will have. I literally have no information on it, so anything I speculate will surely be wrong.  But I can say this. Nintendo doesn't go with the flow, they never have, and gamers can expect Nintendo to continue to be original and offer up an experience that simply cannot be found or matched on other platforms."

1. I wrote "anything to do with its fall", not about the tech alone. This is from what he said:

"too late to compete with the PlayStation and N64, and not sufficiently advanced to compete with the PS2 and Xbox"

So he's not correct, as his reasoning is faulty.

2. He only changed after the Move was shown, so he could, again, lie that his BS prediction came through in that way. It was clear then that his prediction wasn't goint to honestly come true, so he had to bluff.