PS4 Less Powerful Than The Nintendo WiiU? Dream On, Says Shuhei Yoshida

[richardhutnik]

Turkish said:

richardhutnik said:

What is a tactical forecaster?  I tried to google that and anything from predicting sales to Gundam came up.

Thing is, that is very possible the next Playstation model won't be the PS4.  The PS Vita was not the PSP 2.  And XBox 2 didn't exist, it became the XBox 360.  And then Nintendo threw me for a loop by actually having Wii as part of the next system they were releasing.  They never did that with a home console, that they kept the name of the system (well there is NES, SNES but they moved beyond that).

But hey, if you get paid for it, more power to you.  Just learn from Pachter than you can be horrendously wrong in predicting, but still get work.  Just find people with money that are really clueless and speak basic facts about what is, and get them to give you money.

hehehehe indeed its from Gundam, I love that show! I dont wanna become a forecaster or analyst, i'm predicting because its fun! If it was my job I would not enjoy it lol.

Wow, of all the things I would of NOT thought you would of got it from, that is the one.

Anyhow, remember, to do forecasting, you don't have to be any good.  You just need to marginally more than the people with money, and spin a good game.  Just go in a place where people are desperate and sell your snake oil.  Get a sample size large enough you are guaranteed testimonials, and have a good salesman's face and pitch, and away you go.  That is how Pachter does it.  No one really expects you to accurately get anything.

Look at all the areas where they sell a decent number of books.  That is in the self-help area.  Look at all the areas where they have them, and see places with high degrees of failure: weight loss, relationships, money (get rich), find happiness, find the meaning of life, philosophy/politics, etc...  All of these are places where everyone fails to a large degree.  All you have to do is be entertaining and engaging, and away you go.