Why is GAF treating Pachters Wii U prediction like its real sales data?

[JGarret]

If Pachter is off by 100K, it´ll still be less than the Gamecube in November 2005...at that point, the GC was in its 4th year, while the Wii U is still only a year old and on the back of Mario 3D World.

Hoping Pachter is off by like, 300 K.