To answer the OP. Why wouldn't they? People make insane predictions that make absolutely no sense and whenever it's pointed out to them just how wrong they were, they either :
a) never admit that they're wrong and even claim that their prediction was correct as "x console still sold low" (though actually double than what they said) ,
b) deflect the question ("this was not my point", "this is not what we're talking about here").
Why be sane when you can be insane without any consequences? They can doom the console out of jealousy and when it starts doing better, they move to another target (usually an underperforming part of the company they can attack). Hence remarks such as "yeah ps4 is doing well but what about vita? What about the rest of the company?". "Yeah 3ds is doing well, but what about wiiu?", "Yeah xbone is (still) one of the fastest selling consoles ever, but look at their history. Let's not forget (the very relevant fact) that MS is greedy". It comes from all fanbases and it's sad.
I mean we have people actually wishing a company goes bankrupt and millions of people to lose their jobs and possibly have their lives ruined just so they can spite the fans of the company? How utterly inhumane is that?
