Pachter: Xbox ONE should have the advantage over the long term.

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efilysp said:

If that's not proof enough that "analyst" is not a real profession, I can't help you.

"Analyst"(s), in al fairness is a real profession. When they are actually doing what they are supposed to be doing. Which is analysing data. The problem is that every single analyst so far seems to have no clue how the gaming industry works, or better yet how the game consumer thinks. And this use some very very very very very strange completely stupid things to explain why they think the numbers will move in one direction as opposed to the other. they are just not in tune with the consumers. Here are some notable examples. All said by "analyst" as to why XBO will beat PS4 before both were released.

• XBO has skype, being able to make calls from your Tv is something that will gamers will be really interested in
• Kinect is a killer app, it will completely revelutionize how gamers interact with their console. Being ablet to turn your console on with your voice will be a game changer.
• Looking from sales of the original kinect, MS can gaurantee sales of at least 10M from kinect fans alone. That wil give them an edge over sony since sony chose not to bundle a camera with the system.
• XBO has an edge over the PS4 because it has a better online service than sony (obviously these guys don't know anything about PS+)