In responce to the "worst prediction ever" thread... The "worst predictions ever" are not made by Joe Shmoe in an internet forum somewhere... Its worse when a person is a professional market analyst who has spent months compiling data and written a hundred page report and comes up with predictions like this:
http://forum.pcvsconsole.com/viewthread.php?tid=16280
^^^This thread logs tons of professional analyst predictions for next-gen hardware sales, dating back to at least July 2005. Reports that old can't be expected to be accurate, but to see just how bad the predictions remain after everything that has unfolded over the past 2 years... Its kind of shocking...
Analysts are bad at their job.
"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.
