People here who really think they know any more than Pachter are really snobish little freaks.
Hahaha. Pachter only takes his head out of his ass to switch which foot is in his mouth. I put more faith in 50% of these boards than Pachter--yourself included! You did, afterall, pick the Wii to win, as any sensible person would.
The analysts said N64 would win and Saturn come in second, because that was the present order of the industry. They said "Dolphin" would win, Dreamcast would compete, and PS2 would be left in the dust, since they figured PS1 was a fluke and Nin/Sega was still the "natural order" of the industry. They predicted PSP domination, figuring PS domination was the "natural order" of the whole industry. Though DS won, they predicted PS3 domination, because now they figured PS was just the "natural order" of the home console industry. I'm not sure whether analysts will decide Nintendo or Sony is the "natural order" at the start of next gen, and I can't tell you what kind of console each company will make, but I can tell you that what company analysts pick will be unrelated to the kind of console they make.
Anyways, George Harrison from Nintendo has said he thinks this generation will last LONGER than others.
http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=16306
Unless Pachter knows something Harrison doesn't... Uh... Thread over.
"[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.
