| Sullla said: Wow. I'm stunned here. Stunned by the TOTAL HYPOCRISY of this Screen Digest Group. "We don't know what's going to happen yet", blah blah blah. Oh really? Then why did you tell us what was going to happen back in February! Through 2010, Screen Digest has PS3 in first and Wii in a distant third. These market share predictions were extracted from a graph, since the exact numbers are not in the Gamasutra article. The Japanese market prediction seems strange, but we'll see what happens. Check the link out right here: http://forum.pcvsconsole.com/viewthread.php?tid=16280&page=3 (post #28). Apparently it was OK to project the console race back then - with the Wii DEAD LAST in every region! - and now that the former projection has proved laughably wrong, it's "too early to make predictions." That's some gutless, yellow-bellied, cowardice and hypocrisy right there. Be a man and admit that you were wrong. They still can't accept that the Wii is going to be the worldwide leader in sales, either. Why is this so hard to admit? It's led in sales (overwhelmingly!) in every region in every month this year, with the one exception of the PS3 launch. Heck, it's actually led in every WEEK this year in every region! Jon Lucas may be crazy, but he's got the general idea right here. Maybe someday the "analysts" will get out of denial and see it too. |
It's not that easy ...
These analysts make money by predicting the market and selling their predictions. The fact that his prediction is laughable wrong is his problem because he will be unable to sell future predictions to people if they think that they can be this far off. He's not saying "the race is too early to tell" he is saying "give my prediction a chance" because he's afraid that no one will pay him again.
