This is not a good read, this is yet another failure from an analyst.
These guys are complete morons.
Seriously, the article starts well, you begin to hope they understand, and then it fails miserably.
First, the guy try very hard to make us believe that if the Wii succeeds, that's because "the Wii product line and control system are an evolution of what made the PlayStation 2 so successful in Europe". What BS. The Wii is NOT an evolution of the PS2, the PS3 is. Every anti-Wii fanboys here or elsewhere agree that the Wii DOESN'T have the games that the PS2 had, but PS3 and XB360 have.
The PESWii they talk about, is nothing like the PES on PS2 or PS3. The guy contradicts himself on several topics like this one, throughout his article.
He just can't understand Wii or Nintendo, and can't understand that not "only Sony can be successful", so his article is full of self-contradictory comments and nonsense.
The proof is everywhere : everything is rationalised against Sony. Another example : "The Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii are enjoying tremendous success in Europe. In large part this is because Nintendo is following the mass market design philosophy that made Sony Worldwide Studios such a success."
This guy is a complete moron, it's pretty obvious that the Nintendo strategy has nothing to do with the Sony one.
Nintendo keeps talking about disruption, but these guys are so stupid they think it's the same strategy as before. If that were true, Sony would be market leader.
Other quote of the article that is nonsense : "In many ways, Phil Harrison's departure from Sony is symbolic of how the torch in Europe seems to be passing to Nintendo.".
No, sorry, Sony didn't pass any torch to anyone : Nintendo just ran far faster than the others, who thus never had a chance to pass any torch. Notice he implies that Sony called the shot (they passed the torch, Nintendo has nothing to do with its success). Denial yet again.
EDIT : Oh look what I found on NeoGAF, credit for Avrum, and my thought above exactly :
or rather
But wait, as Sony still calls the shot, the Wii will not be as successful as you think, even if now they admit that in the next years, Wii will outpace PS3 and XB360 (no shit? so insightful), still, "This generation is not expected to be a case of one platform dominating like the PS2 did in the last generation. One factor that will increasingly take hold in Europe is what DFC has labeled the second car in the garage.". Can you be more stupid? Especially when you contradict yourself with these gems :
- Consumers will still need to play World of Warcraft, Grand Theft Auto IV, games on the go and so on. No one system satisfies all the diverse tastes in today’s market.
- the PlayStation 2 (PS2) was the leader in all major markets, but in Europe the PS2 had over 80 percent market share among its generation.
So the Wii is an evolution of the PS2 which had 80 percent of Europe market, but "The Wii is forecasted to be the market leader, but with a market share less than 50 percent compared with the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360", even though "Europe is expected to be the fastest growing market and Nintendo’s products are perfectly designed to appeal to European tastes.". Amazing!
There's so much contradiction it makes you spin endlessly. So the Wii is perfectly designed for European tastes (implying not to NA and Japan tastes, or that would mean both PS3 and XB360 would be big losers), but yet people will need to play very successful games that are not on the Wii...
At least he says some few things that make sense, like what I always said and believed : "The Xbox systems have enjoyed much greater success in the U.K. than in continental Europe. In large part this is because the U.K. does not have a strong PC game market like those found in other parts of Europe. However, as in the U.S. and Australia where intense violence is more popular with gamers, U.K. gamers enjoy first-person shooter (FPS) titles and the Xbox 360 is clearly the leader in that category. Unfortunately, outside of the U.K., DFC sees the Xbox 360 continuing to struggle in Europe.".
The only part with which I don't agree, is that the strong PC game market (BS) is part of the reasons of the XBox having more success in UK. This is BS.
