"Expert" Predictions They Wish You Would Forget

[Grampy]

Depending on your point of view, it is either scary or hilarious how clueless some high paid industry “experts” can be. People and developers pay good money for these opinions; which probably explains all lot of what wrong in the industry.I’ve got a couple of great “My God, I wish everyone would forget I ever said this,” that I’m going to post for your entertainment and their embarrassment.Periodically I’ll post more howlers but I hope others will post ones they have found.

______________ BAD ANALYSIS THEATER___________

“The Nintendo Wii is almost a non-factor. It will only have 23.3 million units sold through 2012.”
by Kyle Orland Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com/2006/11/16/analyst-sony-to-win-big-in-long-run/

“I think the Wii bubble is about to burst”
-Steve Kent, Author of ‘Ultimate History of Video Games (early 2007)

 

“Nintendo Revolution to be console winner this generation”
–Gamespot’s 2005 April Fool’s Joke.

And remember this is how they make their livings