Prediction: Wii U will sell under 40 million units

[Zod95]

Teeqoz said:

Of course his statement is correct. I didn't say it was wrong. Just that it's a useless prediction. It's like if I were to say "I predict that Pokemon Sun/Moon will sell about 0 units"

 

People would call me out on such a silly prediction, but if I wanted to, I could say something like this: "Hah, I was right. Rounding down to the closest billion, we end up with 0".

I mean, I'd still be correct. But I'd understand why people would call me out regardless, because it's a stupid statement.

No, you wouldn't. You'd only be correct if you said it would sell about 0 billion units.

Moreover, pleople use "more than" or "less than" when they're sure about the lower / upper limit (respectively) but they're unsure about the other limit. It's totally legitimate. When many people were saying WiiU would sell 100M, 150M, 200M, to claim it wouldn't sell more than 40M was not stupid / useless at all. On the contrary, it was a bold statement that clearly marked a line of thought.