Michael Pachter: "Switch is tracking to sell 13 million this year"

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Hiku said:

curl-6 said:

Did some digging and here are some other gems of wisdom from Pachter:

- PS3/360/Wii will be the last console generation

- Red Dead Redemption won't have mass appeal and won't become a blockbuster franchise

- GTA5 to launch in 2010

- Wii motion controls won't be accepted by the community and consequently Nintendo will exit the hardware business

- Kinect will be $50 (It was three times that)

- Nintendo will make a mid-gen Wii HD

A+

curl-6 said:

Eh, the way I see it, Wii U doesn't have that much in common with the Wii besides the branding really.

Wii was a easy-to-understand, accessible blue ocean console that removed barriers to entry for gaming, Wii U was a confusing, user-unfriendly red ocean console that added barriers to entry.

From what I hear, in terms of the processor, Wii is basically an overclocked Gamecube. While WiiU uses a tri-core Wii processor.
https://youtu.be/RVoyvfVITOA?t=882

So that may be the similarities he was referring to.

It's one of them:

1. The processor is the same tech (PowerPC 4xx from 1998 just like the Gamecube and Wii), just with a higher clock speed and tripled the cores.
2. Ati GPU in all those models
3. Can use all the peripherals of the Wii out of the box
4. can play all the games of the Wii
5. The console even looks similar, especially from the front; Wii U case is basically just a streched Wii case with rounded edges. 

From a technical point of view, the Wii U is indeed just a Wii HD with a Gamepad controller slapped on top. From a marketing point of view, it's the successor of the Wii.