So What Exactly do These People get Paid for?

[SpaceJase]

Industry analyists - clearly a complete waste of money:

http://forum.pcvsconsole.com/viewthread.php?tid=16280 

(nicked the link off another thread)

Surely these guys can never be taken seriously again... or do they just re-invent themselves so they can talk crap for every generation of videogames?