He sounds somewhat bitter when it comes to Nintendo and the Wii.  He seems really peeved that Nintendo made him look pretty bad with the whole WiiHD he's been advocating for.

Glad I'm not the only one getting that vibe from his words.

Landguy, while true it's also so obvious that it's painful.   He may as well say that Nintendo probably shouldn't liquidate all assets and begin selling yard gnomes.  While at the same time, the notions he was alluding to to begin with are ridiculous. 

Wii HD was and always will be a bad idea.... extra manufacturing costs, extra development costs, no real benefit to Nintendo, potential to destroy the Wii's momentum. These are the reason Nintendo never released a Wii HD.

Also 2011 is obviously the worst time to release Wii 2, because 3DS is being released -- Nintendo is going to be focusing most their resources on the 3DS, especially since handhelds are so profitable for them.

What are you talking about?  He's already got the Wii HD he asked for...

Doesn't matter if Nintendo listens to him. Mutual funds, Goldman Sachs, and other big names on Wall Street listen to Pachter because he may be wrong on his game to game predictions, but he has kept his job because he is damn good at forecasting which videogame companies will have up or down years.

So long as he has Wall Street waiting to hear, he will continue spouting. Regardless of whether we as individual forum goes like him or hate him, Pachter has the ears of who really matters. Those who really matter are the hedge funds, mutual funds, big time investors (Carl Icahn and his ilk), and investment banks.

Pachter can't stop Nintendo from selling consoles, but he can make Wall Street think twice when the decision comes down to recommend purchasing Nintnedo stock. This is all that matters.

Really? I believe he was wrong on that before the gen started as well, few times he was right on that matter simply because he was stating the obvious.

The whole point of analyst to make his predictions is to manipulate public and, more importantly, investors' opinion, it's not his job to inform anyone. That's why there're lawsuits over lawsuits against credit rating agencies, as if no one wasn't aware before that ratings were shamelessly overrated. Insiders just were ok with the fact that analysts were spewing BS for the sake of them.

I can't help but notice that what this Pachter character does (run his mouth) is exactly what we do on this site all day long; the difference, mind you, is that he actually manages to earn a paycheck for doing so! Hmmm... Maybe we're the ones who ought to feel bitter!

Well having sold over 84 million units the only way it can go from now on is down every year. I do not expect the Wii to sell more than last year. 18 million max for this year

again?