link : http://www.gadgehit.com/2011/09/18/pachter-the-wii-u-is-not-a-new-console-its-wii-hd/

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Michael Pachter of Wedbush Securities famously predicted that Nintendo would release a Wii HD in the fall of 2010. Now with the imminent release of the Wii U, Pachter has stated that the new console is nothing more than Wii HD. Pachter even predicted the console to be coming as early as 2009, and said that it would even have the capability to rival PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 graphics.

“We expect Nintendo to sustain their competitive advantage by introducing a high definition version of the Wii, perhaps as early as the end of 2010, in order to convert its large installed base into true ‘next-generation’ households.”

Since then of course, Nintendo has officially announced the Wii U as the Wii’s successor, but Michael Pachter has  recently stated that the console is not new:

“The Wii U is not a new console, it’s Wii HD.”

The analyst has been very vocal in recent months stating that Nintendo waited too long to release this console, and they have now begun to lose market share to Xbox 360′s Kinect and Sony’s PlayStation Move, both of which provide similar experiences, but much more advanced graphics."

Where is his "off" button?
And please, please, don't put it in places that I'd have to buy him dinner and absinthe to reach.

Wow :S

He called it a long time ago!!!

Nintendo just delayed the release in order to develop the tablet in order to differentiate it from other consoles.

Could this guy get any more idiotic?
He needs to just admit he was wrong and shut up.
I suppose by his logic the PS3 is a PS2 HD?

Seeing as it still uses wiimotes and wii accessories hes pretty much right.

go away, Pachter, we got sick of your crap years ago, we're sick of it now

And it still plays Wii games.

Perhaps there are more FACTS to support this thesis.

It plays Mario games (like the Wii), Zelda games (like the Wii), perhaps every Ninty game that is developed for the console, uhh. AND in the name "Wii U" the name "Wii" is used, omg!!!

W T F

IMO, A Wii HD is a Wii with the same hardware with the sole exception to display Wii-games in HD. That's not the case for Wii-U.

--> WiiHD =/= WiiU (even ignoring the tablet controller)

So Patcher is just patching his 2009 prediction to be correct, what an idiot!

So what? Xbox 360 is Xbox HD , and PS3 is PS2 HD.
the console itself don't matter its the games on it that do.

well you must think about this like pachter. he predicted a wii hd(one that can play 360/ps3 multiplats) and although i havent seen footage to judge the wii u can do that, so it is a wii hd by pachter logic, and yes thier is the controller, but one of the thing that controller does is it facilitates playing those 360/ps3 multiplats.