I don't know if it will be a killer app.  I know Skype is huge and it is great that the NeXbox is most likkely going to use it.  That is great, however I just don't agree with your point is all.  Majority of the people will not plug their computer into a TV.

Anyways my view on the matter.  It is a nice feature and yes I could see it benifitting MSFT's plans of taking over the living room.  It can allow some neat things to happen like you sitting there watching  the superbowl and then you can say to Kinect "Xbox, skype friend so and so"  Xbox calls him up and bam.  He never had to leave the living room.  Or another feature could be to watch a movie together with somebody across the world.  They already do this on MSN and it wouldnt be doubtful if they do this with Skype as well.  Afterall they are all MSFT products.

Samething was said about the 3DS when it was 4 months & 5 months in its life spam.

I can't think of a financial analyst in any other industry that I've ever followed that seemed to understand less about the markets and products he covers. Patcher seems more like an enthusiast than an investment advisor.

His views on the market and how it might evolve are one thing - after all when 1 of 3 consoles is out and is still in its infancy it's all a guessing game. He is correct with some of Wii U's weaknesses and potential for it to fail (although he seems to overlook some strengths and things it may be able to do well).

Where he really fails is his utter lack of understanding of the economics of the companies he follows. I invest in Nintendo so I'll use them as an example:

1. A few months ago he went on and on about the 3DS price cut and how Nintendo was losing money on every sale. This was despite the fact that about two months earlier in the mid-year financial report Nintendo had reported that the costs were out and that every 3DS sold was now at a profit.

2. He made similar statements about Wii U software attachment rates. I can't be bothered to look for it but I believe he used 1 as the attachment. This was right after their quarterly report which shows it around 3. The amount of software that would have had to be in stores (assuming he was using retail sales) was something like 5 million units which would have been 50% of all software sold. It made 0 sense and was clearly wrong

3. He thinks there is no way Nintendo will turn a profit next year. This is despite the fact that they will come close and may even have turned a profit for FY2012 despite 3DS being sold at a loss for 1/2 a year and launch costs for WiiU. 3DS is likely to sell as much or more hardware this year as last and every sale will be at a profit. It's almost guaranteed to sell more software with a higher installed base and with Pokemon, MH4, AC (US and Europe), and Tomodochi coming out this FY. WiiU may flounder but they will be driving costs out of it to probably get it profitable or nearly so and software sales will go up. Add in the fact that depreciation expenses are going down (they are very high due to a lot of Capital spending for the the 3DS and WiiU) and it's very very unlikely they don't turn a profit. Tack on Japanese financial easing and it could be even better.

I could understand if he just said he's stay away from Nintendo because he thinks they are being poorly managed and investors will get better returns elsewhere. There is a strong case for that as evidenced by Nintendo selling near book value despite the best IP in the business. But to be so clearly wrong about verifiable facts and to constantly do such poor analysis is inexcusable. I'm just amazed anyone would listen to that guy for financial advice.

Actually the Wii U has great 3rd Party support from western developers.

3rd Party Japanese Developers mostly only make games for the 3DS these days, so Sony & MS can't rely on 3rd Party Japanese support anymore, but same goes for Wii U, for Japanese 3rd Party support.

The DS has sold 140 million or higher.

The 3DS is selling much more in its first 2 years then the DS could ever imagine, and we don't even have Animal Crossing & Pokémon 6th Generation & Batman Arkham 3D & etc. yet.

Plus this year (2013) has 65 3D movie premieres in theaters and the 3DS has Glaases-free 3D with a future update to the eShop to download full 3D Movies, and a 3DS XL model.

The 3DS Life time sales will easily be 175 million to 200 million.

Really REALLY think he's just trolling us now.

Does he honestly, truly think Nintendo won't make $$ this year? Pokemon.

Don't forget Bayonetta 2 & Pikmin 3 & Animal Crossing New Leaf in June & Lego City Undercover Prequel in several days (3DS exclusive) & Batman Arkham Origins 2 (only on 3DS with at least 50 million owners by October release & PS Vita with only 5 million or so owners by October) & Project X Zone & Wondeful 101 & Game and Wario & many more.

That means the Wii-U will be fine?

Well, WiiU is not bad, but, that aside, he probably has inside info on the 99 dollars NEXTBOX and all the rest.

The 3ds will not get anywhere near 175m to 200m, 80 - 110 m is a reasonable guess. The DS sold  29.5, 29.0m & 28.0 million in its peak years of 07, 08, & 09 So far the 3ds has sold 13.2m in 2011 and 13.9m in 2012 and even with pokemon the 3ds will likely not break 16m this year. You just have to accept that  3ds sales will never compete with the original ds.