Sean Malstrom. Genius in action.

John Lucas

I described the actions as such as a gross simplification to distinguish the responses. It was easier to write a line, rather than 30 to detail which parts of the market each were going for. The areas I indicated were centres of weight to their strategies, which of course encoumpasses wider elements of the market.

Part 1/2 were never challenged, what I was saying was that Sony was mounting their challenge to part 3, Nintendo moving upwards. I was also saying that Microsoft was not challenging M+ directly, they were challenging Nintendos initial market.

One thing, if you look at many of his articles preceeding the Wii launch and after the Wii launch, the guy has been spot on in his predictions. In what way has this guy been wrong, thus far? Ok, some people feel he's a dick, hell maybe he is, maybe he isn't; so? He was one who said Wii should have a 2d mario bros like the DS has and wham, here it is.

I'm glad he provides an alternative to the constant bitching of the journalists about the Wii, and really he is not into the fanboy stuff, he is looking at things purely fro the business perspective and is a student of disruption as explained by Christensen.

I think the real reason Malstrom is a "Asshole Nintendo Fanboy" is because he's right. Because him being right is bad for Sony and Microsoft in the game industry. Because him being right is bad for elitist pricks who bash Nintendo...

I doubt the programming libraries between the Wii and the PS3 are all that similar, that they can just be moved without any cost, remember their hardware architecture and the game engines used by developers are very different, and for those who own the HD twins but not the Wii, graphics are very important, so game porting will require satisfactory graphics to warrant sales.

Also Montana, Malstrom may be arrogant, but he's been right as far as the Wii and gaming industry are concerned so far, that's why he gets posted, people like Bruceongames, have been wrong consistently, and as a result are not posted

This is what I read.

Blah Blah Blah, wii destroys all other gaming. Blah Blah Blah. You traditional gamer tears tastes sweat to my tongue. Blah Blah Blah.

Doesn't change the fact that most wii games are made worse because of motion control.

Another article from a complete jackass.

After the same shtick about hardcore gamers for the umpteenth time, I'm a bit sick of it.

Avinish: I agree with him on a lot of things. He has a great grasp of the industry, but as you stated, he's arrogant. Incredibly. And it's why I'm sick of seeing his articles.

Liquidninja: As condescending as Malstrom, I see, without the substance.

You don't think it has anything to do with him making articles like this where he just bashes people, or how amazingly biased he sounded when he made an article on the MS conference?  He may be right, but the reasons he is thought of as an asshole is completely different.  Also, calling everyone who doesn't like him an elitist prick is annoying. 

Where we differ, I think, is that I don't see how Sony/MS can stop nintendo from moving up. Devs care only about profits and as Wii's marketshare grows so will Wii's control over larger core IPs. That has been demonstrated over and over again by history.

Your right, MS is definitely trying to capture that expanded market. Natal is not aimed for core games, but for Wii Sports/Fit, etc. But, that ship has sailed and MS didn't catch it.

@Torillian
I didn't call every one who doesn't like him a elitist prick.

@MontanaHatchet

Simply saying I'm condescending doesn't prove me wrong does it? Yeah, I admit I can be abit of a Smart*** sometimes but hey WELCOME TO THE INTERNET!!

You guy's are doing it again you try to discredit Malstrom but almost never what he's saying.

And you know what? Maybe he is wrong but at least I can see those are his real thoughts and not something he heard from someone else and blindly agrees with or something he was paid to say. I can tell he's genuinely interested in the truth and doesn't ignore it because it means he's wrong.