We've chimed in on Sony's latest blunder so now it's someone else's turn. Who wants to offer their opinionated projections? Hmm? Oh, it looks like Ben Bajarin of Creative Strategies, Michael Pachter or Wedbush Morgans, and Mike Wolf of ABI Research all have something to say. Of all the things that is said among them, Mr. Pachter's statements are the only ones that are overall Wii-positive."To a limited extent, Microsoft will [benefit]. There aren't very many guys that will buy both a PS3 and a Xbox 360. There are maybe a couple (100,000-200,000) that will get a 360 instead... but a lot of people are going to buy a Wii, and it'll reverse the order of purchasing in Europe, with people getting the Wii first, then the PS3. It benefits Nintendo in the onset... MS also wins in terms of a PR battle."
Pachter seems to be pro-Wii in the wake of Sony's latest news. His recent comments prior to this story support this. Of course you all already know our viewpoints on the matter, so let's hear from you. How does Sony's latest news affect us Nintendo-loving gamers out there?
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9-08-2006 @ 12:17PM
John Lucas said...
Sony's news doesn't REALLY affect us Nintendo supporters directly. (E3 2006 showed what effect PS3 had on the Wii) Indirectly, however, it allows an even greater path for Wii to be accepted by the gameworld out there.
Basically they just keep making it that much easier for Wii to win the hearts & minds of the public.
(Can you please take that wii-for-the-win.com link out of my name? That was just a joke.)
John Lucas
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9-08-2006 @ 1:11PM
David Hinkle said...
For you John, anything. :)
It's in the works and thanks for reading!
Dave
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9-08-2006 @ 1:57PM
I,Robot said...
They've change their tune. That not what the so-called "Analysts" were saying 6 months ago. Funny how the "experts" have a different opinion everything the wind blows.
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9-08-2006 @ 6:03PM
Karryn said...
Good blog! Let's talk.
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9-09-2006 @ 10:19AM
Tom said...
@I,Robot
I assume you mean to say "the 'experts' have a different opinion every TIME the wind blows"? Yeah, they do. Analysts make predictions based on available facts, rather than preconcieved notions. Do you understand how that works? New facts become available, so therefore opinions change based on analysis. Where is the confusion?
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9-10-2006 @ 12:27AM
John Lucas said...
Thanks, David Hinkle. :-)
But you know I gotta better idea for a link to put with my name.
Soon I guess I'll be doing freelance editorials for different gamesites since some people who read my little posts suggested I should do so.
And maybe one day if I stop being so lazy maybe I'll get me a blog of my own. It seems I like talking about gaming in all aspects so why not?
Until that day though I'll just link to certain posts I've made from time to time.
And since I see one of my little ideas is starting to catch fire around the Joystiq boards I'll link to a clever post from N-Philes.com I came up with while reading the Japanese sales charts here on Joystiq.
This week's link:
"WiiDS"
John Lucas
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