Edie Sellers writes:
"In some really glaring moments, however, these industry 'experts' have offered advice and predictions so imbecilic you have to wonder whether they were sober when they made them.
So in my small effort to add some reason and sensibility to your day, if not a little chuckle, I bring you my personal top 10 favorite wrong predications made by "industry experts" about the current generation of consoles.
And trust me, every single one came from a guy who got paid like a sultan to say it. Let each one stand as proof of how you should never, ever trust anything you read on the internet - especially when it's offered by an 'industry analyst.'"
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I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise
We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.
Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.
it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.
This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.
Good article. It's definitely nice to see someone call out "industry analysts" on their BS.
Not surprising really.
In my opinion God ruined a perfectly good a$$ putting teeth in that guys head.
its clear that EVERYONE underestimated the Wii
I really am amazed at how Pachter still has a job as an analyst. Along with his whoppers listed in the article here, he was only correct once or twice last year when predicting the monthly winner in sales between 360 and PS3.
Things change. Nobody predicted that we would be staring down the worst economic downturn since the great depression, and that has a tenancy to skew these type of recommendations. It's like saying the weatherman was wrong on his sunny prediction for the weather next week because a volcano blew up and ash made it cloudy.
For the first prediction, this generation has just got started. The Wii and the PS3 have only been on the market for 2 years. The end is still a long ways off. I wouldn't count this one out yet.
New consoles due in 2010 from Microsoft and Nintendo. Most said late 2010, early 2011 and, again, probably would have happened if it weren't for how tight cash is across the economic landscape.
Apple entering games? They did. With the Iphone and Ipod Touch.
Midway problems? Again, credit is tight. They might have pulled out like Pachter predicted otherwise. Sale of Take Two? Take two shareholders should be rounding up their torches and pitchforks to take out their board after the company continues to spend itself into oblivion despite having so many successful titles. They won't last long. EA will snatch them up cheap when this is all over.
The PS3 with no Blu-Ray was just idiot. No excuse for that one. Also the GTA hurting Ironman was pretty stupid. Internal politics at Sony, who knows how that will shake out. Pachter could be right again before it's over.
One that I don't get is the success of WOW. I still don't know why on earth people pay to play that game. I'm sure even Pachter is still scratching his head on this one. I just don't see the appeal. Thankfully for Blizzard, it really doesn't matter why. So long as the checks keep coming. Gamers on the forums love to pick on Pachter after the fact. Hindsight is 20/20 but it doesn't change the fact that he's right far more often then he's wrong.
Could any of you do better?