Games Analysts Weighs In On Console War

Gamaustra's latest in its 'Analyze This' series asks the question point blank: Which Console Will 'Win' 2007? The regular series puts weighty questions to business analysts who specialize in the games industry, to get a gestalt opinion on what's really going on. The well-respected Michael Pachter, of Wedbush Morgan Securities, had some of the most interesting comments to review. He says that Nintendo will 'appear' to win in 2007 because of its low price and innovative control scheme, but that Sony will be the winner in the long run. From the article: "My best guess is that Sony emerges as the winner of the movie format war in late 2008, and games start looking noticeably better in 2009. That's when Sony starts looking like the winner of the next generation battle. All of this is pretty far out, and a lot can happen with pricing to change things. For example, if Sony gets down the cost curve for Blu-ray and Cell processors, [the PS3] may be below $300 shortly thereafter. It's hard to say that this will happen before 2009, but it could. That would change everything."

Re:Maybe there's a reason...

[drinkypoo]

All being an analyst means is that you pull things directly out of your ass and present them as news. It's actually a misspelling of Analist.

Re:I'm a Sony guy

[dukieduke]

"They consistently had better battery life in their portable products than their competitors." If this is not enough to convince you of a troll, you deserve to go up in flames.

Who cares?

[Lithdren]

Do these people's opinions really matter? It seems like they speak with 10,000 analysts, get 40,000 diffrent answers, and when one is correct (suprise suprise) they tout it as some achievement, beacuse they guessed the right number.

Who cares who wins in 2007? I sure dont. If you like Wii, you'll go Wii. if you like PS3, guess what, you'll go PS3. Xbox? Do a little dance and make a 360!

The only true winner is the consumer, because they have a choice, IMHO. Analyze that.

Biased "weighing in"

[Vacardo]

"My best guess is that Sony emerges as the winner of the movie format war in late 2008, and games start looking noticeably better in 2009. That's when Sony starts looking like the winner of the next generation battle. All of this is pretty far out, and a lot can happen with pricing to change things. For example, if Sony gets down the cost curve for Blu-ray and Cell processors, [the PS3] may be below $300 shortly thereafter. It's hard to say that this will happen before 2009, but it could. That would change everything."

Why do I see the term "Sony" used 3 times in this quote and not one mention of "Nintendo" or even "XBox"? Seems like an outright biased and overly opinionated review, completed void of the fairness and ethics.

Re:Sony is fine

[pommiekiwifruit]

Movies never make any money, for tax purposes :-)

Re:Bluray wins?

[Boogaroo]

Hell, No porn! ....Not trying to beat a dead horse here but please..

Ouch, talk about special interests! No wonder Blu-ray doesn't allow it.