Shocker: Analyst’s Opinions Vary on Implications of Wii’s Success April 30
In response to Todd Mitchell’s assesrtion that the Wii’s success could prove problematic, Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Patcher calls that claim “naive”.
“Going forward, the publishers are all trying to be largely platform agnostic. The success of the Wii and DS means that virtually every mainstream title will appear on both platforms,” he said.
“If consumers have a choice of all games on the Wii and DS, and Nintendo’s offering remains constant, Nintendo must lose share. That is a good thing for the third party publishers.”
Ah, the musings of the neoclassical economist.
Read more of the interview at gameindustry.biz.
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