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Pachter Calls Wii U "Dumbest Name Ever"

Posted on Monday, June 13 @ 16:08:08 Eastern by

Leave it to Michael Pachter to further muck up what you should be thinking in response to the Wii U's reveal. A tablet controller? HD graphics? Super Smash Bros. across the Wii U and 3DS? Maybe your head is spinning. Let's look to a letter Pachter sent to investors to understand what all the business-people-types should be thinking about Nintendo's new hardware:

The most impactful 'reveal' at the show was the Wii U, which, in our opinion, is arriving two years too late. Depending on pricing, the system will be either a phenomenal success or a phenomenal failure, as competitive bundles for the Xbox 360 with Kinect and the PS3 with Move are likely to be priced below $300 by the time the Wii U launches.

When you're looking at a product that's not scheduled to be available even a year from now, how accurate are you going to be? Pachter continues:

Sony's presentation was solid, and the pricing on the PlayStation Vita (the second-dumbest name for a device after Wii U) was quite a surprise.

I'd say that the Wii U is the second dumbest name after the Wii, but yeah, the Vita is up there.
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  • warmaster670
    warmaster670
    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: Jun 13th, 2011 at 4:33 pm
    Vita definitely is better name than WiiU, personally I think they should of stuck with NGP.
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  • WILLS_COOL_MODE
    WILLS_COOL_MODE
    Joined: Oct 2010
    Posted: Jun 13th, 2011 at 4:53 pm
    Pretty sure they changed it so people wouldn't be calling it the No-Games Portable the second it came out.
    0 0
  • WILLS_COOL_MODE
    WILLS_COOL_MODE
    Joined: Oct 2010
    Posted: Jun 13th, 2011 at 5:06 pm
    Pretty sure they changed it so people wouldn't be calling it the No-Games Portable the second it came out.
    0 0
  • De-Ting
    De-Ting
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Jun 13th, 2011 at 5:24 pm
    If they simply changed the name to PSVital, and pronounced it with an "eye" sound, it would do wonders. The Wii U might as well have been name the Wii Ustedes.
    0 0
  • Diabolus
    Diabolus
    Joined: Nov 2008
    Posted: Jun 13th, 2011 at 5:45 pm
    Who cares what that ******* says? He's nothing but a glorified troll.
    1 2
  • usaglory
    usaglory
    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: Jun 13th, 2011 at 6:07 pm
    It'll become the Wii Useless unless we get a good library of games from the get go. I think PS Vita is dumber.
    1 0
  • MrrClean
    MrrClean
    Joined: Aug 2010
    Posted: Jun 13th, 2011 at 6:53 pm
    Comparing a next gen system that isn't even out yet or even fully revealed to a current gen system with its stupid f*cking Kinect seems a little retarded. You can put all the discount pricing you want on the Kinect and the Move, they still suck the sweat off a dead mans balls. At least the new system with the silly name will be new.
    0 3
  • Klandathu
    Klandathu
    Joined: Apr 2008
    Posted: Jun 14th, 2011 at 9:17 am
    Is it too early (or late) for one of these developers to steal the name "Revolution" if Nintendo's not gonna use it? Playing a console with a name like that is a surefire way to score all kinds of tail.
    0 0

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