Analyst comments on Sega's Wii remarks, Wii 2 could be on the way soon

“I think that a lot of people consider the Wii a “fad”, and attribute that conclusion to the type of people who have been attracted to the Wii so far Sega, of course, has games like Sonic that resonate well with this audience, so I’m not singling them out as having an issue, but it appears to me that these non-traditional consumers baffle most of the publishers. As they are unaccustomed to dealing with them this early in the cycle, they have to justify their oversight in not anticipating the strength of the Wii with this group by labelling the group as having no staying power, resulting in the labelling of the Wii as a fad.” - Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter

Mr. Pachter also commented on the future of Nintendo’s consoles…

“It’s easy to envision a Wii 2 in a couple of years that runs at full HD, and has both a Wii-mote and an analog controller, so that all games can be ported to it. If Nintendo were to introduce such a device, it would be fully comparable to the Xbox 360 - perhaps it wouldn’t have Blu-ray, so a comparison to the PS3 may be unfair - and would likely have most of the same third party content as the other two devices.”

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