Enderle: Nintendo Caused Blu-ray's Victory

[jw]

If there was such a shortage of Wii's why were there 6000 of them on ebay at any given time?
Shortage at Retail...Yes
Shortage overall?...No

[radagast]

Originally Posted by davidPS3

Thank goodness the end is near for him to be able to bash blu. Once a clear and final victory is here, he will have nothing more he can say, maybe

Oh? You haven't heard? He already started shifting his slimy stance a few weeks ago to promote downloads as the future. He even said that the "BIG BUZZ" at CES was Comcast's new settop box. Funny thing is, I never read about on any of the CES reports on the web, or newspapers. I didn't hear anything about it on G4, TV news, radio news. I read and heard plenty about Warner, Panny's 150 inch Plasma tv, and OLED tvs.

[radagast]

Originally Posted by Winn

Someone really needs to let him know that listening to the voices in his head does not count as informal research.

He also said in his latest rant that even though he has BOTH Blu-ray and Hd-dvd players, he prefers an upconvering DVD player over the other two.

Idiot.

[JTK]

Originally Posted by radagast

Oh? You haven't heard? He already started shifting his slimy stance a few weeks ago to promote downloads as the future. He even said that the "BIG BUZZ" at CES was Comcast's new settop box. Funny thing is, I never read about on any of the CES reports on the web, or newspapers. I didn't hear anything about it on G4, TV news, radio news. I read and heard plenty about Warner, Panny's 150 inch Plasma tv, and OLED tvs.

All these HD-DVD tools and shills shifted their rhetoric to digital downloads the moment the Warner rumors started and spread in earnest about a month or so ago.

They were following MS's lead. This was the same time that MS threw Toshiba under the bus, as it were.

[radagast]

Originally Posted by Irrob

Wow, he cannot possibly believe what he's typing, right?

Don't forget that truly wretched article he did calling the PS3 Sony's Iraq.

[MadScientist]

If you look at his photo his nose is somewhat brown! I guess he was sniffing MS Ass again.

I true ass wipe of a guy!

[radagast]

Originally Posted by cking2729

Another gem from our favorite, Rob Enderle. As soon as I thought the guy couldn't get any dumber, there is this:

http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/rob/?p=182

In a nutshell, he proclaims Nintendo's supply shortages shifted people to the PS3, thus sparking Blu-Ray sales -- in turn handing victory to the format. He does backpedal on some of the ridiculous claims he made before, however. But like a true fanboy, he never concedes that Sony and the BDA actually got anything right. In true loser fashion, he credits Blu-Ray's victory to virtually everyone but Blu-Ray.

So in other words, it would have taken the Xbox 360 AND the Wii ganging up on the PS3 to beat it.

[CptGreedle]

why in the world anyone would opt for the $399+ player over the $250 player is beyond me....
Most Nintendo Wii buyers either can't afford a PS3, or already got one. I doubt any shortage of Wiis would drive people to buy a PS3 instead.

[Blu-Ray Buckeye]

Originally Posted by ezcobar411

I refuse to respect anything he says. This is just ridiculous

I was going to write a message to him, but then figured he wasn't worth the effort. What a loser.

[Blu-Ray Buckeye]

Originally Posted by davidPS3

Thank goodness the end is near for him to be able to bash blu. Once a clear and final victory is here, he will have nothing more he can say, maybe

He'll shift to trumping up downloads... he was already doing so in this article.

[Tulsa]

If it wasn't for the six inches between his ears, he would probably be a very good reporter.

[tommyD]

Originally Posted by CptGreedle

why in the world anyone would opt for the $399+ player over the $250 player is beyond me....
Most Nintendo Wii buyers either can't afford a PS3, or already got one. I doubt any shortage of Wiis would drive people to buy a PS3 instead.

I agree. There is a totally different demographic for Wii and PS3, which is partly why the Wii is so popular. The Wii obviously caters more to kids and non-enthusiast adult gamers (like me), especially with its controls and Virtual Console games. The PS3 caters to hi-def next-gen gamers (who Nintendo is letting off the hook), and to Blu-Ray adopters (like me). I will buy games like Final Fantasy XIII when it comes out for PS3, but I never ramped up on FPS games (I was in college when Doom came out & never spent time to get the hang of it, so I get killed at those games). But I'm definitely into Blu-Ray.

So I'm in the demographic that has both. I would guess that people buy (and use) those consoles for totally different reasons, and when Enderle says that people would buy a Wii INSTEAD of a PS3 if there were more available is just a bad analysis.

This guy just doesn't get it, which is indicated in his OPPO preference. Faroudja deinterlacing fills in blanks of missing info, whereas BD and HD-DVD aren't missing that info to begin with.

[Blu-Ray Buckeye]

Originally Posted by hjelmn

I don't see how this guy still gets his articles published. He is a complete Microsoft shill and an idiot.

Same comment applies to Jim Goldman who even gets TV time on MSNBC and CNBC.

[PaulGo]

Damn, I thought it was the alignment of the planets that caused people to buy PS3's.

[Blu-Ray Buckeye]

Originally Posted by cartier

Experience and economics tell me that someone who only wants to spend $250 on a Wii as a first choice is not going to turn around and spend $399 or $499 on a PS3 which is a second choice. Especially if people are willing to pay those higher prices for a Wii (see Ebay). It is catering to a different market. I know this guy is a paid shill and an idiot but if you are going to make such ridiculous claims have some evidence to back it up... and no delusions do not count.

LOL, I made that comment below the article. How lame is his premise?!? "Oh, no more used Ford Escorts on the lot?... OK, I'll take the brand new 7-series BMW!"

[MacHaggis]

Well, I've done my part in leaving a comment to his article.

"Rob,

Your "expert opinion" persuaded many people to buy into an inferior technology. I'm sure they're now thanking you for it.

Things come and go, but one thing's for sure... you'll never admit you were misleading them, or at the least, that you were wrong.

Good luck and keep on hiding behind your computer screen."

Bogdan

[TruBlu2]

This guy is a complete BAFOON. He is so out of touch, its not even funny. Its sad. He is a sad little man.

[clownface]

He must smoke a new type of crack nobody else has ever heard of!!!

[mh466]

Why bother reading anything this guy writes?

Regardless of any particular topic, his goal seems to be to get people riled up so that whatever site he's posting on gets lots of hits. Unfortunately this legitimizes his self-described role as "...one of the industry's most influential and most quoted analysts, a widely published columnist and a frequent, sought-after speaker at industry events." Ya, sure...whatever you say Rob The last thing that he wants is to be ignored.

[KingDeezie]

Far short of what this guy wrote, its clear that the PS3 took off because Sony finally could get production costs down and laid out a sweet deal that a lot of people who were sitting on the fence were waiting for...

The playstation brand name is a household name, and its younger sibling, the PS2 has sold more units then any other console out today could even dream about selling...

I am sure there are millions of people out there who wanted to purchase the PS3 but felt that 600 dollars was a mighty steep price for the machine.

399 was an excellent price point for Sony to hit, and its showing as sales are taking off more and more each month....

Bluray has won the war because it was the better technology with the better content and the better backing....

I think people just like to associate Sony with everything to spin a negative light, but always forget that Panasonic has a large hand in developing the format as well....

The BDA is a group of big buisness who know what the consumers want when it comes to things like home media, and it showed....

The Wii had nothing to do with a surge in PS3 sales.

and if you ask me, if it did, good because those people got a much better system. The Wii is such a huge load of garbage, my son has one, and looking for a game with depth on that system is like looking for water in the desert...

I mean don't get me wrong, Zelda, Mario Galaxy, and Metroid offer some great experiances, but for those three, you have a million and one rehashed party games and BS nonsense....