Back in the Dark Ages people roamed the land calling themselves 'soothsayers' - a famous example of such was Dr Johannes Faust - who went on to make a pact with the devil, and it all ended in tears. These days, soothsayers are frowned upon as New Age nonsense, circus acts or plain old charlatanry used to prey on the weak and the vulnerable.
Thank goodness we've moved on from the superstitious days of yore with its soothsaying and nonsense. Thank goodness we now have analysts who say things like:
"Consumers may hope for improved graphics, and my guess is that Nintendo will comply.
"In two or three years, commodity prices for graphics processors and CPUs may decline to the point that a High Definition Wii could be introduced. If so, Nintendo will likely introduce one".
This, of course comes from Wedbush Morgan analyst, Michael Pachter who - unlike soothsaysers of old - does not use crystals, virgin sacrifice or the guts of small Gaullish mutts called Dogmatix. Pachter uses analyst terms such as "my guess" and "may decline" and "could be introduced".
Science and analysis is brilliant.
We, of course, contacted Michael Spilligan (Senior Entertainment analyst at Nomoru Wahrheit Kennis) who told us, "I know Michael's work and I respect it. However, it doesn't take a person of average intelligence to suggest that component costs might or might not drop in near or not near future scenarios.
"From my crows' nest over the video game industry, I confidently predict that Nintendo will produce a high-definition Wii as soon as it manages to leverage its cost synergies correctly in relation to the consumer-base."
So, there we go.
Source: Next-genSource: GamePro