Yeah I don't get the hatred for him. As you said, sometimes he's right and sometimes he's wrong; he always is interesting and comes across as a nice guy.
I just remember, for about 6 years straight, he just posted the same idea over and over again in regards to the wii. "oh, nintendo has made a huge mistake"
He said it before release, and then it changed to "oh, the casual money will now dry up and they'll be in trouble!"
But it didn't, yet he kept making the prediction year after year, the going excuse being "I was a little off last time, but it's going to happen... NOW!"
... About 5 years of updates like that, while nintendo soared with sky high profits.
You get it? Its like the facts didn't matter, he never seemed willing to reavaluate, or even think. He came off more as a man obsessed than a neutral annalist.
Then, finally, the wii-U, and my god I'm glad I never had to see the shit eating grin this goon probably had.
Maybe I'm exaggerating a bit, but thats how he came off to me. Either way, thats a guy with a hit/miss ratio more negative than his popularity on gaf.