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[Bodatan]

Here we go again

Pachter records so far.

Before Switch's launches
His forecast = 5m units shipped in the second FY+ Q4 last FY
Actual result = 17.79m units shipped

Nintendo Switch Could Be in Trouble, Says Wedbush Securities Analyst | Fortune

Nintendo Switch could make a splash when it hits store shelves in March. But one analyst wonders whether it might fall flat.

fortune.com

After Q4 financial result he revised and bumped the forecast number to 10m but then he bumped it again to 12m after Q1 financial result.
Actual result = 17.79

Nintendo Switch annual forecast bumped up to 12m by Wedbush

Analyst Michael Pachter says Nintendo may be stockpiling "excess" units in preparation for the holiday season

www.gamesindustry.biz

After 3 times revised his forecast number he still over 5m units off from the actual number

Next fiscal year forecast by him, perhaps he will get it right this time.
Pachter forecast = 8m units shipped
Actual result = 16.95m units shipped

Nintendo Switch Won’t Sell 20 Million Units This Year- It Will Sell 8 Million, According to Michael Pachter

gamingbolt.com

even worse than before with nearly 9m units off the mark but dared to spout this BS about his 8m projection

“Look, I think Nintendo is just out of touch,” he said. “I mean, I think they have no idea what they’re doing"

After making fun of himself during 3 last FY forecast his new prediction is

"The Switch can sell 20 million units annually for the next three years,” said Michael Pachter, an analyst at Wedbush Securities Inc. “So it should easily get to 100 million.”

rip Nintendo Switch

 

[belmarduk]

He really has an axe to grind against Nintendo and has for over a decade.

 

[Rest]

Seriously though, can we not make threads about this guy's nonsense?

 

[Spukc]

Might as well take a shit of a huge building and try to hit a penny on the ground.

That is what pachter does

 

[Max_Po]

This clown is back .... ?

 

[Bodatan]

Might as well take a shit of a huge building and try to hit a penny on the ground.

That is what pachter does

And he got paid for that too

 

[TLZ]

I'd love to be in this asshole's place and get paid for talking shit all day.

 

[Stiflers Mom]

Dude's been a meme about being wrong for many years.

 

[Lupin3]

He's better off predicting the numbers after they are made official.

 

[Boss Mog]

I'm saying this completely seriously; I don't get how a guy like Pachter still has his job or even got it in the first place when he clearly doesn't know or understand anything related to games.

 

[Bryank75]

He has to be the biggest running joke in the industry. Do people just pay him as some type of meta thing?

 

[IbizaPocholo]

Switch Could Enjoy An Extended Lifespan And Even Outsell The Nintendo Wii, Claim Analysts.

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/12/switch_could_enjoy_an_extended_lifespan_and_even_outsell_the_nintendo_wii_claim_analysts Analysts are claiming that the Switch could defy expectations and enjoy a prolonged lifespan, with some even going as far as to say that the console could surpass...

www.neogaf.com

 

[Elektro Demon]

Geez, I didn't even know he still exists.
I remember him from the gametrailers days. He had a small weekly show, Pach Attack if I remember correctly.

 

[Arm73]

I stopped watching him years ago. After hearing him say several times that he needed more followers and more viewers to match the kind of audience that he was able to reach on his previous platform ( Gametrailers I think), I politely suggested that maybe, if he would pay more attention to his image, like wearing a tie and recording from his stellar office, instead of streaming from his house basement unshaved and in shorts, a new generation of audience would take him more seriously. He replied in one of his videos basically saying F U to the people suggesting exactly that and that he didn't care in the least. So screw you back I thought, and it's not like he's getting any better with his " predictions".

 

[Hosam6xavi]

Why we still make threads about this retard ?

Is anybody still listen to him ?

 

[Kev Kev]

This douche is still out there talkin?

Wasn’t he on GAF for a while?

 

[Zannegan]

Damn. Nintendo were doing so well too.

 

[Secesh]

I love this guy.

He is wrong so often it has to be a troll at this point.

No matter how often he is wrong people still get up in arms over his predictions. It's like a meme within a meme within a meme.

 

[Fbh]

Dude must have some great connection to still have a job.
Because if you are only expected to be right every now and then I think almost anyone on this site could do the same.

 

[Nero_PR]

Can I take the place of Michael Patcher? The guy is paid to talk speculative bullshit from an industry he barely understands.

 

[ArthriticZombie]

Is there a master list of this guy's predictions somewhere and how accurate he was? I'd be curious to see what his overall prediction rate actually is.

 

[Touch fuzZy. get BizZay]

Remember that show he used to have called Suicide Pacht?

Where all the "fellow babies" agreed to end their lives when one of his predictions was finally wrong?

It's like all the celebs who were gonna move to Canada when Trump got elected, there's no follow through.

 

[Rest]

Dude's been a meme about being wrong for many years.

Over a decade.

Honestly I wish we could make him a banned source. He's full of shit and adds nothing to the community.

 

[Chiggs]

I wouldn’t pay this clown to forecast rainfall in Seattle. He’s the first name I think of when I think of video game industry frauds. The second is Don Mattrick.

 

[Barakov]

Hearing about this guy being wrong never gets old.

 

[Shaqazooloo]

This dudes a joke, probably shouldn't be making threads about him.

 

[Oddvintagechap]

Nintendo will not sell 20m switches for the next 3 years. I have proof.

 

[Diddy X]

This clown is still around?

 

[Rean no Kiseki]

Pach-man still guzzling those pills i see.

 

[Portugeezer]

It's hard to predict Nintendo sales TBH, the last few gens have been topsy-turvy.

He really has an axe to grind against Nintendo and has for over a decade.

He was calling for years that they would make a Wii HD, and has been bitter that they didn't take his totally awesome idea of Wii HD.

 

[Zannegan]

It's hard to predict Nintendo sales TBH, the last few gens have been topsy-turvy.


He was calling for years that they would make a Wii HD, and has been bitter that they didn't take his totally awesome idea of Wii HD.

To be completely fair to the man, it would have been a much better move than the Wii U was.

A 100% BC HD Wii with the Wii Motion Plus controllers as a standard and "HD" branding at the Wii's original price point of $250 would have sold like hotcakes, allowed for interesting motion games in place of waggle, and basically saved the generation for them.

He still can't forecast sales for beans though.