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[ReyVGM]

“I think Nintendo is in disarray. I think they’ve completely blown the Wii U by not telling people what the price is going to be. It’s going to launch at $249 because it has to. I think they’re dead anyway because Xbox with Kinect will be priced below that by the time they launch. Wii was a bubble and that the Wii bubble has burst.” - Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter

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Is this guy for real? Does he actually get paid to say stuff like that? I swear that he graduated from the school of GameFAQs forums.

Even though his previous "analysis/predictions" have always been kind of... out there, that quote specifically reads like a 100% GameFAQs troll.

 

[Retro]

Sometimes a tiny little part of me wishes Nintendo would just die already so everyone would stop spending so much time talking about how it's about to die.

 

[NateDrake]

They didn't reveal the price of a product a yr in advance equals doomed? This guy has been wrong with nearly every Nintendo prediction he has made.

 

[Jocchan]

I can't believe Microsoft hasn't told us the price of Xbox Next yet either.

 

[Wario64]

If there's no price, what if it's free?

 

[metsallica]

Pachter in disarray, news at 11.

 

[YuriLowell]

Trolling Pachter.

 

[H_Prestige]

So I guess Wii U is going to be the most successful console ever.

 

[Anasui Kishibe]

after six years he might be the only one person still saying the Wii was a fad

 

[Younicorn]

Has it OFFICIALLY been confirmed that the touch screen on the Wii U's controller is essentially the quality/fidelity of the first DS screen?

I know I've heard rumblings that it's essentially the DS screen tossed into a controller.

AKA - no multi-touch?

 

[Aaron Strife]

Democrats in disarra-oh wait this is gaming side.

Pachter's just mad that his Wii HD never came to pass.

 

[Pai Pai Master]

I'd like to see this guy have a conversation with Iwata.

As for pricing, I think it'd fly off shelves at $79 or $99.

 

[NoRéN]

This thread gives Patcher and his opinions more publicity. Patcher's goal achieved.

 

[endresults]

WiiU is going to be a smash hit, confirmed via the Pachter Reverse rule.

 

[stilgar]

Wii was a fad, Wii U is doomed?


Now that's INTENSE trolling, even for Pachter.

 

[FoneBone]

I do think they have a lot of challenges with the Wii U, but that's just beyond inane.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

Pachter is in disarray!!!!1111

 

[JWong]

I think Nintendo made a misstep for a different reason.

After capturing the casual market, they've built a very hardcore controller. Of course, the casual market didn't really serve them in the long term, so it may be a good switch.

Or it may end up being a GameCube repeat.

 

[OnPoint]

Wow Pachter... the system doesn't even have a release date, nor had a finalized showing and they blew it already by not announcing the price?

You are obviously good at what you do to drive the cars you drive, but sometimes I think you're just trolling.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

That's basically a GAF post with a real name behind it.

 

[Neon_Icarus]

What's up with Pachter and all the Nintendo angst all of a sudden? He used to be one of the more level-headed analysts...

Is he still bitter about Nintendo refusing to release an HD Wii in 2008?

 

[Emitan]

I think they’re dead anyway because Xbox with Kinect will be priced below that by the time they launch.

I can find a Gamecube for like $30. All gaming systems doomed forever.

 

[D_prOdigy]

I refuse to believe even Pachter said those exact words.

I mean, come on.

 

[Salvadora]

I think Nintendo made a misstep for a different reason.

After capturing the casual market, they've built a very hardcore controller. Of course, the casual market didn't really serve them in the long term, so it may be a good switch.

Or it may end up being a GameCube repeat.

I don't think a tablet controller is hardcore.

 

[WillyFive]

Has it OFFICIALLY been confirmed that the touch screen on the Wii U's controller is essentially the quality/fidelity of the first DS screen?

I know I've heard rumblings that it's essentially the DS screen tossed into a controller.

AKA - no multi-touch?

There shouldn't be any multi-touch last I head, but that doesn't mean it's the same as the DS screen. That's just ridiculous.

 

[royalan]

That's basically a GAF post with a real name behind it.

.

 

[ace3skoot]

Pachter is full of shit...i thought this was established long ago

 

[Anteater]

Is Pachter a Mayan

 

[yankeehater]

I am stunned that the lack of price is how he thinks they blew it, I was sure he was going to be freaking out about the name when I clicked on the thread.

 

[AB12]

Experts.

 

[jayhawker]

So, it is doomed because it is too expensive, but if Nintendo had revealed the too-expensive price earlier, it wouldn't be doomed? Sony should have revealed the PS3 price in like 1995.

 

[brotkasten]

Has it OFFICIALLY been confirmed that the touch screen on the Wii U's controller is essentially the quality/fidelity of the first DS screen?

I know I've heard rumblings that it's essentially the DS screen tossed into a controller.

AKA - no multi-touch?

Yes, I think Reggie said it's a resistive single-touch screen.

 

[OnPoint]

What's up with Pachter and all the Nintendo angst all of a sudden? He used to be one of the more level-headed analysts...

Is he still bitter about Nintendo refusing to release an HD Wii in 2008?

I bet they held it back just to spite him

 

[sixteen-bit]

I guess we shall see

 

[shira]

Is the Japanese Yen going to stay high against the US dollar. That's probably going to factor into their pricing decision.

 

[DXB-KNIGHT]

“ Wii was a bubble and that the Wii bubble has burst.” - Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter

Many companies are dreaming to have half of success that this bubble achieved.

 

[cacildo]

 

[Magnus]

Dude gets paid for this? Like, it's not his side job or something? Man.

 

[Sapphire Dreams]

Is this guy for real? Does he actually get paid to say stuff like that? I swear that he graduated from the school of GameFAQs forums.

Nah, he just get paid to troll.

 

[Conor 419]

Really Michael, really?

 

[kenji]

I want to get paid for saying bullshits too

 

[Criminal Upper]

Pachter has been wrong about everything he's ever said about Nintendo, and he clearly doesn't want to break that streak.

 

[Kenka]

I don't think it would make sense to ban him but at least we can try to avoid posting his comments in here.


Nevermind, keep coming Patcher.

 

[Dynamite Ringo Matsuri]

Damn, 2012... Pachter predictions, Code Red on the Doom-o-meter... This can only mean the birth of Skynet

 

[botty]

Couldn't you replace "Wii U" with any soon-to-be released console, and the statement would still work? And still be a troll.

 

[Hot Coldman]

That's basically a GAF post with a real name behind it.

I

Spoiler

'd like to

think higher of GAF than that.

 

[DXB-KNIGHT]

I'd like to see this guy have a conversation with Iwata.

As for pricing, I think it'd fly off shelves at $79 or $99.

A new feature called Iwata Stabs!

 

[fernoca]

Has it OFFICIALLY been confirmed that the touch screen on the Wii U's controller is essentially the quality/fidelity of the first DS screen?

I know I've heard rumblings that it's essentially the DS screen tossed into a controller.

AKA - no multi-touch?

Why specifically the first DS screen? Heck it all points to be if anything like the 3DS screen (better quality, brigther image, better feedback, faster response).
That has no relation to it been multi-touch, resistive, whatever.

The screen is resistive and is not multitouch. Doesn't mean it sucks, just that you can't touch 2 points at the same time and you need to use some slight pressure.
As the Wii U 3DS examples has shown, with people even using the screen as a "fake second analog" to move the camera round ,etc. just with a finger (as seen in the Ghost Recon Online Wii U demo and the Conduit 3DS tech demo); there seems to be no problems...so far..

That's basically a GAF post with a real name behind it.

Then again, Pachter has a GAF account..with his name.

 

[Neon_Icarus]

I bet they held it back just to spite him

Iwata Laughs.

 

[Duane Cunningham]

It'll be "doomed" just like the DS, Wii and 3DS were all doomed.