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These threads are always awesome. A dude that makes 6 figures to make observations for investors is belittled by a bunch of raging man babies who don't understand what he is even talking about. Never change GAF. Keep up the good work Michael.
They've only been doing this since 2005. Hell, they told people what they were doing numerous times. But all we kept hearing was, "hahaha Nintendo so crazy".
Did Pachter post in this thread yet? With all the personal calling out, I can't help but feel a lot of posters here don't realise he's a GAFfer....
pacther said:"I'm impressed that they had the confidence to charge $249; I think that they're going to regret it," warns the mighty steed. "It's going to sell out and they're leaving money on the table. I'm impressed that they're this consumer friendly -- that really matters. So it's not shareholder friendly, but consumers are going to love the $249 price point. We can call bullsh*t on Reggie [Fils-Aime] a lot, but I actually agree with him. If you explain the feature set to most consumers, they would say $300 or more. So $249 is a bargain, and I think this thing is going to be on eBay for $500 immediately."
I mean seriously
THIS is the statement of someone who have any idea how the market react?
That's because videogame journalism is crap, and btw they've stopped following BOS or anything related to that with the 3DS and onward.
The 3DS is quite clearly a sustaining innovation of the DS and the Wii U is targetting up market so...yeah.
The 3DS would have probably been welcomed much better after the launch if it had the titles that we had this fall for it. If they had Mario and Mario Kart for instance in the first few months I think 250 might have been salvagable.
The 3DS would have probably been welcomed much better after the launch if it had the titles that we had this fall for it. If they had Mario and Mario Kart for instance in the first few months I think 250 might have been salvagable.
The 3DS, yes. The Wii U? It's too early to tell. Depends on what Nintendo chooses to do with it. I could envision it being either. We just don't know enough yet about it.
For what it's worth, there's nothing wrong with them abandoning pure BOS for a while. Innovations which allow for a cogent BOS are often hard to come by.
Pachters gaming opinions are useless. This thread reaching 11 pages is sad. You should be ashamed gaffers.
- Some people still think wii is a fad...guys, 6 years with your eyes closed? Doesn't it hurt a little bit?
Opening their eyes would hurt them more :/
You're right. Let's do it for good - the quicker, the better :
- Obama is president
- Michael Jackson is dead
- Kadhafi is dead
- The crisis has fucked everything
- Wii is the best selling platform of this generation
See? It wasn't that hard!
Osama is dead too yo
These threads are always awesome. A dude that makes 6 figures to make observations for investors is belittled by a bunch of raging man babies who don't understand what he is even talking about. Never change GAF. Keep up the good work Michael.
*sigh*
- The DS is ridiculous, gimmicky, and will be crushed by the PSP
- The Wii is underpowered, gimmicky, and will be crushed by Xbox/PS3
- The 3DS is underpowered, gimmicky, and will be crushed by the Vita
- The WiiU is underpowered, gimmicky, and will be crushed by the NextBox/PS4
Can people like, stop now?
I agree, they blew it with the Wii U. Nintendo need to just go back and make a normal console with a normal controller and make it cheap as hell.
Dont think Pach has been back since that time in August either.
This is his last post
These threads are always awesome. A dude that makes 6 figures to make observations for investors is belittled by a bunch of raging man babies who don't understand what he is even talking about. Never change GAF. Keep up the good work Michael.
His crazy video game statements are just his hobby.
Which makes it all the more weird that the gaming media thinks that he is worth paying attention to.
Aaaand you're posting in a 12 page thread. Go figure.
I don't understand how Pachter seemed to get elevated compared to the other analysts you see making equally worthless predictions. How is he well-known?
I'm somewhat surprised that Pachter's prognostications aren't blacklisted from GAF the same way that sites that report non-NPD sales numbers are.
Seeing how they both have equally dubious track records. It would only seem fair to blacklist Pachter as well.
Yes, a 12 page thread discussing that he is not worth paying attention to and questioning why he has been put in a position where he is paid any attention.
Democrats in disarra-oh wait this is gaming side.
Pachter's just mad that his Wii HD never came to pass.
Surely not, it really should be capacitive. Resistive touchscreens were awful 2 years ago, in a years time they'll be positively antiqauted. It would be a huge mistake IMO.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?
You really shouldn't, because his track record is remarkably poor. Statistically, someone making completely random predictions has a higher likelihood of being right.I don't get this comment, but I like listening pachter. Even when he is wrong, his reasoning behind it is usually coherent. I consider it a step above the usual forum fare when posters give their wacky suggestions and predictions for companies related to the industry.
Surely not, it really should be capacitive. Resistive touchscreens were awful 2 years ago, in a years time they'll be positively antiqauted. It would be a huge mistake IMO.
Hahaha xHAASx. Poor fellas head exploded when he found out that MK WII has outsold every CoD..
Which is odd as he seemed pretty accepting of the fact when I told him about it LAST WEEK.