Tag: Michael Pachter
E3 2019 PS5 Will Cost $800, Jokes Analyst Michael Pachter in Wild Prediction
"Have you seen the specs?"
Michael Pachter probably doesn’t believe that the PlayStation 5 will retail for $800 at launch, but he does think it will be very expensive. Asked to make a wild prediction as part of an E3 2019 interview with Geoff Keighley, the outspoken Wedbush Securities man suggested that he hopes the Japanese giant doesn’t make...
News Sony Made a Bad Decision to Skip E3 2019, Says Pachter
They're fools, according to analyst
Infamous industry analyst Michael Pachter believes that Sony has made a mistake skipping E3 2019, and likened the organisation to a “child taking their ball home” after last year’s event didn’t quite go to plan. Speaking with Gaming Bolt, the Wedbush Securities employee said that he thinks this is a...
News Death Stranding Could Be a PS5 Game, Reckons Analyst
Cross-gen Kojima
Everyone's favourite industry analyst Michael Pachter reckons Death Stranding, the PlayStation 4 exclusive from Hideo Kojima, will end up being a cross-gen title. In other words, it'll arrive on both PS4 and the inevitable PS5. "My bias is that will also launch in 2020, so no reason to announce any current generation...
News PS5 Unlikely to Launch in 2018, Says Michael Pachter
Odds on 2020
We don’t think anyone really expected the PlayStation 5 to launch this year, despite there being reports to the contrary. Nevertheless, industry analyst Michael Pachter has been chatting to WCCFTech about the probability of a new console this year, and he’s said that there’s a “very low” chance of the PS5 dropping this...
News Pachter: Microsoft Has a Problem if PS4 Pro Drops to $299
Analyst weighs in on Xbox's 'tough sell'
Industry analyst Michael Pachter has chimed in on the announcement of the Xbox One X. Speaking with Geoff Keighley on YouTube Live, the industry analyst explained that he believes Microsoft has made a good product, but he has doubts about its performance at retail. And asked about Sony’s response, here’s...
News Sony's First-Party Lineup Is the Most Impressive Right Now
That's according to Michael Pachter
The ever provocative Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter believes that Sony's first-party lineup is the best in the industry right now. Speaking on the latest episode of Pachter Factor – as reported by The Wolf Hall – the controversial clairvoyant said that the Japanese giant's been teasing fans for...
News PS4's Price Will Drop to $199 in 2017, Predicts Pachter
And we agree
Outspoken industry analyst Michael Pachter has put together his gaming predictions for 2017, leading with the bold belief that Sony will drop the price of the PlayStation 4 to $199.99 at some point during the year. The divisive Wedbush Securities sage believes that the Japanese giant will make the move on the PS4 Slim in order to keep...
News PlayStation VR Will Dominate Space if Less Than $500, Says Pachter
But will it be?
While there are three different high-profile virtual reality headsets scheduled to launch this year, it doesn't feel like they're necessarily in competition. That's not to say that Sony, HTC, and Oculus don't want you to buy their own particular solution, but the trio of manufacturers seem to be acutely aware that their biggest...
News PS5 Could Launch as Early as 2019, Reckons Analyst
Looking to the future
While the PlayStation 4 is already well on its way to the coveted 100 million units milestone, in a secret bunker somewhere, we suspect that system architect Mark Cerny will be thinking about the PlayStation 5. The system's years away at this point, but given that the death knell hasn't sounded on home consoles just yet, we...
News Pachter: There's Nothing Xbox One Can Do to Catch PS4
Pach attack
Divisive industry analyst Michael Pachter has pulled out his crystal ball in a brand new YouTube video, deeming that Sony already has the latest generation on lock. The Japanese giant announced relatively recently that the PlayStation 4 has surpassed 30 million sales worldwide, while Microsoft has opted not to report
News Rockstar Keeping Red Dead Redemption PS4 Holstered for Now, Reckons Pachter
Studio won't jump the gun
Outspoken industry analyst Michael Pachter doesn't believe that you'll be seeing a new Red Dead Redemption release on the PlayStation 4 anytime soon, despite publishing overlord Take Two's incessant hints. Speaking with Gaming Bolt, he suggested that developer Rockstar Games would have announce
News Pachter: PS4 Exclusive The Order: 1886 Could Sell Up to 12 Million Copies
That's if Sony bundles it aggressively
The jury may still be out on PlayStation 4 exclusive The Order: 1886, but seasoned industry analyst Michael Pachter foresees a very lucrative future for the release. Chatting with Gaming Bolt, the Wedbush Securities employee suggested that it could sell five million copies by the end of the year – and may yet...
News Pachter: Sony Won't Mind if PS4 Loses the Console War
But it still wants to be on top
You can always count on seasoned Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter to stoke the flames of the fictional format war. Speaking as part of a wide-ranging interview with Game Informer, the outspoken executive has suggested that Sony doesn't really care about outselling the Xbox One with the PlayStation 4 – but...
News Pachter: This Is the PlayStation 4's Generation to Lose
"Sony got its s*** together"
Michael Pachter has been a little quiet since changes to GameTrailers crushed his usual soap box, but he’s returned as part of the Bonus Round to share some thoughts on the PlayStation 4’s current success. In the video, he seems genuinely impressed by Sony’s foresight
News PS4's Power Advantage Over Xbox One Is Irrelevant, Says Pachter
Doesn't influence purchasing decisions
It didn’t take long for the PlayStation 4 to be crowned the king of next-gen consoles. Speculation regarding the power advantages of Sony’s system was rife prior to release, but the story really exploded when it was confirmed that blockbusters such as Assassin’s Creed IV: Black F
News Pachter: PS4's Virtual Reality Headset Is a 'Really Bad Idea'
Not a fan, then
Ever the outspoken one, industry analyst Michael Pachter has chimed in with his opinion of Project Morpheus during a discussion with the prolific DualShockers – and it’s not overwhelmingly positive. While the Wedbush Securities executive admitted that the virtual reality headset itself sounds "interesting", he doesn
News Pachter: Titanfall Exclusivity Due to Industry Thinking Xbox One Would Eat PS4's Lunch
Tides are turning
With an Xbox 360 and PC iteration in the pipeline, Titanfall is not quite the bonafide Xbox One exclusive that Microsoft’s hyping it up to be. However, the Redmond-based manufacturer has ensured that the inaugural iteration in Respawn Entertainment’s first-person franchise will not arrive on the PlayStation 4. What does that...
News Pachter: PlayStation Now Doesn't Have a Prayer of Maintaining Subscribers
Analyst all but writes off streaming service
PlayStation Now may have stoked the fires of much of the gaming industry when it was announced at CES earlier this year, but industry analyst Michael Pachter is finding it hard to get excited. Speaking as part of the latest episode of the
News PS Vita Will Die a Slow and Painful Death, Says Michael Pachter
Sony's portable business to disappear with it
It’s a strange time for the PlayStation Vita. Sales of the handheld system aren’t anywhere near as high as the hardware arguably deserves, but there have been signs in Japan that the device is really starting to pick up speed. Furthermore, while the install base is admittedly low, the attach rate is...
News Pachter: Nintendo Should Publish Its Games on the PS4
We doubt that Sony would decline
Nintendo has not had an especially enjoyable day. The manufacturer slashed its hardware forecasts in the early hours of this morning, with the Wii U’s numbers looking particularly bleak. As a result of the harrowing figures, armchair analysts all over the web have taken to message boards and online forums to...
News Analyst: PS4 Sales to Topple 37 Million Units by the End of 2016
It only prints money
Whether it’s a bad omen or not, seasoned industry analyst Michael Pachter is really chucking his chips into the PlayStation 4’s basket. As part of an exhaustive industry forecast – mercifully summarised by our friends over at Games Industry.biz – the Wedbush Securities man predicts that Sony’s next generation machine...
News Pachter: PS4 Will Surpass Wii U Sales Globally by Spring
Tortoise and the hare
PlayStation 4 may be the newest runner in the console race, but its moving its little blue legs a lot faster than the competition. Chart-Track revealed earlier in the week that Sony’s next generation console had already pulled ahead of the Xbox One in the UK, and now seasoned industry analyst Michael Pachter has suggested...
News Pachter: November PS4 Sales Are 66 Per Cent Greater Than Xbox One
Sony takes an early lead in North America
North America has proven a bit of a stronghold for Microsoft over the years. Back in September, Sony put an end to the Xbox 360’s incredible 32 month winning streak in the region – only to fall back behind in October. However, despite reports to the contrary coming out of Black Friday, it appears that...
News Pachter: PS4 Pre-Orders Have Reached 1.5 Million
Flawless victory
Remember when Sony boasted that it had garnered one million PlayStation 4 pre-orders at GamesCom earlier in the year? Industry analyst Michael Pachter believes that the current number is much stronger than that, and actually closer to 1.5 million. But while that’s undoubtedly positive news for the platform holder, the Wedbush...
News Pachter Reckons That the PS4's Bill of Materials Is Around $275
Positive predictions
Industry analyst Michael Pachter believes that the total bill of materials required to construct the PlayStation 4 will cost Sony around $275 – some $50 less than the components needed to build the Xbox One. The divisive Wedbush Securities employee revealed the tidbit in a note released to investors ahead of E3, justifying his...
News PS4 Buzz Has Faded Ahead of Next Xbox Reveal, Says Pachter
Analyst doesn't think it matters, though
Divisive industry analyst Michael Pachter believes that anticipation for the PlayStation 4 has started to fade as gamers await the announcement of Microsoft’s next generation console. However, he doesn’t feel that Sony has too much to worry about, as the pendulum could swing again at E3 next month...
News Pachter: Sony Won't Make Money on the PlayStation Vita
Analyst goes hard on the handheld market
Outspoken industry analyst Michael Pachter doesn’t believe that Sony has much of a chance of making money on the PlayStation Vita. Speaking on the latest episode of the Pach-Attack, the Wedbush Securities employee described the system as a “joke”, explaining that while it’s a capable device, very few...
News Pachter Predicts PlayStation 4 Will Get Outsold By Next Xbox
But still thinks that Sony's system will thrive
Seasoned industry analyst Michael Pachter is renowned for his bold predictions, but he’s really sticking his neck out this time. Speaking as part of this year’s SXSW event in Austin, the Wedbush Securities employee suggested that he expects the next generation Xbox to win out the impending console...
News Michael Pachter: PlayStation 4 Will Launch in 2013
Crystal ball
Likeable industry analyst Michael Pachter believes that Sony will release the next PlayStation console in October or November of next year. The chatty Wedbush Securities employee told the latest issue of PLAY magazine that he doesn’t believe the platform holder “wants to launch behind Microsoft again”. He added: "It isn't likely...
News Pachter: Exciting Unannounced Vita Title on the Horizon
Get hype
If Sony’s going to come anywhere near to achieving its sales targets for Vita, it’s going to need some big software releases over the next 12 months. Thankfully, lovable industry analyst Michael Pachter has teased that there’s at least one exciting title on the horizon. Speaking on the latest episode of the Bonus Round, the...
News Pachter: Grand Theft Auto V Will Launch in October
Analyst bets big
Following this morning’s, ahem, shock BioShock Infinite delay, Wedbush Securities’ Michael Pachter has predicted that Grand Theft Auto V will launch in its place. Admittedly, it was the first thing that crossed our minds too. See, the delay of BioShock Infinite means more than just one less present to put under your Christmas...
News Pachter: PS3 Price Cut "Likely" At E3
Peering into the crystal ball
Seasoned video game industry analyst Michael Pachter believes a PlayStation 3 price cut will be announced at this year’s E3. Sony’s primary home console is a cut away from the magic $199 mark in the US – a price-point which prompted PS2 sales to catapult last generation. Speaking ahead of this week’s March NPD...
News Michael Pachter Responds to Orbis Rumours
Warns against anti-used games
While we’re still trying to wrap our heads around yesterday’s PlayStation Orbis rumours, seasoned industry analyst Michael Pachter has whipped out his crystal ball and provided some insight on the murmurs. Chatting with GamesIndustry, Pachter explained that it’s unlikely Sony will install anti-used game measures...
News Pachter Predicts: Sony Will Win The Holidays
Industry analyst Michael Pachter believes that the XBOX 360 is in danger of being outsold by the PlayStation 3 this Holiday if Microsoft doesn't match the system's recent price-cut
If Microsoft does nothing, I think PS3 will outsell XBOX 360, he told IndustryGamers. My friends at Microsoft are extremely proud, and they absolutely refuse to...
News We May As Well Have A Michael Pachter Quote For The Road, Eh?
Pssht
What a day? When we started up PushSquare we did so with the intention of writing about video games. Granted we could avoid the PlayStation Network security breach entirely [you'll note we never wrote a single word about GeoHot - Ed] but unfortunately this story is too big to avoid. Furthermore, we've received like three press releases today...
News Pachter Showers the NGP With Twitter Love
Two thumbs up
Analysts have already commented on the NGP price in the past, but now that Wedbush Morgan gaming analyst Michael Pachter has been treated to a hands-on demo of the device, he’s weighing in on the capabilities and performance of the device as well. Pachter took to Twitter earlier this week to shower the NGP with such lovely adjectives...
News Pachter: Disney Epic Mickey Will Come to PS3 Eventually
It's a shoe-in
Disney Epic Mickey on Wii is raking in some pretty positive reviews around the world but, despite Warren Spector's insistence that it was made for Wii, Michael Pachter is in no doubt it'll appear on PlayStation 3 in the fullness of time. It will ultimately come there. Maybe they’ll do it as a Playstation Network game for a lot less...
News Pachter: Move Could Make Publishers Billions
We're talking big money
Kinect vs. Move, Move vs. Kinect – who will win? Everybody's favourite analyst Michael Pachter is being uncharacteristically cagey about who he'll be backing, as he reckons both systems can shift over 10 million units before the end of 2011, making half of those sales before the current financial year ends in April 2011...
News Pachter Predicts Hardware Price-Cuts "Across The Board" In 2011
Infamous video games analyst Michael Pachter has predicted $50 console price-cuts "across the board" next year, with Microsoft expected to take charge in the Spring
"We estimate that a $50 console price cut across the board will impact software sales by a positive 5%, and we expect Microsoft to lead with a cut some time in Spring 2011,"...
News Pachter: PlayStation Plus Needs 2-3 Million Subscribers Before PSN Starts Turning A Profit
Industry analyst Michael Pachter has weighed in with his impressions on Sony's PlayStation Plus service, predicting that the company will need 2-3 million subscribers before they start turning a profit
Comparing the service to XBOX Live on his GameTrailers show Pach Attack, the Wedbush Morgan man said that the Microsoft service had a slow start...
News Pachter: Killzone 3's 3D Isn't A "Game Changer"
Everyone's favourite (or least favourite) industry analyst Michael Pachter has had a word or two to say about Killzone 3's 3D implementation
He's told CVG: "I don't think that 3D support is a huge game changer, as I don't think that a significant portion of the population will have 3D displays any time soon." We're lost for words. When...
News "The Biggest & Best E3 Ever" Looms, Claim Industry Veterans
This year's E3 feels bigger than any we've ever known
With the longest console lifespan ever predicted, the stakes are high for Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo - all of whom will be competing for the strongest software and peripheral line-up that will ensure the extension of their system's cycle. It's also big for the third-parties, with Activision,...
Feature The Greatest Of Injustices: Sony's Playstation Portable
Listen up
If you were to listen to (and believe) much of the Western video games media, you'd probably be fooled into thinking Sony's Playstation Portable has been an abysmal failure. Released in 2005, the PSP has mustered sales of over 60million units worldwide in those five years since launch - figures not particularly shy of Nintendo's Game Boy...
News Pachter: Cheapest Motion Controller Will Win "The War"
2010 shall hereby be known as the war of the motion controller
With Sony due to release the Playstation Motion Controller (rumoured to be entitled Arc), and Microsoft their body-cam Project Natal, the war for second place appears to really be hotting up between XBOX 360 and Playstation 3. As ever where there's a sniff of the console war, Michael...
News Michael Pachter Gets His Own GameTrailers Show, Hilarity Ensues
Stocks in the ever-increasing portfolio of video games analyst Michael Pachter just shot up, with the premiere of his new GameTrailers show, Pach$Attack -- a segment in which the buoyant business-man talks games industry numbers (and his undying appreciation for Microsoft's corporate strategies)
Check the show through here. It's hilarious.
News Pachter Predicts Playstation 3 Hardware Sales Are Up 85% In The US
Pulling out his crystal ball for, presumably, the last time this year; seasoned American analyst Michael Pachter reckons Sony shifted 700,000 PS3 consoles in the last month
That'd be up 85% on Sony's performance in the same period last year.We [Pachter's organisation, Wedbush Morgan] estimate sell-through of 1,050,000 Wii hardware units (down 49%...
Michael Pachter, famous video-game "analyst", is back to drop some predictions on the home console motion control "war"
As usual, his predictions side in Microsoft's favour, but without shouting bias — we assume as Playstation fans we're all used to that from Pachter. When guaging the prices of Sony and Microsoft's new motion control tech; Pachter...
News Pachter Says There'll Be A New Grand Theft Auto In "Calendar 2010"
Michael Pachter is back with another famous Pach-attack
This time he reckons that a new Grand Theft Auto game will launch in "calendar 2010". However, Pachter doesn't expect the game to launch before the end of the fiscal year (i.e. October 31st, 2010) noting, While we still expect a GTA game in calendar 2010, it is not clear that the...
News Pachter Reckons British Modern Warfare 2 Pricing Is A "Test"
Speaking with Eurogamer, everyone's favourite video game analyst Michael Pachter has revealed that he believes Activision's steep British pricing of Modern Warfare 2 is a "test"
The game will retail at £54.99 ($90) here in the UK, a price hike Activision had put down to a "weak pound". Pachter disagrees. "Activision knows it has a...
News Pachter Pulls Out His Crystal Ball & Makes Some Predictions
Video games analyst Michael Pachter has been using his crystal ball again
Speaking with Industry Gamers, Pachter believes that Sony will capture "significant market share" through the victory of blu-ray. He also believes Microsoft's position in Japan will eventually cause the XBOX 360 to finish in third-place behind the Playstation 3 this...
