disolitude said:
Onyxmeth said:
Wow. There are a lot of people in here that swear they know what they're talking about on both sides.
1. The original comments from Lainie Goldstein are obnoxiously vague in what they actually mean. They obviously weren't meant as a means to spills the beans on a private deal to the general public. So much can be assumed by his comments, but very little derived. There's also a lack of content since we don't have the question he was asked in the stripped articles we're getting his quote from.
2. Are we seriously listening to Michael Pachter now because it's convenient? I mean really. I'm not saying the guy is wrong, but let's at least show a little consistency here regarding the man.
3. Really what we know from this deal is very little, because that's all anyone that does know cares to tell us. So let's act like we know as much as we actually do and stop the nonsense assumptions on good or bad business practices.
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There is a difference between listening to Pachter when he is making a crazy Wii HD prediction or other predictions he makes...and telling exacly how a GTA DLC deal works. There is not a spot in that article where Pachter says "In my opinion Microsoft loaned..." or "What I think happened is...".
Are you saying he is just flat out lying?
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No. Are you saying he without a shadow of a doubt has insider knowledge to this particular transaction and wasn't merely guesstimating? Just because someone starts their sentence making it appear as fact doesn't necessarily mean they meant to or actually knows anything. The majority of this site craps out opinions and guesstimations pretending to be facts all the time. They also give out lousy predictions, lousy market analysis and general lousy knowledge about the business end of gaming just like this man does. I mean the guy speaks in words like "hardcore gamer" and "casual gamer" to explain software sales like he's a 15 year old forum frequenter and I'm supposed to listen to what he says just because he says it?
