Pachter : SONY's Playstation MOVE sold "WELL BELOW Expectations"!

[mhsillen]

Cunning_Linguist said:

ethomaz said:

Cunning_Linguist said:

Analyst, Doug Creutz from Cowan & Company believes game releases in the US have not met sales expectations in September, which includes the massive Microsoft hit –  Halo: Reach. 

Creutz says Halo: Reach managed 3.3 million units during the month going on the latest NPD figures, which was well below Cowan’s estimate of 3.75 million, totalling around a 450k shortfall.

http://zombiegamer.co.za/analyst-says-halo-reach-sales-and-others-disappointin-us

 

So does that mean Reach failed? No. It means analysts are retards.

Yeah... Halo: Reach sold less than Halo 3.

But here is a Move thread, no?

The contents is irrelevant really, I'm merely pointing out that analysts make comments based on their own predictions and the results compared with said predictions. In this guys eyes Reach failed when the rest of the world sees otherwise.

All I'm saying is Pachter is no different and Move may have been "Well below expectations" compared to his predictions but that doesn't mean it is below sony's or anyone elses. The guy could have had unrealistic expectations.

I don't believe Pachter is the only analyst setting sales projections.