I learned a long time ago that Pachter is a business analyst. It's his job to say stuff that helps the people and companies who pay him, and Nintendo is not one of them. Whenever he makes a "prediction", he's not speaking to the gaming audience per say, but to all the suits out there who own stock in certain companies. Here's a quote directly from Wiki:
"Pachter provides research coverage on digital media, social media, electronics retailers and movie exhibitors. As part of his research coverage, he issues buy, sell, or hold ratings on publicly-traded stocks, provides earnings estimates, and sets 12-month price targets."
Which is why none of his "analyses" or "predictions" make sense to gamers... because he views things strictly from a business standpoint. When he says stuff like X game is going to sell 1 million units at launch, or Y console isn't going to do so well, it goes over the heads of gamers and right to investors, essentially telling them what they should do with their stock and investments.
On 2/24/13, MB1025 said:
You know I was always wondering why no one ever used the dollar sign for $ony, but then I realized they have no money so it would be pointless.
