Pachter said something I agree with... *gulp*

[DucksUnlimited]

DarkD said:

DucksUnlimited said:

Uhh..what? VGChartz makes estimations on sales numbers based on the information they have from retailers. That's not an opinion, it's an educated guess. In no way is that similar to Michael Pachter stating his opinion on a business. Even if they were the same, a person isn't a hypocrite for valuing the opinions of one person/entity over that of another.

You think pachters sources are any less viable than vgchartz?  I'd say he probably has far more reliable sources than VGChartz does.  He gets paid thousands of dollars from real businesses for his opinion, show me what VGChartz gets for its? 

People don't like him because he states his opinions from a business perspective, not the consumers perspective.  His opinions are very accurate, people just don't like them because they're what EA and Activision follow.  

The sources of his opinions are...himself. I'm not sure you're understanding here. Predictions and opinions are not the same thing. What VGChartz does is predictions. What Pachter is doing, in this case anyhow, is give his opinion. People who don't agree with his opinion on this matter are not hypocrites for accepting VGChartz's predictions as being reasonably accurate. The two have nothing to do with eachother.