Can't Say How or For What Purpose...But I Know Pachter uses Vgchartz Now

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quigontcb on 07 April 2008

Auron said:

Supposed said:
That's pretty ridiculous. Not to discredit this site, but surely analysts should use data gathered by NPD and the like.

Pachter is a hack and fails at analyzing much of anything......

Ok ok, we get it...you don't care for analysts.

It's not very surprising that he does, but still cool to hear some quasi-confirmation.

Pachter, if you're reading this....how about you and me throw all of our money into a big pile, then split it down the middle, 50-50??

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Riot Of The Blood on 07 April 2008

Is this supposed to be a bad thing?

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NintendoMan on 07 April 2008

TheSource said:

Like the thread title says, we now have confirmation that Pachter uses Vgchartz...so try not to pick on him too much...

I've posted a portion of the evidence on the mod boards for curious mods but the rest of you will just have to take our word for it.

Hopefully I can get an interview with the guy...

Wait, hold on, the mods get their own boards. Dam.

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famousringo on 07 April 2008

Let me guess:

Is he offering you a job at Wedbush Morgan, Source?
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NintendoMan said:

TheSource said:

Like the thread title says, we now have confirmation that Pachter uses Vgchartz...so try not to pick on him too much...

I've posted a portion of the evidence on the mod boards for curious mods but the rest of you will just have to take our word for it.

Hopefully I can get an interview with the guy...

Wait, hold on, the mods get their own boards. Dam.

We even have our own fuseball table.

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MontanaHatchet on 07 April 2008

twesterm said:

MontanaHatchet said:
Interesting Source, he seems to have taken quite a liking to you.

I wonder what he thinks of the other moderators, if anything at all.

He sent me an email telling you're cool but Montana is only slightly better than Hell.

Hmm, I'd say his numbers are a bit off.

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Riot Of The Blood on 07 April 2008

NintendoMan said:

TheSource said:

Like the thread title says, we now have confirmation that Pachter uses Vgchartz...so try not to pick on him too much...

I've posted a portion of the evidence on the mod boards for curious mods but the rest of you will just have to take our word for it.

Hopefully I can get an interview with the guy...

Wait, hold on, the mods get their own boards. Dam.

They're probably talking about me a lot.

I can picture it now.

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dib8rman on 07 April 2008

Does that mean he's going to say that Xbox360 hit a saturation point?

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superchunk on 07 April 2008

Some of you are too hard on Pachter. Given the data at hand at the time he creates his theories, they are not bad. It's just that he, as well as nearly all of the rest of the industry, completely got broadsided by Wii. His more recent thoughts have not been too far off what most of us on this site state everyday.

Either way, I think too many of you are against him just because he is an analyst. It happens all the time. Did you guys read the comments under TheSource's analysis that was on digg? We all respect TheSource and think he has a good understanding, yet, on digg the comments sound like the same stuff you read here about Pachter.

Also, I, as well as more and more industry analyst all, all see vgchartz as a highly regarded source for sales data. Easier to access and digest than what you get from NPD as well.

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Legend11 on 07 April 2008

Why all the secrecy and games? Why not simply come out and show us the proof that he uses this site?

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