Haha, he's such a master troll - he's been always doing these sort of things, lot of he says is just straight up trolling.

Is that guy still being paid for his prediction or analysis???

Patcher is actually really good at what he does. Haven't you noticed whenever he opens his mouth it gets a million comments and gets people all upset? His articles always have ridiculous numbers

How does this guy still have a (what I assume is a high-paying) job?

http://nintendotoday.com/michael-pather-predicts-the-switch-will-be-sold-out-for-months-after-lanch/

"Game industry analyst Michael Pachter, who never shies away from criticizing Nintendo (or any other game company), made a few predictions for 2017. One of them is that he thinks the Nintendo Switch will be successful and that it will be sold out for months after release. "

If so few plays the Switch docked then why on earth do most people go for the more expensive OG model? Heck, the Lite isn't even the best selling model in Japan.

That he "really doesn't understand the whole hybrid concept" says a whole lot about his incompetence. And this statement along with the recent idiocy from the Stadia Creative Director makes it so hard for me to understand how some people have the jobs they have.

For sale of discussion, let's just say that Pachter is right that handheld mode is significantly more popular. In that case, the right move would be to remove the dock from the hybrid unit's package, reduce the price by $50 (or whatever the magic number is), and only sell docks separately. In fact, even if it's not correct that most people play handheld, it could still make sense to strip out the dock.

The internet should get rid of Michael Pachter.

I think you're looking at it the wrong way. There's not much that unites us here on VGC with everyone having their preferences. What Pachter brings is unity, he brings the site together with everyone agreeing he's terrible at his job.