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News: Michael Pachter: PlayStation 4 Will Launch in 2013

Michael Pachter: PlayStation 4 Will Launch in 2013

Crystal ball

Likeable industry analyst Michael Pachter believes that Sony will release the next PlayStation console in October or November of next year. The chatty Wedbush Securities employee told the latest issue of PLAY magazine that he doesn’t believe the platform holder “wants to launch behind Microsoft again”. He added: "It isn't likely...

Pachter: Exciting Unannounced Vita Title on the Horizon

Exciting Unannounced Vita Title on the Horizon

Get hype

If Sony’s going to come anywhere near to achieving its sales targets for Vita, it’s going to need some big software releases over the next 12 months. Thankfully, lovable industry analyst Michael Pachter has teased that there’s at least one exciting title on the horizon. Speaking on the latest episode of the Bonus Round, the...

Pachter: Grand Theft Auto V Will Launch in October

Grand Theft Auto V Will Launch in October

Analyst bets big

Following this morning’s, ahem, shock BioShock Infinite delay, Wedbush Securities’ Michael Pachter has predicted that Grand Theft Auto V will launch in its place. Admittedly, it was the first thing that crossed our minds too. See, the delay of BioShock Infinite means more than just one less present to put under your Christmas...

Pachter: PS3 Price Cut "Likely" At E3

PS3 Price Cut "Likely" At E3

Peering into the crystal ball

Seasoned video game industry analyst Michael Pachter believes a PlayStation 3 price cut will be announced at this year’s E3. Sony’s primary home console is a cut away from the magic $199 mark in the US – a price-point which prompted PS2 sales to catapult last generation. Speaking ahead of this week’s March NPD...

News: Michael Pachter Responds to Orbis Rumours

Michael Pachter Responds to Orbis Rumours

Warns against anti-used games

While we’re still trying to wrap our heads around yesterday’s PlayStation Orbis rumours, seasoned industry analyst Michael Pachter has whipped out his crystal ball and provided some insight on the murmurs. Chatting with GamesIndustry, Pachter explained that it’s unlikely Sony will install anti-used game measures...

News: Pachter Predicts: Sony Will Win The Holidays

Pachter Predicts: Sony Will Win The Holidays

Industry analyst Michael Pachter believes that the XBOX 360 is in danger of being outsold by the PlayStation 3 this Holiday if Microsoft doesn't match the system's recent price-cut

“If Microsoft does nothing, I think PS3 will outsell XBOX 360,” he told IndustryGamers. “My friends at Microsoft are extremely proud, and they absolutely refuse to tolerate the possibility that the PS3 will outsell..

News: We May As Well Have A Michael Pachter Quote For The Road, Eh?

We May As Well Have A Michael Pachter Quote For The Road, Eh?

Pssht

What a day? When we started up PushSquare we did so with the intention of writing about video games. Granted we could avoid the PlayStation Network security breach entirely [you'll note we never wrote a single word about GeoHot - Ed] but unfortunately this story is too big to avoid. Furthermore, we've received like three press releases today — no one is announcing anything to do with their..

News: Pachter Showers the NGP With Twitter Love

Pachter Showers the NGP With Twitter Love

Two thumbs up

Analysts have already commented on the NGP price in the past, but now that Wedbush Morgan gaming analyst Michael Pachter has been treated to a hands-on demo of the device, he’s weighing in on the capabilities and performance of the device as well. Pachter took to Twitter earlier this week to shower the NGP with such lovely adjectives...

Pachter: Disney Epic Mickey Will Come to PS3 Eventually

Disney Epic Mickey Will Come to PS3 Eventually

It's a shoe-in

Disney Epic Mickey on Wii is raking in some pretty positive reviews around the world but, despite Warren Spector's insistence that it was made for Wii, Michael Pachter is in no doubt it'll appear on PlayStation 3 in the fullness of time. It will ultimately come there. Maybe they’ll do it as a Playstation Network game for a lot less...

Pachter: Move Could Make Publishers Billions

Move Could Make Publishers Billions

We're talking big money

Kinect vs. Move, Move vs. Kinect – who will win? Everybody's favourite analyst Michael Pachter is being uncharacteristically cagey about who he'll be backing, as he reckons both systems can shift over 10 million units before the end of 2011, making half of those sales before the current financial year ends in April 2011...

News: Pachter Predicts Hardware Price-Cuts "Across The Board" In 2011

Pachter Predicts Hardware Price-Cuts "Across The Board" In 2011

Infamous video games analyst Michael Pachter has predicted $50 console price-cuts "across the board" next year, with Microsoft expected to take charge in the Spring

"We estimate that a $50 console price cut across the board will impact software sales by a positive 5%, and we expect Microsoft to lead with a cut some time in Spring 2011," he said. Pachter added that he believes the..

Pachter: PlayStation Plus Needs 2-3 Million Subscribers Before PSN Starts Turning A Profit

PlayStation Plus Needs 2-3 Million Subscribers Before PSN Starts Turning A Profit

Industry analyst Michael Pachter has weighed in with his impressions on Sony's PlayStation Plus service, predicting that the company will need 2-3 million subscribers before they start turning a profit

Comparing the service to XBOX Live on his GameTrailers show Pach Attack, the Wedbush Morgan man said that the Microsoft service had a slow start until extras such as Netflix were introduced. “Sony..

Pachter: Killzone 3's 3D Isn't A "Game Changer"

Killzone 3's 3D Isn't A "Game Changer"

Everyone's favourite (or least favourite) industry analyst Michael Pachter has had a word or two to say about Killzone 3's 3D implementation

He's told CVG: "I don't think that 3D support is a huge game changer, as I don't think that a significant portion of the population will have 3D displays any time soon." We're lost for words. When Guerrilla were quoted using the "game..

News: "The Biggest & Best E3 Ever" Looms, Claim Industry Veterans

"The Biggest & Best E3 Ever" Looms, Claim Industry Veterans

This year's E3 feels bigger than any we've ever known

With the longest console lifespan ever predicted, the stakes are high for Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo - all of whom will be competing for the strongest software and peripheral line-up that will ensure the extension of their system's cycle. It's also big for the third-parties, with Activision, EA, Capcom and THQ all expecting to show multiple..

News: The Greatest Of Injustices: Sony's Playstation Portable

The Greatest Of Injustices: Sony's Playstation Portable

If you were to listen to (and believe) much of the Western video games media, you'd probably be fooled into thinking Sony's Playstation Portable has been an abysmal failure

Released in 2005, the PSP has mustered sales of over 60million units worldwide in those five years since launch - figures not particularly shy of Nintendo's Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance range. Impressive, given Nintendo's..

Pachter: Cheapest Motion Controller Will Win "The War"

Cheapest Motion Controller Will Win "The War"

2010 shall hereby be known as the war of the motion controller

With Sony due to release the Playstation Motion Controller (rumoured to be entitled Arc), and Microsoft their body-cam Project Natal, the war for second place appears to really be hotting up between XBOX 360 and Playstation 3. As ever where there's a sniff of the console war, Michael Pachter has dropped by to weigh-in with his opinion..

News: Michael Pachter Gets His Own GameTrailers Show, Hilarity Ensues

Michael Pachter Gets His Own GameTrailers Show, Hilarity Ensues

Stocks in the ever-increasing portfolio of video games analyst Michael Pachter just shot up, with the premiere of his new GameTrailers show, Pach$Attack -- a segment in which the buoyant business-man talks games industry numbers (and his undying appreciation for Microsoft's corporate strategies)

Check the show through here. It's hilarious.