"After a few email exchanges with him, and pointing out what I thought was one obvious flaw in his opinion on this subject, Mr. Pachter replied, "Sometimes, I add two and two and get seven, but I still add two and two."
What was the context of this quote, and what flaw did I see in Michael Pachter's original statement? More importantly, did Mr. Pachter explain his statement after I mentioned why his original opinion made no sense, in a way that made sense? Brew yourself some coffee, and take a look at one partial email exchange with him Michael Pachter below, as well as a visual aid I hope can help with Mr. Pachter's bad math!", writes CoffeeWithGames.
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Nothing out of context there. He may add some correct numbers, but then includes heaps of poo. Hence he carries on to say 'but I still add two and two'.
This actually goes for pretty much any public figure these days.
People watch his videos with hopefulness, thinking they might get some inside info or some really cool predictions that might come true.
But in the end, 2 + 2 is not 7 . . . 70% of the time.
2+2 is not equal to 7 a hundred percent of the time!!! XD
What Pachter really should say is, 2 + 2 + x = 7, where x is my opinion based on information from very secretive services!
and if I told you, you would be as rich as I am suckers so stop listening to me and get a real job!!! XD
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Smarter than most people on this site and the chimpanzees at the zoo: Hell NO!
I mean I dont hate him personally but he can be so silly sometimes :/
no pachter is an analyst who works for the share holders he doesn't care about you or what you think in the end he gets paid to make predictions and your just some whiny kid on a site that pachter will never hear about
he may not be a gaming prodigy but in the end I think he hast it better off than most of us huh
Knowledge. He might not predict much right. But he has insight on many key factors.
Your wage is basically linked to your knowledge and know how and the performance there of.
What a jag! This guy is smoking CRACK! Michael Patcher is a damn idiot and tries to blame it on "Educated Guessing", does anyone really buy that shit!?!
I just don't (for the majority of the time) agree with his opinions. He's well educated, and works long work hours (I respect his admission for higher learning).
Like I said - I disagree with his opinions, but I respect him as a person (people belittle him way too often).
Fanboys blinded by hate and brand loyalty will find to know the real score
You know, just because the media tends to view core gamers as angry, hateful and immature whiners doesn't mean we have to act like it.
The man is an analyst who is simply doing his job. There's hardly a reason to use any sort of asinine wording in your comment.
Stories like this one and all of our comments simply ensure that he still has the same job.
Unfortunately there is a margin for error when using your own digests to come to conclusions.
But after reading N4G and it's armchair analysts for some time, at least his 'predictions' are somewhat seated in reality.
he must be doing something right to still be doing the job he is doing.
Sometimes the media only portrays when people get things wrong because its more interesting to read. So for all we know he maybe gets 70% of his predictions wrong and it valuable to some businesses, but then when he gets something wrong thats what people flock to.
Of course I could be wrong its merely a suggestion. But when the only info we have comes from gaming sites who are writing not just to inform, but to entertain, its hard to get a complete unbiased view.
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He is obviously very good at that job or the company would have long since fired him. For instance, he was the one that maintain something was wrong with the NPD numbers regarding game sales a while back and sure enough their numbers where flawed.
Far to many of you guys give his random opinions to much credit simply because he is an "analyst". This guy is probably slightly more informed than some of you, but as for us folks that know a lot about the video game industry, you know the hardcore/core gamers, he doesn't know any more than we do.
May as well delete my post, that explains it way better and is pretty much spot on
http://www.sloshspot.com/ph...
It's weird how this guy keeps getting so much publicity and I find it annoying that people pay so much attention to him when he's just a guy with opinions, it's as if people don't trust their own opinions and look to him for some instead, then have a go it him for being wrong.
7 is likely the closest he has ever gotten to 4.
I honestly don't remember the last time he had some major ground breaking thing WAY ahead of everyone else.....