Destructoid - Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter most definitely has sweet side, but it's his sour side that's so much fun to talk about. The latest stop in his carnival of flavors is SXSW 2013 in Austin, Texas, where he made the oft-repeated prediction that this latest round of home consoles will be the last we ever see. Of course, he said the exact same thing about this past generation, but I'm sure his number is bound to come up eventually.
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Pachter is an out of touch boob with no business predicting anything.
"Next gen WILL be the last gen guys...COME ON...I'M SUPER CEREAL....why won't you guys listen to me" <cries>
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
2042 = cloud gaming.
2025: Pachter "9th gen will be the last console generation"
...and so on.
"This time its the last time. I swear to GOD its the last time! I know I'M wrong everytime I open my mouth but THIS TIME ITS TRUE"
"PAY ME ATTENTION, BUHUHUHUH"
Thats pretty much the picture I (and many) have of him xD
"I've seen people praising the PS4 but I've never seen a ton of people say
"The PS4 is going to win next gen"
I've seen a lot of it actually. Maybe you don't spend as much time on N4G as I do ;)
"The PS4 is going to win next gen"
You won't even get things like that untill Microsofts reveal show.
http://n4g.com/news/1184314...
I've seen Patcher articles for a long time, long before N4G was popular, and even when I didn't follow this stuff as much I always wondered how he actually came to be respected and acknowledged by the gaming media for his predictions.
I know some of the stuff reported is taken out of context, or purposely misquoted for hits, but that doesn't make it right. His job involves money issues, and to that end, I assume he is OK at it as he still has a job as an analyst. Outside of that though, I don't know why anyone in the gaming community really cares what he has to say, because everything he says is flame bait material...Oh wait...now I get it....never mind.
Edit: I'd also like to say that if Patcher wants to have his own blog, and put out his opinion, or come in here(or another forum) to discuss his opinion, he is more than welcome. But when others start posting articles about what he says, all while calling him an analyst, it automatically infers that his opinion has some credence worth listening to. That is the difference between him and your average N4G user.
Within the next ten years when there will presumably be free high speed Wi-fi across most of the nation, everything will be download/stream only.
This won't be the last generation of games, but it will be the last if its type(disc/cartridge based gaming).
People will pay subscription fees for access to some suped up PC at an undisclosed location and the image you generate with your controller will be streamed to your Internet enabled TV(which will be the standard in 5-10 years).
The PC market and the console market will eventually merge as both want to capitalize on each others market(PC architecture in the PS4 and Valve with the Steambox).
The communication bandwidths are already strained as it is, and no amount of fairy dust is going to make new radio wave channels or bandwidth appear out of thin air.
Now, there is the white-space spectrum frequencies that have been touted, but do you have any idea how powerful the telecom companies are in Washington? They are up there with Tobacco and NRA, if not bigger. There is no way that within 10 years they will want this space to open up for free public use, and they have the billions of dollars required to stall it out among the lawmakers. If anything they will want to use it for themselves to monetize it, which is what they are already suggesting.
Also the FCC has absolutely no plans on offering this to the country. Given how long the FCC takes to do anything, we'll be lucky if they even BEGIN to consider this in 10 years time.
Simple rule about the free market system, why give away something for free when people will pay outrageous prices for it? You think in 10 years time the service providers are going to just give this stuff away for free when they charge exorbitant prices now? Especially if those services being charged for can be taxed.
The consumer always gets shafted....always.
Other than that, the rest of your comment was OK, if not based on speculation. I believe those services will be offered, and we're even seeing it now, but hard to say if it will gain mainstream acceptance in 10 years. It probably won't in the 6-7 years until we see new systems.
Just because many people disagree with my opinion doesn't mean I deserve less of an ability to voice them. That would be unfair.
How is there a "winner" if the generation never ends?
I predict that the PS4 will run on citrus power.
There will be a Mario character in Super Smash Brothers 4.
Halo 5 will have at least two new guns AND a new vehicle!
"iOS Gaming" will soon take over the mobile market. And by that I mean the market who texts and drives.
I also believe he has his own web show, but I can't be bothered to watch it since I know I'll read about it anyways.
Why do people listen? because it's flame bait. It will always get a rise out of people just like a troll in any given thread on any given forum. PopRocks had a decent blog about that topic a few days ago, worth a read if you want to discuss it.
Most of the money the gaming industry makes is through console hardware/software, most of the developers in the industry prefer developing for consoles than PCs/tablets/smartphones etc.
Console gaming IS gaming and in 2020 when 9th gen consoles hit the market Pachter will come up with some stupid excuse as to why he was wrong and say that's definitely the last one.
sent from my Wii U game pad :)
That's essentially how Patcher's predictions work, yet somehow, he still maintains a job just because he went through the appropriate college courses. This countries educational system sucks.
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Many people have already stopped listening to him.
It's purely "entertainment" at this point.
Video games will adjust and adapt. We will see things this generation that will prove that the big three are in it for the long haul. Innovation and exclusive experiences will keep us coming back and begging for more.
There's only so much you can do with a tablet or smart phone.
Consoles will eventually come with glove controllers, opaque shades, 3d virtual interaction... It was only last generation they caught up with online multi-player!!
Does anyone really believe that strictly devoted video game hardware will ever end?! He's just trying to get us riled up... and it seems to work every time.
Maybe he meant it's the last generation... for him?!