Echo3075503d ago

Great, now all he has to do admit that he was also wrong about 1,000 times before this, and he'll be set.

In all seriousness, props to him for coming forward. Regardless of the circumstance, it's rarely easy to admit when you're wrong... or maybe he's just trying to butter Rockstar up so they'll send him a copy. Not that I blame him, it's a great game.

StanLee5503d ago

I'll be shocked the day Pachter is actually right about something.

nix5503d ago

lol... my exact sentiments!

darkmurder5503d ago

Pachter: I was wrong about everything I'm actually a fraud and get paid to talk out of my ass

HolyOrangeCows5503d ago

Pachter: "I was wrong about ________"

*Insert any of Pachter's predictions.

Leathersoup5503d ago

Pachter seems to dislike anything that's remotely western... remember Borderlands?

Proxy5503d ago

Being wrong every time is almost as impressive as being right every time. :)

diatom5503d ago

Pachter being wrong is not newsworthy.

shink5503d ago

Patcher being right for once would be news worthy.

johnthe5th5503d ago

Who is he and how did he become so famous? Maybe I should start making some bold predictions and post them on N4G. I would be much more reliable, but then again, who wouldn't be?

Mista T5502d ago

Patcher is right about being wrong 0_o

BWS19825502d ago (Edited 5502d ago )

he gained volume and credence is because some of the industry listens to him, including some media and the likes. I can't remember where I first heard of him, could have been Game Informer, but he really hasn't proven himself IMO. For some reason, it's a snowball effect, it seems. Some company in the industry, or some analysts here his name and hear he's "got a prediction" and suddenly he's gained more clout and it just keeps rolling on like that.

You know who would have more credence? Actual game enthusiasts or devs and publishers. I may be wrong, but the guy just seems like an economist who works with the video game industry, nothing more, could even be the guy hates games (but that could be wrong)...Either way, it's ridiculous that the guy's "guesswork" carries the weight it does when it's as wrong as it often is.

He seems to base a lot of his predictions on trends and the past, and not "what would gamers play"...hence my doubt of the man, and my own guess that he doesn't even know why gaming is fun in the first place.

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Double Toasted5503d ago

I think anything he predicts should be labeled as stand-up comedy instead of analytics. Because when I feed into what he says, my head starts to hurt, but when I realize its just Patcher being Patcher...I start laughing. Ha!!!

raztad5503d ago

Out of everything he said this is what I found the most interesting:

\quote
THEY HAVEN'T SENT ME ANY GAMES SINCE I DOUBTED WHETHER Bully WOULD SELL WELL," he said.

\endquote

To think Patcher is just an industry analyst and what he says dont affect game sales at all scare me.

PS360_375503d ago

No matter how wrong or right he has been, he is as popular as he is because he made those bold predictions. It's so easy to make the easy predictions that always come true, the problem is, no one will notice you.

Red-Dead-Roar5503d ago

when you're wrong time after time, people should just tell him to stfu and stop publishing his spoken voice...

PS360_375503d ago

The problem is, people like us are talking about him. No publicity is bad publicity...so I've heard :-/

VoicesInMyHead5503d ago

No, I like that he predicts wrongly...so you know the opposite will happen

orange-skittle5503d ago

"No publicity is bad publicity"

Tell that to Toyota or Firestone. Once you get bad reviews on any game, the chance of it being in the bargain bin in 2 months is a definite. Red Dead is amazing and I played for 6 hours yesterday. I am no where near finishing this game, so that is $60 well spent right there. Gotta hurry up because I have Alan Wake waiting for me.

Sylo5502d ago

Toyota and firestone had BAD publicity. He was saying NO publicity is bad. Quit talking about this guy, and that's bad publicity for him. He would eventually go away...

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raWfodog5503d ago

I can't believe this fcuk cant go out and buy the game. He makes a lot of money, I bet. Lazy MF.

LukaX235503d ago

a person who conducts analysis, in particular
• an investment expert, typically in a specified field : rising consumer confidence and falling oil prices are the keys to any upturn, many analysts believe.

*Looks at Pachter*

I CAN DO THAT!

JokesOnYou5503d ago (Edited 5503d ago )

Sites treat Pachter as if he has some creditability because he works for a respectable firm like Wedbush & Morgan, but when it comes to the gaming industry his predictions and opinions are laughable. He's wrong most of the time and when he's right it's usually a very obvious guess like "I think Halo Reach will be one of the biggest sellers this year."= No shiii Sherlock. The guy is in love with his own voice and he enjoys his time in the spotlight on gaming sites, he's a attention whore and making up shiii that fanboys will argue over is his only claim to fame. I think any of the level headed non-fanboys on n4g could make better predictions....unfortunately that still only leaves about 2 or 3 members of n4g who could do Pachter's job better.

JOY

sikbeta5503d ago

Pachter: 'I was wrong about EVERYTHING'

[Fixed]

boodybandit5503d ago (Edited 5503d ago )

But him being wrong is common so I don't see a need to write an article about it.

Then again when you throw as much mud at a wall as this guy does? Eventually something will stick. It must be nice to have a job like this instead of actually working for a living. I need to purchase myself a crystal ball and some webspace and give it a try.

tuglu_pati5503d ago

He's wrong about everything

Sircolby455503d ago

I agree...Saying Pachter is wrong is like saying the sun shines during the daytime. We already know!

ReservoirDog3165503d ago

Well I was honestly a little worried it would sell only one copy (mine), so I see where he was coming from.

In a world where mw2 has an assault rifle with a shotgun attachment and a grenade launcher and every second without calling in an air strike is a wasted second, I was afraid people wouldn't care for a simple six-shooter.

But that just goes to show that R* just makes good games. I'm happily surprised a western is selling well in a world of modern warfare.

Cevapi885503d ago

how about saying "I was wrong about Everything." PERIOD

XxZxX5503d ago

he is only wrong on one thing. Unfortunately that thing is 'Everything'

Pika-pie5502d ago

Cant we just put a Patcher filter on this site?

I wonder if he still thinks the Natal will launch at under $50

pixelsword5502d ago (Edited 5502d ago )

Now THAT'S news!

(and that's sarcasm)

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retrofly5503d ago

Why the f**k should he get freebies I bet he earns £££/$$$ od cash, and all he doe sis go "oh that will sell well" "that won't"

And even then he gets it wrong.

BS

Microsoft_Spokesman5503d ago

It's the first time he's wrong.

And if he wants a copy he should get off his ass and buy one, just like the rest of us did.

5503d ago
Microsoft_Spokesman5503d ago

Oh crap, I meant isn't! Woops, lol.

Abash5503d ago

If you haven't realized it yet Pachter, you're wrong most the time...

Downtown boogey5503d ago

I'd say he's right most of the time. I just don't recall seeing any "Pachter was right" news here: pointing out one's mistakes has proven to be much more entertaining, though frivolous.
And even if he's not right that often, he must be when it comes to the things that matter to his employer since he still has his job, alright.

DARK WITNESS5503d ago

well, who knows... maybe you should start posting all those patcher is right stories.

peowpeow5503d ago

In the deepest of archives :P

aGameDeveloper5501d ago

One thing to keep in mind is that guys like Pachter usually get to see things way before anyone else has heard a peep about them, and it is their job to predict based off that information. So they make predictions based on grossly unfinished products, balanced against information about competing products that may be even more unfinished. So, for example, he may have been asked to predict the success of the 360 vs a PS3 that may have simply been in paper design at the time.

So his predictions may often be like predicting the weather a month from today (with charts, graphs, and historical data), while gamers' predictions are for the weather tomorrow (based off today's weather). While the former has much more data backing it up, it is still less likely to be accurate vs the short-term forecast with little scientific backup.

Coffin875503d ago

where do all these self-proclaimed 'experts' come from that dump their sh*t all over the internet??
i am glad that this crysis 2 storywriter shuts up finally, and now nearly every day i am bombarded with statements from this guy.

-MD-5503d ago

Pachter: 'I was wrong about Red Dead'

I was wrong about Red Dead

I was wrong

wrong

bobdog6265503d ago

Pacter or HHG .Take your Pic Folks

SeanRL5503d ago

Pachter for sure, at least HHG has a lot of good news.

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darthv72102d ago

Personally, I'd rank Pacific Rift in my top 10. It's the best of the series.

badz149102d ago

We desperately need Motorstorm back. Evolution is no more though and this makes me sad

Cacabunga102d ago

Sly Thieves in Time
Stay the Party
Portal 2
Dj Hero
Demon’s Souls
God of war Ascension

rudero101d ago

2 of those games got railed through the “gaming media” during release.
Sly and god of war.
Both of which were fantastic games.

Cacabunga101d ago

Ascension is VERY underrated. Remake please!

Venoxn4g102d ago

Decent list.. I would put the Castle Crashers as well..

1Victor101d ago

Yes it’s a decent list of popular games with a heavy hand on FPS and no Warhawk or Starhawk 2 of the best games (not sale wise) on ps3.
I would buy a Starhawk again even if it didn’t have a graphics upgrade hell I would even take a new one with micro transactions 😱🤯

Profchaos102d ago

I've noticed a recent nostalgia for the PS3 and I don't get it for me it's been my least favourite generation to date and I've been gaming since the NES I just feel like the ambition of the developers outweighed the capabilities of the consoles so I remember lots of games running in the lower end of 20fps range and I remember for the first time ever actually disliking the duelshock 3 and it's curved triggers

Sure there were some standouts and great games but that's the only gen I switched entirely to PC gaming

darthv72102d ago

Maybe the recent nostalgia is because pretty much all of its games are trapped on that console. People want to play them on more modern hardware. hell... if XB can do it then so can Sony. there are competent emulators out there that can run on PS4/5 hardware but Sony just wont let them become official... why is that?

If we are talking least favorite generations (personally) then this one is certainly mine. i had more fun playing 8th, 7th and 6th gen stuff than 9th. And it isnt like i dont have access to do so... the heavy hitters just havent shown up anywhere close to those previous gens. The few here and there just doesnt cut it compared to the likes of constant good games that showed up in 6th, 7th and 8th gen. hell.... I'll even throw in 5th gen has been better than this one.

Profchaos101d ago

I tend to agree there's lots of amazing games locked to the PS3 like GTA IV or mgs 4 but then again my issue was never with the content the PS3 had but rather it's performance many other people have said the PS3 felt like it couldn't walk and chew bubblegum at the same time using PSN and downloading a game could take a few minutes to just start a download.

I typically don't worry all that much about performance I've never had a problem with games that run at 30 but games like crysis 2, Skyrim are good examples where the performance was so unstable you would never even touch the top of the frame cap and the hitching was worse than say Goldeneye on the n64

I think emulation is more than possible on the ps5 though it's just that Sony has no incentive to rush it's development it will likely be a ps6 feature if it ever happens at all.

But yeah the 9th gen has been so bad from a content perspective thats a given I see constant articles where people are frequently expressing their disappointment around the industry as a whole right now to much live service competition that sinks longstanding studios and consumes Devs time less ambition and games cost so much to make they have to play it safe.

The 5th gen was easily better than the 9th we had some all time greats crash, Spyro, Tony hawk, mgs, Mario,64, Goldeneye, Mario kart 64 the list goes on. The 5th gave us a new dimension and I remember being blown away by how much more open gaming had become the 4th gen with the mega drive and SNES was great and very easy to still revisit some of the greatest games of all time came out like earthbound, secret of mana, sonic , Mario world etc but saving our games was still not a standard function or a given so gaming was still evolving but it was very impressive to see some of the tricks Devs used like dithering to give us new experiences those earlier gens limitations bred innovation.

Michiel1989101d ago

if XB can do it so can sony? I didn't know xbox had a cell processor in their older consoles, that's the reason why ps3 was so cool, but also the reason why games are hostage there and no, xbox did nothing similar even though their backward compatbility is good, they always had a similar architecture to their consoles.

darthv72101d ago

Sorry Michael... I guess you missed the obvious part where i said there are already emulators out that do this. and that is what XB is doing... emulators for OG and 360 games. Its why the full slate is not BC on XBO/Series.

coolbeans101d ago (Edited 101d ago )

The list is missing Folklore.

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