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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 Posted in Action, Activision Blizzard, PC, PS3, RPG, Trade, Xbox 360 | 15 Comments »
Speaking under conditions of anonymity, a highly-placed source close to Vivendi has told VG247 that, despite comments from Blizzard to the contrary over the weekend, a newly-formed Activision-Blizzard may see ... Read more..Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »
Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter's said he doesn't think the idea of a third-party media unit - developed by the likes of Philips - with Xbox 360 functionality is a viable ... Read more..Friday, June 27th, 2008 Posted in America, Microsoft, Trade, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Speaking to GamesIndustry, Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter has yet again stated a case for an imminent Xbox 360 price cut in the US. "Microsoft has historically been a price taker - ... Read more..Saturday, June 14th, 2008 Posted in America, Nintendo, Trade | 3 Comments »
In the wake of May's NPD release Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has warned that focusing on the struggle between 360 and PS3 in the US is missing the point. ... Read more..Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, Trade | No Comments »
Buy buy buy. Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter just raised his rating on Activision from buy to strong buy ahead of an expected approval of the firm's merger with Vivendi on ... Read more..Monday, June 9th, 2008 Posted in America, PS3, Retail, Trade, Xbox 360 | 20 Comments »
Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter just issued a research note saying he expects that Xbox 360 outsold PS3 in the US last month. "We estimate sell-through of 750,000 Wii, 250,000 Xbox 360 ... Read more..Friday, June 6th, 2008 Posted in Action, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360 | 10 Comments »
Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter has just issued a note saying he does not expect GTA IV to make it past 12 million units this, leaving Take-Two as an obvious target. "Notwithstanding ... Read more..Sunday, June 1st, 2008 Posted in America, Fitness, Nintendo, Wii | 4 Comments »
Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter has explained that Wii Fit can't be bought for love nor money in the US for two reasons: the weak dollar, and the fact Americans aren't ... Read more..Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 Posted in America, Europe, PS3, Trade, Wii, Xbox 360 | 17 Comments »
Speaking at the Electronic Gaming Summit in the US yesterday, Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter predicted that both Xbox 360 and PS3 will come down in price this Christmas to ... Read more..Friday, May 16th, 2008 Posted in America, Trade | 4 Comments »
Brilliant. Super-analyst Michael Pachter just sent through a note saying he's been named "#1 Earnings Estimator in the Software industry" in the Financial Times/StarMine Analyst Awards. You can see the ... Read more..Friday, May 16th, 2008 Posted in America, PS3, Trade, Xbox 360 | 22 Comments »
Wedbush Morgan's Michael has issued a research note exclaiming "surprise" at sluggish 360 and PS3 console sales in April. Both machines came in well under his previous estimates. "We were ... Read more..Friday, May 16th, 2008 Posted in THQ, Trade | No Comments »
Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter has said he expects THQ to make a comeback in the current fiscal year after a "miserable" performance in the 12 months ending March 31. "The fact ... Read more..Monday, May 12th, 2008 Posted in America, Retail, Trade | 4 Comments »
Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter has released a research note saying that he expects PS3 to have outsold Xbox 360 in the US in April. Here are his estimates, according to Next-Gen ... Read more..Monday, May 12th, 2008 Posted in Action, America, PS3, Retail, Rockstar, Xbox 360 | 7 Comments »
Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter has just told videogaming247 that he expects the Xbox 360 version of GTA IV outsold the PS3 version in America last month, ahead of NPD data ... Read more..Monday, May 12th, 2008 Posted in America, PS3, Retail, Trade, Xbox 360 | 31 Comments »
Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter has just told videogaming247 that he expects Xbox 360 to have outsold PS3 in America last month, ahead of NPD data to be released this week. The ... Read more..Monday, April 21st, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, Trade | 19 Comments »
Speaking in the latest OXM podcast, Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter has said that he believes Microsoft is "foolish" to be worried about leading the console war. "I personally think that, with ... Read more..Monday, April 14th, 2008 Posted in America, Retail, Trade | No Comments »
According to a research note just issued by Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter, NPD data issued this week is likely to show that the US market grew by 47 percent year ... Read more..Monday, April 14th, 2008 Posted in America, DS, PS2, PS3, PSP, Retail, Wii, Xbox 360 | 11 Comments »
Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter has just issued a research note that predicts PS3 outsold Xbox 360 in the US last month. The analyst said that he expects PS3 to have sold ... Read more..Monday, April 7th, 2008 Posted in Action, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360 | 8 Comments »
EA has good reason to delay GTA IV if it takes over Take-Two, Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter has said in the latest episode of GTTV's Bonus Round. "I think it'll be ... Read more..Friday, April 4th, 2008 Posted in America, Europe, Japan, PS3, Retail, Trade, Wii, Xbox 360 | 4 Comments »
Speaking exclusively to videogaming247, Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter has released his global hardware sales forecast for 2008. "I expect US and European Wii sales of 15 million units this year, expect ... Read more..Friday, April 4th, 2008 Posted in Action, PS3, Retail, Trade, Xbox 360 | 4 Comments »
Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter has reacted to this morning's estimate from Hudson Square that GTA IV could sell up to 13 million units this year, telling videogaming247, "I suppose it's ... Read more..Friday, April 4th, 2008 Posted in America, Europe, PS3, Retail, Trade, Xbox 360 | 32 Comments »
Update: Michael's asked us to point out that these figures were given to us in the context of providing reasoning behind his GTA IV sales estimates. Speaking to videogaming247, Wedbush Morgan's ... Read more..Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 Posted in 2K, EA, Rockstar, Take-Two, Trade | 1 Comment »
Speaking here after the release of Take-Two's Q1 financials yesterday, Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter has said he now expects the company's management to abandon its stance on negotiating on a ... Read more..Monday, March 10th, 2008 Posted in America, PS3, Retail, Trade, Xbox 360 | 5 Comments »
Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter has told videogaming247 that his firm expects that PS3 outsold Xbox 360 in February, ahead of the release of NPD data on Thursday. PS3's lead over ... Read more..Monday, March 10th, 2008 Posted in America, Europe, Japan, PS3, Trade, Xbox 360 | 3 Comments »
While Xbox 360 may look attractive in Europe after today's price cut, Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter believes that year-end will see PS3 move ahead of 360 month-on-month in the US, ... Read more..Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 Posted in Trade, Wii | No Comments »
Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter has suggested a Wii priced at $199 without a bundled Wii Sports could help keep the console competitive in 2009. "The console has a price advantage over ... Read more..
