Pachter: WiiU sucked in February too

[ShadowSoldier]

So yeah, Michael Pachter, everybody knows who he is. If you don't, he hates Nintendo. And by that, I mean he excludes facts to make them look bad. Even when they're successful, Pachter says they're in trouble. He's basically the leader of the Nintendo Hate Wagon.


Anyways, his prediction was that the WiiU sold only about 80k in February. Which, let's be honest, isn't that surprising because besides a few eShop games (Bit Trip Runner 2 <3), there were no games released at all. Legends speak of a platforming game that was supposed to come out, but who knows if that was true or not.

"The Wii sold nearly double our estimate as the Wii U vastly underperformed our expectations, likely due to a relatively thin release slate and an unusual number of returns. It is difficult to envision a turnaround in Wii U hardware sales without a price cut or until more compelling software becomes available, but we think that weekly sales of 20,000 units is likely. We think that the long-term appeal of the console will be severely limited by the perception that the next consoles from Microsoft and Sony will be much more powerful with greater online integration and multimedia functionality.

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I do wonder if he's ever tired of being wrong about stuff. And for those of you who don't know, he's wrong more often than he is right.

 

[DarkShinigami]

Pachter giving faulty predictions and pulling info outta his ass when is this new?

if I got a penny every time he was wrong I'd be one rich sucka

 

[Gahars]

A Pachter thread?

He's really Pach-ing heat this time.

 

[beta4attack]

80k for a console that just launched a few months ago with near to no games is bad considered to two consoles that launched years ago with a huge games catalog behind? Pachter logic for the win!

 

[Deleted member 194275]

Michael Pachter isn't Nintendo hater, he is a video game industry hater. He loves only mobile gaming, wich means that he loves only crap games.

Look all the shity he has on mind:
“Zynga is broadening the appeal of their games by including more genres (bubble shooter, puzzle games, word games, drawing games, Sims knock-off) and somehow people think that isn’t innovative enough." (Forbes)

 

[ComeTurismO]

PACHTER IS JELLY.

 

[BORTZ]

why are people posting pacther threads, these aren't news.

 

[porkiewpyne]

why are people posting pacther threads, these aren't news.

Better be united and fling shit at this dude than at going at each other's throats right? XD

 

[Hyro-Sama]

Damn, there's Wii U hate all over the place.

Spoiler: I beg you don't cry

;O;

 

[ShadowSoldier]

Damn, there's Wii U hate all over the place.

Spoiler: I beg you don't cry

;O;

lmao what's that from?

 

[Hyro-Sama]

lmao what's that from?

I found it on GoNintendo.

 

[frogboy]

Spoiler: I beg you don't cry

I can't get over how completely wrong that statement is.

 

[Gahars]

I can't get over how completely wrong that statement is.

Search your feelings, you know it to be true.

 

[emigre]

Personally I blame the Wii U for sucking.

 

[Fear Zoa]

I liked it better when we were all bashing EA and the Psvita.

 

[The Catboy]

Oh no, not a Pachter thread

 

[Foxi4]

I do wonder if he's ever tired of being wrong about stuff.

...but he was right this time around - the WiiU did sell poorly and a price cut would help (however games would be better).

 

[VMM]

Damn, there's Wii U hate all over the place.

Spoiler: I beg you don't cry

;O;

That's fucking hilarious, but honestly, I wouldn't doubt android devices surpassing WiiU specs over it's lifetime.

 

[Deleted_171835]

Prediction: Wii U will suck in March too.

You heard it here first folks.

 

[Foxi4]

That's fucking hilarious, but honestly, I wouldn't doubt android devices surpassing WiiU specs over it's lifetime.

I would. Mobile GPU's aren't all that strong - the ones we're using today match those we've seen in the Dreamcast/PS2, maybe slightly surpass them but that's that.