Tag: Michael Pachter

Gaming News Wrap [10 Apr 2015]

News. Games The next Destiny update has a few more features than the ones already known. In the tower, you will be able to wear your helmet, while the second feature is the ability to lock items of gear to prevent accidental dismantling. [More…] It looks like everyone wants a bit of zombies for their game. A recent Bethesda tweet teased…

Pachter: “Publishers are going to force price drops for Xbox 360 and PS3”

Industry analyst, Michael Patcher is claiming that publishers are going to force Sony and Microsoft to cut the price of Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 next month. DualShockers are citing the latest episode of Bonus Round where Pachter claimed that publishers will threaten to pull support for the two consoles, unless the pricing is dropped. “I think the publishers are…

Pachter: “I don’t know why Iwata is still employed”

Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter has famously not been the most complimentary to Nintendo in the past, and it doesn’t look like he is about to change his ways anytime soon.Pachter, this time, says he does not know why “Iwata is still employed.” GamesIndustry report that Pachter addressed Game Monetization USA Summit attendees, outlining the Wii U’s commercial performance, which he…

Gaming News Wrap [9 Dec 2013]

Good morning gamers. Hope you all had a fabulous weekend. We did – thanks for asking. It was filled with the usual zombie apocalypse planning and a BBBQ (Brain Bar-B-Q). You doomsday planners don’t stand a chance by the way… Our Spike VGX coverage will follow in another article during the course of this morning. Games The Xbox 360 title…

Gaming News Wrap [9 Oct 2013]

Good morning gamers. The gaming news wrap is the human equivalent of zombie food. Tasty. In bite sized chunks. Michael Pachter has suggested that PS4 pre-orders are around 1.5 million. He also thinks Sony will encounter “some supply shortages”. He said a little more about things, and you can read all about it here. In France meanwhile, it appears the PS4…

Gaming News Wrap [8 July 2013]

Good morning and welcome to a new week. Ugh. Feel nauseous just thinking about it. Sign ups for the 2013 Xbox Live Xbox 360 Update Public Beta are now open. Any subscribers from the 41 supported Xbox Live countries may participate, but numbers are limited. You will be able to register directly from your Xbox 360 Dashboard, but will need…

Gaming News Wrap [21 June 2013]

Morning all you gamers. It’s been another interesting week in gaming hasn’t it? You can thank us for that. We threatened Microsoft with a zombie apocalypse if they didn’t change their policies. Fact. GameStop has sold out on its store allocated Day One Edition Xbox One. They are however, still taking online pre-orders for the console. However, the in-store allocations…

Gaming News Wrap [15 May 2013]

Good morning fair humans.  Shall we take you through the gaming news? It looks like Microsoft is building a greenhouse or a tent to reveal their next generation console.  We would’ve thought they’d hire a Las Vegas casino at least… [via Twitter] Defiance has a host of DLC planned and will be a mixture of free and paid-for content.  The…