Famed industry analyst Michael Pachter firmly believes that Nintendo will launch the Wii U in October. Pachter made the comments during the latest episode of Pach Attack, during which he was asked why Nintendo hasn’t revealed the Wii U technical specifications.
“There’s a couple of reasons, I think. For one, they’re probably not certain exactly what their final specs are going to be. When I say that, they have the CPU and GPU down absolutely as developers are making games for it.
“I think they’re just waiting to see what the commodity prices are like, and what the assembly is going to cost them. They kind of have to go final at least three to four months before the thing launches, so I think you’ll hear specs around E3 and I think you should look for around a late October launch. That makes sense.”
“The answer is nobody has any clue, including Ubisoft,” Pachter later expanded, responding to whether the console would release prior to Assassin’s Creed III.”
“The game will come out on October 30th, and it’ll come out on Wii U if it’s out by then. If there’s not a Wii U by then, guess what, it’ll be held until it launches.
“I think it’s likely that Nintendo is shooting for around that date on Wii U. Historically, we haven’t really gotten console launches in the US and Europe past about November 15th, so October 30th sounds totally reasonable to me. But, I don’t think anyone has any clue. Nintendo does what Nintendo decides to do.”
Seems logical to make that assumption. It’s not too far-fetched nor too acute.
bwords there son…speak english
Can Pachter and logical even go in the same sentence?!?!
I think Pachter is trying to repair his win-loss percentage by making a fairly safe prediction for once.
He’s just trying to be good because lately people throw rubbish at him :P.Not true but really,nintendo fans hate him
That sounds reasonable, as long as Nintendo have strong launch titles.
i was actually thinking that they would launch the wii u in december sooooo, late october wouldnt be bad to launch
If they do it December. They’ll miss half of the holiday rush. Any time before thanksgiving would seem right.
Pachter being logical? WHAT IS THIS.
THIS IS MADNESS!
Don’t tempt me.
I’ll do it. :3 THIS IS NINTENDAAAAH!!!!!
no no….THIS IS NIN….TEN….DOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh look, a Pachter joke, aren’t you so clever?
Oh look, a “Oh look, a Patcher joke” joke, aren’t you so clever?
Saved me the energy of saying the same exact thing.
It happens more often that most of you’d like to believe.
He has a track record of being quite far fetched with his “predictions”, from what I’ve read from him, so yes, this is surprising to me.
Not really, you folks just like to highlight the things he gets wrong or can be perceived as “anti-Nintendo.” And obviously if all you visit is a Nintendo fan site, you aren’t going to get much perspective.
he gets some things right here or there, but majority KNOWS he is mostly wrong, everyone knows it, the media knows it, gamers know it, he isnt the best analyst out there dude
Didn’t say he was. He’s a logical guy, but the industry is such that logic doesn’t always provide the best answers. He studies numbers, trends, etc. (in other words, analyzes) and applies those models to the future. He doesn’t “know” how anything will play out, he just makes educated guesses. Everyone likes to pretend that he gets on a high horse and bashes companies for no reason, when generally he just tells it like it is (and like it was, for that matter).
I only defend him adamantly because he doesn’t really deserve the hate and ire he receives.
What kind of sorcery is this?!
The fuck is he talking about. The Wii came out in Europe on the 8th of December, and I’m pretty sure it was out on the 19th November in America.
Yeah, and the PS3 came out the 17th.
Wow. That sounds logical… but Patcher said it, so now I’m not so sure…
Wait…..Pachter is not bashing Nintendo?
THE WORLD IS ENDING.
Paint the cat and feed the wall! Panic! PAAAANNIIIIIIIC!
“Nintendo does what Nintendo decides to do.”
Yup! That’s EXACTLY what Nintendo will do! More often than not it’s a pretty good decision as well!
For once he said something that isn’t “completely” bashing Nintendo…
I have to agree with Pachter on this on it is a reasonable period.
NOVEMBER.
Imagine on black friday lol
that would be MADNESS then restock for XMAS THAT IS MADNESS!
as long as it’s before 2013 I’m good. there may not be a earth after 2012 hahaha.
I’d rather a November 18th release, but damn Pachter is actually being smart this time o.O, I like what he says at the end: Nintendo does what Nintendo decides to do.
He’s not being smart. If you fling enough shit around eventually some of it will stick. He talks crap so, naturally, something eventually will be sounding sensible. Tomorrow he’ll say the Wii U is actually powered by thirty ZX Spectrums controlled by actual Pikmin. The man’s a goon.
+1
This gives developers time to make games for the Wii U which is good.
As for Pachter, I am surprised he has made such a statement, although reality is, he is right.
Within that amount of time there will be lots of launch titles; and having lots of launch titles means lots of Wii U’s sold and mega yen for Nintendo…
NO NO NO HE IS NOT RIGHT HE IS NEVER RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
wait patcher is saying something logical and is not bashing Nintendo O_O HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE NO NO NO ITS THE END OF THE WORLD AAAAAAAAAAAA RUN HIDE AND BLAME PATCHER AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! X______X ITS IMPOSSIBLE NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m wondering more about the possibility of you not using All-Caps. ;)
lol
I think Nintendo is holding off making the decision because they don’t want a repeat of the 3DS release.
oh man i have to wait again at june
That…makes….a little sense…
I want the Wii U now!
I used to think that 2012 was just another crazy doomsday “prophecy”. But now that I see Pachter saying logical statements…
I see what you did there
Nothing new here….
and why the people watch their video, he call his watchers..babies…WTF, only people with interest in the topic(mostly 15+) would heard what a financial analyst say… that people is only a overinflated market analyst, he doesn’t even know about how the market operated(is very hit and publicty based,)
The “fellow babies” is a reference from the TV show WKRP. Thats the term Johnny Fever gave his followers.
I guess he was bound to say something that makes sense eventually. He is still an idiot that has no idea how the industry works and likes mouth off at Nintendo’s expense way too often. Leave luck to heaven.
Forget your clothes and your boots……I want your money for purchasing the Wii U NOW :P
Nice Terminator reference.
Question: What does Donzaloog even mean?
This is where I took my name from: http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Don_Zaloog
ooo okay a yugioh card
Yes, I am an old school Yu-Gi-Oh! nerd. Always loved that card. I’ve had a total of 5 copies.
haha why that card?
Why not? The card is awesome. Even thought it only has 1400 atk points, it has 3 awesome effects. I’ve always had a love for warrior type monsters. Even before the six samurai deck was released.
Other favourites are , Buster Blader, Black Luster Soldier, Black Luster Soldier Envoy of the Beginning, Gilford the Lightning, all the six samurai.
I also love the Blackwings (especially the Armour Master) and X-Sabers
you lost me after black luster soldier :/
Lol. Haven’t been keeping up with the series?
stopped after season 2
You missed all of the best parts.
It started gettin sloppy and lame imo. But I saw bits and pieces
I can understand that. I actully collect the cards irl. I haven’t been up to it in about a year though. Since the end of 5Ds.
Do you know what makes sense? Having sex on the beach with purple haze and piña colada. You see anyone can be an analyst.
I know what else makes sense… At least two pennies
Well patcher is famed for getting things rite…I have little in my head to make a decent alternative anaylisis, but i’m damned sure he’s got it wrong
It’s official… Michael Pachter have lost his “Pinhead of the Year” status.
How the idustry works mr patcher make the cheapest garbage with cheap materials sell low and poor white crackers on welfare who shop thrifty will buy shovelware then relese and ”upgrade” thats somebody made 6 yrs ago and steal from apple the ppl u base
Actually wii u is like wii …its and upgraded xbox while wii was an upgraded gamecube lol next genmy ass oh a ds/ipad omg. Mark my words xbox will destroy you with the durango the machine that bill gates hands will touch
Bill Gates doesn’t make the Dildo machine, troll!
Nintendont does what they want yeah like fail with virtuql boy,relese weak hardware with no 3rd party and shovelware,have shit internest,milk tired fanchises,release broken games like kid icurus and sell to weeaboo ass kissing race traitor dumb weak crakr
U mad motherf*cker?
Hey shitendo why no release mother or ya other jap exculsive lol oh yeah were noth worth the co$t you cheap bastards. Wii barely has good games it took 6 yrs smh good job & ppl had to beg BEG for xenoblade great fan service. Ur fans are manchildren fags
WII U MAD?
Hey DroneBox fanboy… is your ass hurting me? Microsoft treats everyone with shit and planning on creating a new game system that has no disc drive and you can’t even play used games. SHUT THE F*CK UP AND GET OVER IT, YOU F*CKING FAILED TROLL!
Microdick… Since you’re an Xbox fanboy, I believe THIS is your type of game.
Microsoft gives its fans what they want without us begging and its no t region lock like 3ds so they force u to buy another jap 3ds smh ya tools. Microsoft treats us with dignity and release an actual next gen to respect to our inteligents
No one gives a shit what you think, rabid DroneBox fanboy!
Either he works for Pacher or Microsoft fried his brain. Or maybe both. Just ignor him man.
Ahem to Counter Piracy?
Who are you and what have you done to Michael Patcher?
Pachter can’t talk!
Patcher was actually logical for once?
My god, celebration time for the world will never end and hopefully soon hardcore means “super hard games (Mega Man 3, Super Mario Sunshine” and not shooters.
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