You know what we haven't written about yet? A PS3 price cut! That is quite a new and interesting subject to talk about, isn't it? Even better, it's a PS3 price cut story that involves Michael Pachter, so you just know it's going to be fun and frolics. The Wedbush Morgan analyst has declared that Sony will see a price cut by October, whether we like it or not.
"We think that the console manufacturers will therefore be forced to consider a price cut before year-end, with Sony cutting the PS3’s price by October 1," claims the man who looks a bit like Egon from Ghostbusters. "Further, we do not think that Nintendo’s hardware forecast figures are achievable without a price cut, and we expect one around the same time as the PS3 price cut.
"It is likely both manufacturers will cut by $50, with Sony making up any lack of increased demand with a software bundle. We expect Microsoft to follow suit, giving us confidence that US software sales will grow later in the year, notwithstanding negative sales in the early part of the year."
You may now chip in with your "how does this man still have a job?" comments as soon as you're ready, folks!
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10:00 AM on 07.13.2009
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So, how 'bout it, Pachy? Feelin' lucky?
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home.
EVENTUALLY he has to get it right.
Dude, Pachter doesn't exist. He is just some made-up idea people bring up when they can't explain why video game sales are the way they are. If sales deviate from expected paths, people always cite Pachter as to why it happened. I'm getting tired of all these spreadsheet-thumpers.
^_^
Jim, you should just start copying and pasting these posts, I audibly sigh when i see "Pachter" "Price" and "Cut" in the header. Can't we label them with something so they can be easily ignored?
If I go to the bookies and put a bet on that "at some point, eventually someone will win something" do you reckon I'd get good odds?
He's been asking for a PS3 price cut for years. He has no money
And this is like the laziest prediction ever. "Sony will cut prices for the Christmas release period" is a pretty safe idea to be peddling.
For good this time.
There's a problem with all this media attention for a PS3 price cut. It'll be like everything Sony. It's hyped to the point of buggery, & no matter how good or spectacular the end result is,, it'll be an anticlimax, It just won't quite be enough to keep people happy, & the cycle will then start again, The media will just latch onto something else anti Sony. After all, the media are still harping on that the PS3 doesn't have any must have exclusives. Cough:uncharted, cough:MGS4, cough:KZ2, cough:Infamous.
oh, & Pachters a fat arse who couldn't predict his way out of an open room if it had giant neon green arrows pointing to the doorway. What a plum.
Make sure to give me credit when I'm right and forget I said anything if I'm not.