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03-25-2009, 08:17 PM
Article From: http://loot-ninja.com/2009/03/25/pachter-states-this-console-generation-will-be-the-last
Pachter States This Console Generation Will be the Last
Anyone who follows the gaming industry habitually knows who Michael Pachter is. To sum him up, he’s the idiot that who “foresees” occurrences in the gaming industry – an analyst, if you will. Sometimes, he can be hitting the mark by announcing the obvious things like “Xbox 360 to sell well in 2009” or just look stupid by saying things like, “This console generation is the last.” Oh, wait. Hedid say that this console generation would be the last. With that, my friends, I leave you to decide the level of idiocy in which Pachter falls in.
The claim was made during GamesBeat 2009 – a conference going on alongside GDC 09 – where the Wedbush Morgan analyst declared that the future belonged to a “standard delivery platform” instead. Of course, these assumptions, I’m pretty sure, were made right after Mr. Pachter learned about Rearden’s OnLive service (a service which streams games directly from a server to your PC/Mac/TV rather than using your own hardware to play games).
But, according to 1UP, Pacther based his claimed on the rising cost of console game development, claiming that third-party publishers “are not going to support a PS4 or Xbox 720.” Of course, we can call bullshit on this. Why? Simply because these console producers make a majority of their money in selling their consoles. With development kits dropping in price from both Sony’s and Microsoft’s end, we can expect to see a more fluent, and steady, cost in development. Not to say that it still won’t be as expensive. But anyone who is familiar with technology will know that the cost of new technologies and their implementations are alwaysexpensive throughout its conception. It’s only a few years later when costs decline to a more “acceptable” and “gradual” price-point where things begin to move along. Publishers and developers know that console gaming is where it’s at. They know that’s where the majority of gamers spend their time gaming (not knocking the PC industry because I, myself, am a PC gamer). Maybe the OnLive service will be a kick-start for the On Demand Gaming service Rearden’s CEO is predicting it will be. With the console market just becoming more and more attractive to consumers – both gamers and non-gamers – I doubt it will be going anywhere anytime soon.
Some people believe that Microsoft’s next console will be announced at next year’s E3 slated for a 2012 release, as per analysts David Cole and Colin Sebastian. What about Sony? When can we expect to see Sony drop their next console? According to Pachter, don’t expect anything until sometime around 2015. By then the world should be done with. Didn’t the Mayans say something about the world ending in 2012? Fucking speculation – it’s so retarded.
Pachter States This Console Generation Will be the Last
Anyone who follows the gaming industry habitually knows who Michael Pachter is. To sum him up, he’s the idiot that who “foresees” occurrences in the gaming industry – an analyst, if you will. Sometimes, he can be hitting the mark by announcing the obvious things like “Xbox 360 to sell well in 2009” or just look stupid by saying things like, “This console generation is the last.” Oh, wait. Hedid say that this console generation would be the last. With that, my friends, I leave you to decide the level of idiocy in which Pachter falls in.
The claim was made during GamesBeat 2009 – a conference going on alongside GDC 09 – where the Wedbush Morgan analyst declared that the future belonged to a “standard delivery platform” instead. Of course, these assumptions, I’m pretty sure, were made right after Mr. Pachter learned about Rearden’s OnLive service (a service which streams games directly from a server to your PC/Mac/TV rather than using your own hardware to play games).
But, according to 1UP, Pacther based his claimed on the rising cost of console game development, claiming that third-party publishers “are not going to support a PS4 or Xbox 720.” Of course, we can call bullshit on this. Why? Simply because these console producers make a majority of their money in selling their consoles. With development kits dropping in price from both Sony’s and Microsoft’s end, we can expect to see a more fluent, and steady, cost in development. Not to say that it still won’t be as expensive. But anyone who is familiar with technology will know that the cost of new technologies and their implementations are alwaysexpensive throughout its conception. It’s only a few years later when costs decline to a more “acceptable” and “gradual” price-point where things begin to move along. Publishers and developers know that console gaming is where it’s at. They know that’s where the majority of gamers spend their time gaming (not knocking the PC industry because I, myself, am a PC gamer). Maybe the OnLive service will be a kick-start for the On Demand Gaming service Rearden’s CEO is predicting it will be. With the console market just becoming more and more attractive to consumers – both gamers and non-gamers – I doubt it will be going anywhere anytime soon.
Some people believe that Microsoft’s next console will be announced at next year’s E3 slated for a 2012 release, as per analysts David Cole and Colin Sebastian. What about Sony? When can we expect to see Sony drop their next console? According to Pachter, don’t expect anything until sometime around 2015. By then the world should be done with. Didn’t the Mayans say something about the world ending in 2012? Fucking speculation – it’s so retarded.