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Pachter Bites into Wii U, Not a Fan of the Console

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Industry analyst Michael Pachter recently aired his thoughts on the Wii U release, comparing support to the DS.

In an interview with A List Daily, Pachter confirmed that he is "not a fan of the console", comparing the GamePad and TV setup to a "DS that's disaggregated".

I think most developers look at the GamePad as either a gimmick or very DS like, and they don't want to incorporate the touchscreen features because the games aren't any better for them.

He feels that third parties will fail on the system as he "can't think of a third-party publisher that did well on the DS", only naming Scribblenauts. "There are a handful games and you can count them," he exclaims.

Nobody did very well on the DS, and I don't think anybody's going to do very well on the Wii U.

Pachter is also weary about the Wii U price point, given the potential competition during this holiday season - including the iPad Mini, Kindle Fire, smartphones etc.

Granted Pachter does have some weight in his argument, given that the line of vision can be wide when looking to both the GamePad and the TV. However third parties have thrived on the Nintendo DS, including the likes of Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Professor Layton plus many more popular and niche dual-screen gems.

What do you think of Michael Pachter's comments on the Wii U situation - do you agree?

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Adam Riley on 11.10.2012 at 22:26#1

Quelle surprise! Smilie Malheureusement (?), le Pachter est un pomme de terre...Monsieur Pomme de Terre Tete! Smilie

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RudyC3 on 11.10.2012 at 22:55#2

Adam Riley said:
Quelle surprise! Malheureusement (?), le Pachter est un pomme de terre...Monsieur Pomme de Terre Tete!

What the ??? XD

Anyway, I wonder how many copies a game must sell for Mr. Pachter to deem it a success. Perhaps unless a game sells more than 5 million copies or something, then it's not worth counting ???

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SuperLink on 11.10.2012 at 23:02#3

I think Pachter is just a grown man who gets paid to talk about games in an even more ignorant and naive way than 12 year old xbox fanboys on the internet.

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Azuardo on 11.10.2012 at 23:05#4

I'm surely not the only one that actually never reads what this guy (and most other journalists) has to say about anything?

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Sonic_13 on 11.10.2012 at 23:21#5

We all know that Pachter is always wrong. It's a given. But usually his comments are just annoyingly wrong. These comments are super-annoying-extremely-frustratingly-stupid-factually-incorrect wrong.

I can easily name 25 third party Nintendo DS games that sold over 1 million copies and there are many more than that too.

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Adam Riley on 11.10.2012 at 23:32#6

It is a case of give a monkey a keyboard, and eventually it will type the works of Shakespeare. He's bound to get one thing right, eventually Smilie

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What the ??? XD

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I think I'm tired - talking like a crazy guy Smilie

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Sonic_13 on 12.10.2012 at 01:45#7

Adam Riley said:
It is a case of give a monkey a keyboard, and eventually it will type the works of Shakespeare. He's bound to get one thing right, eventually

I suddenly have a new respect for Michael Pachter. Truly a man who defies all odds!

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justonesp00lturn on 12.10.2012 at 03:47#8

Yeah, remember how everyone hated the DS so much it became the best selling video game system of all time?

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Phoenom on 12.10.2012 at 06:48#9

Why does this idiot continue to get attention?

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Steel (guest) on 12.10.2012 at 07:38#10

It's too bad, maybe he could be right but when you're so blatantly wrong about third party game sales...it discredits your opinion.

So, lame.

TJ (guest) on 12.10.2012 at 17:27#11

This site disgusts me, u r actually considering wahat this man is saying

DazJ (guest) on 13.10.2012 at 16:45#12

I really don't know how this guy gets so much air-time. He never seems to have a good word to say about anything Nintendo do. He even found doom and gloom in the recently announced NPD data showing some 89% increase in software for 3DS.

He just comes over as biased - so I really don't give sh** what he says. I just wish other wouldn't either.

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jb on 13.10.2012 at 23:55#13

TJ (guest) said:
This site disgusts me, u r actually considering wahat this man is saying

I'm sorry, but how do we "disgust" you? He does have some weight in his argument as using the GamePad can be difficult because of the large gap looking to and from it (compared to the easy viewing angle/closeness of both screens on the DS/3DS) - but we clearly noted also how his argument falters when he compares the third party situation to the DS.

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Hyrule Kitten on 15.10.2012 at 01:15#14

TJ (guest) said:
This site disgusts me, u r actually considering wahat this man is saying

Your spelling and grammar disgusts me.

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Hyrule Kitten on 15.10.2012 at 01:20#15

Adam Riley said:
Quelle surprise! Malheureusement (?), le Pachter est un pomme de terre...Monsieur Pomme de Terre Tete!

I actually bothered to translate this, and I'm glad I did. Smilie

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( Edited 15.10.2012 01:21 by Hyrule Kitten )

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Mush on 15.10.2012 at 01:31#16

I would just like to take this opportunity to welcome you to the site, Hyrule_Kitten. Not sure how long you've been around, but yeah. Welcome to Cubed 3. Smilie

Could you also refrain from double posting. You can add multiple quotes in one post, if you didn't know that already. I just thought I'd give you a heads up before a mod merges your posts. Smilie

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Pizzashapes on 15.10.2012 at 16:18#17

Pachter, you are a CO@K!! seriouslly get a life you Wan%er!

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