Pachter expects strong Activision Q4 financial results

Biggest publisher in the fastest growing media is going to make lots of money.



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Im having Mexican food for Cinco de Mayo, I'm expecting strong 4 o'clock gastronomic results.

What I love is that this guy went to school for years to make the same predictions I can make without even thinking.

What I hate is that this guy actually gets paid to state the obvious.

Pachter continues to state the obvious and get paid for it. Also from this, "Analyst Extraordinaire"....

"When GTA 3 came out, I had a 325,000 unit estimate, so I only missed by about 20 million units." - Michael Pachter

"Warcraft is so good and so good-looking that it got this immediate attraction; everybody who would ever consider playing an online game said, 'This is the one. I gotta try it.' And what'll happen is inevitably, like the health club model, after you pay your 30 bucks a month for 3 or 4 months and you only go once a week, you realize it's not worth it and you split. That's what will happen with Warcraft ... I think it's going to roll back to a million. I'm not predicting it's going to happen in three weeks; I'd guess it has a half-life of 6 months to a year," - Michael Pachter

Stop reporting what this dipshit says as news.

I hereby declare myself a Pachter fanboy.

Pachter's job isn't to make public predictions. People pay him/his company to help them make decisions like where to invest.

So I guess I agree that his predictions shouldn't be posted as news, but stop getting all pissy and dissing him like he thinks he's making big news and shocking gamers with his predictions. That's not his job.

The merger isn't completely done until June. This year will be a little slower until SC2. Hopefully ATVI doesn't become a one trick pony for another year.

When is this douchebag going to really go out on a limb and make a real "prediction."

Every time he talks, it's like, yeah, duh. GTAIV will be the biggest game of 2008. Wii shortages will continue into the Summer. Especially after Wii Fit releases. What a moron. Can I make some predictions and get a headline on Joystiq?

I think the main reason for thinking is because *gasp* Wrath of the Lich King will be out by then. And I know im not the only who will be restarting their account a week or two before release to prep myself for the time slog i will be going into.

WoW is going through a down time right now with all the new patches aimed solely at the "hardcore" players, more than a few have left for a bit. If i went on right now my guild would be dead. When WotLK hits, i guarantee my guild will be very active again. I cant wait.