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Nintendo Wii Fanboy (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Filed under: News Watch out, E3 ! According to Wedbush Morgan analyst and man Michael Pachter, you could soon be heading the way of the Dodo, the Quagga , and decent Sonic games . In a note to investors titled "Entertainment Software: E3 2008 Review: The Bad, The Great, and the BORING!," the famously quotable analyst concluded that the latest E3 was a crushing disappointment, and described...
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QJ.NET (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Wedbush Morgan Analyst Michael Pachter thinks that E3 is "heading for extinction soon". That is, if the guys at the Entertainment Software Association ( ESA ) don't change the format of the event soon. This observation was based on the number of video game company executives who weren't very impressed with the way E3 was handled, with some even considering not attending any future events...
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GamePolitics.com (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
On Saturday I wrote in my Joystiq column that E3 is dead . This is my strongly-formed impression based on the sorry state of last week's show at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Calling the LACC "quiet as a college library during summer," Wedbush-Morgan analyst Michael Pachter raises similar concerns. Pachter recaps the show in a note issued this morning: The show was small...
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Kotaku (Free subscription) | yesterday
Yes, we know that the annual Christmastime Wii shortage is always unintentional on Nintendo's part. They're just constantly shocked, for three straight years, at how popular their console is. Analyst Michael Pachter told Kotaku a few months ago to for Wii this season, and speaking to Forbes, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata seems pretty certain himself that's how it'll go down, again:"We...
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Forbes (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
... forecast by the company. Netflix shares closed Wednesday at $27.98. Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter expects Netflix to report that it has acquired 8.5 million subscriptions Friday, which is in line with expectations that Netflix will reach 9.7 million subscribers by year end. But he cautions that Netflix's deals with Microsoft and other parties will have a gradual impact on...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
... has the potential to allow casual games publishers to more effectively monetize their traffic, Michael Pachter, Analyst at Wedbush Morgan Securities said. SweetSpot Technology is currently in beta and is already in being tested on several partner sites. Oberon plans to roll out the solution to all its partners free of charge later this year. About Oberon MediaOberon Media, the worlds...
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Screen Play (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
... Miyamoto says the show is no longer for "core gamers" but rather broader audiences. Analyst Michael Pachter also believes the show was ill-timed, there was little to attract media attention, and it will lose relevance unless it the spectacle is returned and the show is held earlier in the year. The size and scope of E3 in 2006 was extraordinary. It attracted over 80,000 attendees,...
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Game|Life (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Downscaling E3 was a "mistake," says Michael Pachter, and the game industry's annual show is doomed if it doesn't return to the glory of past years. In a note to investors Monday morning, the outspoken Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst wrote...
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Digital Media Wire (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Los Angeles - Noted game industry analyst Michael Pachter, of Wedbush Morgan Securities, has given his review of this year's E3 convention -- which this year returned to the downtown Los Angeles Convention Center, albeit in its much-scaled-down form -- proclaiming that the event is "headed for extinction." read more
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QJ.NET (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Gamers aren't the only ones who have gripes about E3 this year. Devs and executives have been expressing their disappointment with the event as well. Industry analyst Michael Pachter even went so far as to say that the event is headed for extinction soon. Now another has boarded the "hate E3" wagon: David Perry , founder of Shiny Entertainment and now chief creative officer at Acclaim...
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New York Post (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter said yesterday that it is not too late for EA to integrate "GTA IV," assuming it can finalize a deal by the end of September. But he cautioned there may not be enough time at this point to maximize lesser-known games due this fall from Take-Two, like "Midnight Club: Los Angeles."
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VentureBeat (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
... a Ubisoft executive, piled on, saying the show was more like a convention for pipe-fitters. Even Michael Pachter, an analyst at Wedbush Morgan, interrupted his discussion of game industry stocks for his own mini-tirade. He wrote, “The show was small in scope, and the spectacle of E3 is dead. The Los Angeles Convention Center concourse was as quiet as a college library during summer,...
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GamesIndustry.biz (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
... the site's editors and reporters breaking news stories more often than any of its competitors." Michael Pachter 1hago - TV's Holly Willoughby and Fearne Cotton signed to promote Ubisoft's girlie DS line. 1hago - System 3's Mark Cale to be grilled live on Eurogamer this Wednesday. 1hago - Next month's event in Warwickshire to be opened by Gemma Atkinson from Hollyoaks - "an avid gamer",...
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Plastic: Most Recent (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
The U.S. economy may have all sorts of problems, but the video game industry has never done better, thank you. Sales of video game hardware and software in the United States from June 2007 to June 2008. In the first half of 2008, video game industry sales reached $8.3 billion, a 36% increase compared to the six months ended June 2007. Michael Pachter, an analyst for Wedbush Morgan, said...
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GamesIndustry.biz (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
... the site's editors and reporters breaking news stories more often than any of its competitors." Michael Pachter 53mago - The European release is confirmed too. 1hago - Undead Faction added to the online RTS. 1hago - This release advises you to set fire to your DS, which seems a bit extreme. 1hago - They've donet. The game is finished. 2hago - Five new MMORPGs due later in the year....
