News

Record Sales For Scary Games, Reuters Dates Dead Space 2

News source Reuters says scary video games are having “a record year as zombies, monsters, demons, and chain-sawing wielding psychos fight against the consoles, making video games the new home of horror for some”.


October 6, 2009
In Real Life

Fall’s Biggest Game Discussed On The Bonus Round

Last week, we visited GameTrailers HQ to chat about fall’s biggest games, from Uncharted 2 to Brutal Legend to New Super Mario Bros. Wii. This Bonus Round clip is the result of that visit.


July 7, 2009

Hey, It’s Me On The Bonus Round Again

Last week, GameTrailers’ Geoff Keighley, Shane Satterfield, Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter and Kotaku’s I talked about the future of video game controls. This week, we do it some more.


June 30, 2009
News

Pachter: Used Games Sales At 100 Mil Annually In U.S., Not A Threat

Gaming’s most-quoted financial analyst shared some unconventional wisdom about used games today.


Kotaku Joins The Bonus Round To Chat About The Future Of Game Controls

Last Friday, we sat down with GameTrailers’ Geoff Keighley, Shane Satterfield and Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter to discuss the future of video game interfaces, from the Wii Vitality Sensor to Microsoft’s Project Natal. Someone taped it!


June 13, 2009
News

Analyst Predicts Wii Price Drop

Wedbush-Morgan’s Michael Pachter — the guy that was so harsh on the PSPgo’s price tag — thinks the Wii will drop to $US199.99 this holiday season


June 11, 2009
News

Analyst: Sony’s $249 PSP Go Is “Too Much”

PSPgo, the newest addition to the PlayStation family, will carry a premium price of $US249 USD when it launches this October. That’s $US80 more than the PSP-3000, a figure considered too high by gamers and at least one analyst.


May 3, 2009
News

Analyst: Next Gen Begins After 2013

Everyone’s favourite industry analyst, Michael Pachter, says that, rumoured Wii HD upgrade not withstanding, this current console generation is gonna be with us at least four more years.


March 7, 2009
News

Analyst: Lost And Damned Sales At 1 Million, All-New GTA In 2010

Rockstar Games and Microsoft haven’t disclosed exact sales of the Grand Theft Auto IV expansion The Lost and Damned, only boasting that it has broken Xbox Live Arcade records. But one analyst has a guess.


January 28, 2009
News

Analyst: Xbox Live A ‘Gold Mine’ For Netflix

Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter, who knows everything there is to know about video games, sees nothing but good things for the Xbox-Netflix partnership, one that could translate to another million Netflix subscribers this year.