Michael Pachter: Who Cares What Sony Will Announce At E3

"If you ever want to look at the ten biggest disappointments from E3 of all time, they would all be from Sony’s press conferences."

[Thatguy-310]

Gamers care.

[Abash]

Pachter obviously missed Sony's E3 last year, or he just made it even more obvious he isn't a gamer

[Thatguy-310]

Well it's obvious he isn't one since he's just a guy that follows the industry and analysis it's trends. At the end of the day I doubt he's passionate about the hobby itself so his statement here is pretty useless.

[Overload]

Agree, he must not have seen the Sony E3 2015 reaction videos.

They made people cry out of sheer happiness.

The Year Of Dream v2 is going to happen.

[S2Killinit]

as if Patcher would know.

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

I'm still wondering how anyone could think that this guy is worth paying a salary.

[Gazondaily]

Who cares what Patcher thinks?

The world is watching Sonys E3 for a reason. Sony are the ones smashing it and saving this medium from going down the toilet. Respect to Sony.

[johndoe11211]

"If you ever want to look at the ten biggest disappointments from E3 of all time, they would all be from Sony’s press conferences."

Did anyone else smell the utter and absolute BS emanating from this statement? Gamingbolt is becoming more and more like the anus of gaming journalism.

[rainslacker]

I think if you look at E3's top ten biggest announcements, you'd find that most of them are also from the Sony conferences.

Also I disagree with "all of them are from Sony conferences". I recall the crickets chirping at the Xbox One price reveal....so MS at least gets one under their belt.

Anyhow, if Sony does indeed have the biggest disappointments, it means that people put rather high expectations on them, and the fact that they also have some of the best E3 moments says that they can also meet expectations sometimes...and if you go by last years event, surpass them in every way imaginable....except Vita support.

Maybe Patcher is the only one disappointed because Sony often proves him to be wrong in his analyses. Bias perhaps? I often see a lot of happy people after a Sony conference, although they have had some duds here or there.

That being said, I'm sure more people care about what Sony will announce than what Patcher will predict.

[BigLurch]

So will you have played any of Sonys 'big' games announced at last years e3 before this years e3? No you haven't,and you still know no more about them now than from last year but here you are still defending haha. What a joker.

[Ashlen]

He's mad because he has a lot of money put on Microsoft and he has for years been telling his investors to also put there money in Microsoft.

[Griever]

Guys, the headline is just clickbait. The "author" just picked parts of Pachter's comments out of context. If you read the article you will get his point. He is saying that the announcements are disappointing because they are often so far off. They are exciting announcements but they are so distant in the future that they are disappointing.

For example, The Last Guardian, FF7 Remake, Shenmue III, Horizon Zero Dawn, No Man's Sky, Rime etc. I am disappointed too because I dont know when I will get to play those games I am so excited for. At least I will finally get to play FFXV this year after waiting for more than 9 years... I definitely want Sony as well as other companies to announce games no more than a year before expected release date. Having to wait for 3 years or even more after announcement for your most anticipated games is just excruciating.

I think they should definitely release The Last Guardian ASAP. The game is becoming more of a running joke for the Playstation haters and skeptics because of being stuck in development hell for so long and yet having trailers released once in a few years. Team ICO is an extremenly talented dev and their games are masterpieces but these delays are hurting their latest game.

[SegaGamer]

I don't even understand why people give him the time of day. Seriously, who is he really ? sounds like another mouth piece to me.

[Kryptix]

Not only do we need to stop giving Michael Patcher articles clicks, but also gamingbolt.com.

No more comments, no more "Read Full Article" clicks that make it hotter. I've seen lesser known sites that deserve more heat than these.

We're making them more important than they actually are and if I get disagrees on this, then there's bots and secret gamingbolt writers roaming around here that exploit the heat system.

[MattE]

#Abashed

What happened last year? Other than announcing a 6 year old game may be ready for release shown with the same game play as every other time footage was shown?

And a crowd funded Shenmue 3, which will basically be an indie game. Sony ruined that franchise then.

What else?

[Pongwater]

More gamers care about what Sony announces than what Michael Pachter says.

[andyo13]

Michael Pachter is one of the few who actually understand how the industry works. There's a large fanbase that thinks they understand the games industry when they really don't. It all comes down to money, these companies are there to make money. It's called business, I own multiple businesses in the fields I'm interested in and understand how they work.

E3 is great and gets us all very excited about what's to come. But so often what we actually get is far from it or so far away. That's one thing I hate about the games industry, we get so excited about all these awesome games mostly years in advance so by the time they actually come out we've lost interest. I was super excited for tearaway, watch dogs, the division, destiny, assassins creed, and more. Not all of those games were bad but I just lost interest waiting.

So Michaels point holds true. There's very little reason to watch E3 as it just creates a painful long wait for a game that's far off or doesn't come the way it was promised.

[Cueil]

and you clearly didn't read the article *sigh*

[LordMaim]

@BigLurch @moldybread
There are games from Microsoft's Xbox One launch event in 2013 that aren't even due to be out this year. What precisely is your point?

[Dee_91]

I want to be like Michael Pachter when I grow up, a 50 y/o trolling gamers on the internet.
I'm jking, gamingbolt just took his comments out of context. I mean his comments are indeed stupid, but still taken out of context. So you get gamingbolt grade a journalism and the sensational Michael Pachter you've got yourself a clickbait.

[lelo2play]

"Michael Pachter: Who Cares What Sony Will Announce At E3"

I care.

I'm normally interested in what Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo or PC developers have to show at E3.

[LOL_WUT]

Nintendo has been absent from E3 this whole gen. Last years E3 though was rather lackluster from both Sony and Microsoft. Hopefully they kick it up a notch ;)

[Lore]

Who cares what comes out of Pachter's mouth

[-Foxtrot]

""If you ever want to look at the ten biggest disappointments from E3 of all time, they would all be from Sony’s press conferences"

LOL

I'm sorry has he watched Nintendo's...they pretty much gave up E3 in the end.

[Kingthrash360]

So the kinetic wasn't a disappointment?
The wiiu?
1999-2016 madden?
Battlefront?
Assassin's creed?
Cod ghosts?
24hr check in?
Xboxone 499.99?
No trades?
#deal with it?
Nintendo no show?
What's that 11?
I can't say they are all top 10 and yes Sony has had some disappointments but to say tye top 10 is all Sony proves this guy isn't in tune with gaming.
He don't own a system and wakes up to the weather channel every Monday and thursday.

[freshslicepizza]

did you read the article? it talks about games announced that are years from actual release.

[ShadowKnight]

Coming from a guy that's makes predictions that never happens lol. Still can't believe this guy still works in the game industry.

[Retroman]

Another propaganda article to get gamers to re-act. smh

propaganda: a "manipulation" made to believe a lie is true.
"subliminal" suggest one's ideal is good or bad repeatively.
one mans thought (pachter) wanting gamers mind controlled to think "who cares" about Sony now.
in REALITY all gamers care.

[remixx116]

It's weird right?? He asking who cares about the announcements from the company that's has the most potential buyers, the most first party studios and the most 2nd and 3rd party support.......

Like septic said sony is holding this console sh×t together

patcher is just waiting for consoles to fall out and he's targeting the biggest giant sony......which they are doing a great job of countering his point

Also did he miss last year's e3, Sony announced the most begged for and interesting ips in a long time, the last guardian, ff7 re., shenmue 3, horizon zero dawn, dreams......damn it was nuts.

[uth11]

It's Pachter.. Remember the opposite of what he says is the truth.

[jb227]

The 2 examples he gave completely disproved any validity to his argument...he mentioned Rockstar showing off an early sketch for Red Dead Redemption & potentially seeing a sequel to TLOU...considering RDR & TLOU were hands down two of the most acclaimed gaming experiences of last gen, who cares how long they take to drop if they end up being generation & genre defining experiences?

At the end of the day I'd rather wait for absolute quality than be treated to some mediocre games on a consistent basis. Pachter talks out of his rear end quite a bit, but these comments take the cake.

@moldy...what does their release schedule matter when they turn out to be absolute quality games? I'd rather wait for perfection than be delivered mediocrity on time...MS made sure the Halo MCC dropped on time but it's mp was utterly broken, then they ensured that Halo 5 release on time w/ the worst campaign of the series. E3 is a time to show your wares, not a time to announce your release calendar. I'd rather you show me games that will meet my expectations on a longer time table than feed me games that felt like wasted potential but hit their release like clockwork. I'm gonna file those concerns of yours under a "false criticism"...also, we may have to wait a bit longer for some games to show, but at least they aren't being outright cancelled like Fable Legends...how many conferences were slinging that game only for it to get the axe a month or two before release?

[3-4-5]

Some of the biggest disappointments have come from Sony's E3 conferences.....as well as Nintendo's & Microsoft's too. ( also 3rd party dev's).

Some of the greatest moments have come from Nintendo,Sony & Microsoft as well as 3rd party devs.

There is no one or the other.

There is good and there is bad and everything in between.

I'm actually really excited for E3 this year.

[Bathyj]

I hate titles like this, because I want to read it to see how you could possibly justify such a ridiculous claim, but I don't want to click because that's exactly what they want you to do and the very purpose of clickbait.

[llMurcielagoll]

Indeed we do, as a gamer, I will always watch the E3 press conferences, Sony or otherwise, you never know what sort of surprises they have in store.

[fiveby9]

Clearly Pachter is trolling people to get attention. I don't feel the need to click on that story as it is clickbait and a very needy person looking for attention.

[Orionsangel]

Rich people care.

[magiciandude]

Pachter is the man. Sony promises a whole lot more than they deliver. Just look at last year's E3, many of the big games shown still don't even have a release date...

[trooper_]

Does Microsoft have release dates for all of their games?

[DigitalRaptor]

@ spectre_

Don't expect balance from these folks, because you'll never find it.

[kenwonobi]

Its bitterness. Sony crushed his prediction of a Microsoft win this generation. He has been bitter ever sense.

[Jumper09]

Im a gamer and dont care.

[GamingIVfun]

Pachter is full of himmself.....Sh11!

[SpinalRemains138]

Right, because if they show a teaser for TLoU 2 as a confirmation of it coming and a little tidbit of lore, who cares?

[kenwonobi]

Its bitterness his biggest prediction was false about Sony. He predicted falsely that Xbox would win this generation. Not only that dominate it. The result was a crushing defeat in the opposite direction. Michael Pachter as a result was embarrassed.

[jon_snow]

If you look at top announcement in E3 most will be from Sony press conference. Everyone has both good and bad, it's about balance and past 5 years E3 sony had it.

[DragonDDark]

Lol patcher. I don't know what's going on with his mind. Sometimes he states the obvious and sometimes he says stupid sh*t again

[Liqu1d]

Another quality article by Gaming Bolt and more nonsense from Michael Pachter. I swear this guy either states the obvious or makes ridiculous claims.

"Who cares what Sony will announce at E3?"
A lot of gamers.

[stuna1]

Or maybe he's stating his question in a way that's saying at this point going by Sony's past and recent announcements that it's pretty obvious that regardless of what Sony has to show, they are now in the drivers seat and therefore the company to beat.

At this point Sony will be their own worst competitor.

[Davi123]

You get alot of disagrees, but i get your point.
If this year Sony surprise us all, with a equal or superior E3 compared to the last one, for the next year will be even more difficult!

[detroitmademe]

I care and can't wait!!!

[NapalmSanctuary]

Twisted Metal: World Tour Part Dos... I'm ready

[DashArrivals]

For starters, I think everyone that owns a PS4, I think by that time it'll be well over 40 million people. I dislike Pachter but the headline must be taken out of context. I refuse to read anything else lol.

[acemonkey]

this guy is becoming a troll, i love it how he gave ps4 shit, then it outsold xb1 he flip flop and was team Sony and now he dont care?

[shadowT]

I think this was again an important message of Michael Pachter.

[Relientk77]

Pachter get outta here lol

I care and I cant wait til E3

[Kalebninja]

Wow.

[WelkinCole]

I believe he predicted that Sony will follow MS DRM policies. I guess Sony's E3 2013 really disappointed him when Sony showed the middle finger to MS on behalf of gamers.

[MasterCornholio]

There was an analyst who said that Microsoft was only pulling that because they made an agreement with Sony to do the same thing.

I don't know if it was Patcher who said that.

[Italiano1234567]

Did he not see x1 reveal in 2013. Thats gotta be number 1 of all time disappointments ..he's lost...how did he get this job again...u could take a kid off the street and would know more then Patcher

[DarXyde]

If we're on the subject of Microsoft, I'd say anything that dealt with Peter Molyneux. Particularly the Kinect Milo demonstration.

[QuickdrawMcgraw]

Until the PS4 came out...I don't remember Sony mentioning the LG for long time...

[DarXyde]

To be fair, Pachter would know about something being said and having it turn out to disappoint in some capacity.

Sony has games that were delayed (i.e., The Last Guardian and Final Fantasy Versus XIII becoming XV) and Pachter has his predictions.

:0)

[ShadowWolf712]

Versus XIII was all Square though. And RDR was also a third party.

[DarXyde]

You may have missed the point...

Point is, they were for PlayStation and delayed. But that's not even the takeaway. It was poking fun at disappointments...

[DivineAssault]

This guy is all over the place with his criticism.. I care about sony's conference.. I want to see what else they have up their sleeves.. Games, VR, Games, VR.. I want to see what nintendo is doing too

[iceman06]

You throw enough sh!t at the wall and something has to stick. lol

[DivineAssault]

Yeah, thats true

[Imalwaysright]

If they announce more japanese games like Persona or Ni-oh I'll definetely care. Also want to see what Santa Monica studios have been working on but if it is another God of War I'll be disappointed.

[donwel]

I imagine the few million people who own PS4s, PS3s, and PS Vitas would probably care, Michael.
I really wish people would stop giving this idiot attention.

[Germany7]

Pachter is really desperate, he makes a living by saying garbage for small sites like this to create an "article".

That's sad actually...

[DefenderOfDoom2]

Michael Pachter also believes that Sony VR will sell more units than the other VR companies due to the large PS4 install base .

[MRMagoo123]

Well like everyone knows .....this guy either states the absurdly obvious or makes completely stupid nonsensical predictions.

[Ashlen]

I would counter by saying what I have been saying for years. "Who cares what Michael Pachter says"

[SynestheticRoar]

Pathy get one right and loses his mind.

[metalgod88]

The same could be said about his opinions.

[Petebloodyonion]

and again people cries foul without even reading the article.
Have a read then come back.

Like it or not the guy spoke the truth about Sony's last E3.

What did you play from Sony's last presentation?
exactly nothing at the moment!

[guyman]

Let's see:

The last guardian
horizon
dreams
gran turismo
Dertroit

That is already enough to satisfy the tastes of a lot of people.. it certainly made me happy. Then on top of that we saw ratchet and clank, uncharted 4 gameplay. On top of that we found out Sony is bringing shenmue 3 back out of nowhere and final fantasy 7. Later at e3 it was revealed that nier automata is a ps4 exclusive. Ouch

That is FAR from disappointing and in my opinion it crushed Microsoft's pretty average conference.

[Petebloodyonion]

And you prove exactly Pachter's point!
All the things you mentioned are still not OUT!

“So… who cares what Sony will show at E3 this year? It probably means it won’t come out some time in the near future anyway. So, they could probably showcase The Last of Us 2, and say that’s coming ‘sometime,’”
Read more at http://gamingbolt.com/micha...

[Christopher]

Ignoring third-party titles available on both platforms entirely:
- SFV
- Firewatch
- PS Vue is now open area
- Disney Infinity Star Wars

Now, you are trying to make a point that only Sony announces things before they are released within... what... 1 year?

Halo 5 was announced in 2013.
Forza 6 was announced in 2013.
QB was announced in 2013.
Crackdown 3 was announced in 2013.
GoW4 was announced in 2013.
Recore was announced at E3 2015; no release date.
Fables Legends was announced in 2013; cancelled.
Gigantic was announced in 2015; delayed.
Cuphead was announced in 2015; no release date.
Tacoma was announced in 2015; no release date.
Ashen was announced in 2015; no release date.
Ion was announced in 2015; no release date.

[linkenski]

Yeah, let's all compare Sony who is in their prime to when they were at their worst. SMH. Pachter, that's the dumbest statement you've ever made.

[PistolsAtDawn]

I care what Sony does at E3...while that statement is stupid...hes not 100% wrong. Last E3 was dissapointing for Sony...other than Horizon it was just CG trailers for games that havent even come close to launching (well except UC4 finally) and talk about Tv...basically everything that was wrong with MS's 2013 E3. i went into E3 looking forward to UC4...and left looking forward to UC4 ...which has been delayed twice.... and Horizon. Sony is the king of promising and not delivering for years. They need a 180 from last years E3....they arent a bad company ...but its gotten to the point that you can ignore their E3s for a couple years

[guyman]

There is obviously an agenda here. What kind of so called professional website would report this crap and make and article about it?

Michael pitcher + gamingbolt = major fail.

[MagicBeanz]

You're right any reputable site would have never ran this joke of an article, is it really any wonder why these game "journalists" are starting to be sued now.

[clouds5]

What they need this year is some really interesting games. And I don't mean uncharted... the ps4 is a cool console but it doesn't have those killer apps yet, compared to older sony consoles.

[MagicBeanz]

Is this guy intentionally trying to incite people now? A game being announced and then not coming out is not exclusive to Sony, this has happened with Nintendo and Microsoft too. And how about all the games Sony announced that have come out. Every time he speaks he seems less and less like an "analyst" and more like a fanboy who just wants to flame wars.

[BrettAwesome]

A new Infamous would be cool.

[HAHAHAHAHAHAHA]

who doesn't care what Pachters opinions are

99.99% of n4g's people

[BG11579]

They got the title and the article wrong : "Who cares what Michael Patcher announces.".
Michael Patcher is a VG analyst that doesn't understand gaming. Its predictions are either completely wrong, either obvious.

[Hotabang]

Who cares about what pachter says

PLEASE stop publishing stories about this idiot, lets all ignore him!

[jiggyteddy]

Those of you talking about investing should probably check the stock price for SNE and MSFT.

If Pachter has been telling his investors to buy MSFT, then they should be thanking him.

[Artemidorus]

Gamers will. How stupid can you be??

[Mr_Luke]

Is Pachter being paid? I really can't understand how this idiot is still in the game industry. Yes, i know he spoke about games being released years late but it's something that happens to about all the companies. But... bah. Sadness.

[Kyizen]

He kinda has a point. Remember the Agent the exclusive Rockstar game for Playstation yeah they announced that at E3!

[SquidBuck]

Remember Fable Legends...

[Liqu1d]

Remember Phantom Dust...

[Electric_Sheep]

I care Patcher.....I care. Thats who.

[Destiny1080]

I don't get your point Patcher

Who Cares: are we really going down that road

[remanutd55]

I dont know about Patcher but sony has given me some extraordinary gaming experiences that i expect to have those kind of experiences every year. Hence the high level of expectations from my part when it comes to sony's e3 press conferences.

Now sony where is Motorstorm ps4? Warhawk 2? Folklore sequel?

[StormLegend]

Who watches E3 and expects those games to come out in the same year?
That's what E3 is for IMO. You see what's coming out in the future!! Horizon Zero dawn, dreams, Last Guardian are all coming this year.

[jambola]

Who cares? well i guess we'll see later this year, check how many are watching online, that will give you a good idea.

or how many view the conference has on youtube, clearly many people care

[Father__Merrin]

pachter sniffs toilet rolls instead..

[formanbradley]

Hmmm maybe people who own a PS4 or just like to keep up on the industry

[Soldierone]

For an analyst he really sucks at his job. Doing that would require paying attention, and finding random games here or there that took a while to come out isn't a disappointment. A disappointment would be announcing something that didn't hit that potential, and the only thing that comes remotely close is Killzone 2.... Everything else has been on point and worth the wait.

Not only that, but VR is coming now and if Sony announces titles that are years down the road that is a good thing! Looking at Vita etc... they need that length of time, not a few months of games and that is it.

[Josuey]

Who cares what pachter has to say?

[kingPoS]

The moment I saw it was from gamingbolt, I knew it was pure clickbait. I mean, come on!

 the ten biggest disappointments from E3 of all time..

Really!?!

All the headlines I ever see come from the site seemed aimed at causing incitement.

Gateway MT6706 2008

[_LarZen_]

"Michael Pachter: Who Cares What Sony Will Announce At E3"

Soon to be 40 million PS4 owners...and rising.

[XanderZane]

Well he right about big hype games being announced and then taking years to be released. The big games announced at the E3 was Horizon: Zero Dawn, Shenmue 3, Ni-Oh, Uncharted 4, Ratchet & Clank, The Last Guardian, No Man's Sky, GT7, FF VII and a few other titles. None of these have been released yet. Some may not even make it out in 2016. Sony usually has a decent E3 show, but then you have to wait forever for the goods. Gamers still care about what will be shown at the E3 for Sony. Not just Sony, but Nintendo and Microsoft as well. Maybe Patcher doesn't care cause he doesn't play video games.

[_LarZen_]

Yeah I agree. Most what is shown are years away. But I'm still excited to see what they and others have to show at E3.

[XanderZane]

I completely agree. If your a gamer, you definitely will care and be excited. I like BIG surprises that I wasn't expecting. I'm hoping for a new Syphon Filter game. That would made my day.

[foaby]

Who gives a shit about that patcher guys opinion anyways? Put the man to rest so we won't ever again here about his stupid ass thoughts

[Kallisti]

Just an educated guess here but I'd say probably the 35+ million PS4 owners, as well as anyone considering getting a PS4 in the future. Maybe I'm just crazy though right?

[opinionated]

He's got a point. I can't wait for all of the E3 shows but it seems like Sony has played most of their cards. If we do see any new stuff it's probably a few years away. The games Sony has showed the last few years are coming out soon. I don't want them at e3, I want them in my ps4.

[Kallisti]

Sony Santa Monica, Bend Studio and Sucker Punch haven't revealed their new projects yet. Hoping to see gameplay for a new God of War at E3. GOW3 on PS3 had insane graphics, imagine what a new GoW could look like on the PS4.

[TeamLeaptrade]

I can't take what Michael Pachter says seriously these days. He's said a lot of things that I disagree with and this is clearly one of them. It's as if he doesn't even know what he's talking about half the time.

[kenwonobi]

The top 10 disappointing E3. You dont include Microsoft's disastrous pricing and Kinect? If I remember right The Last Guardian is coming out this year. Virtual reality is coming this year. Michael Pachter sounds like a sore loser. He was wrong about Sony many times. Including Xbox dominating this generation. His bitterness shows at his huge prediction that ended up wrong.

[thricetold]

How does my post get marked as off topic? Because it paints MS in a bad light?

Fine, I'll revise it while still saying the exact same thing. I'd say most gamers are truly interested in what sony announces at e3, though with pacter it's obvious he doesn't have anything good to say unless it involves MS "gaming" console, an abomination in my opinion.

How's that for on topic? My post clearly revolves around what pachter stated. There are at least 20 posts that are nothing more than negative posts about pachter, yet they're on topic?!

What you can post negative statements about individuals but MS is off limits? Didn't know the rules only state positive opinions about them are allowed.