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Pach-Attack! - Episode 223

Why did Valve make Team Fortress 2 Free to Play? Plus, will Battlefield 3 suffer from not being on Steam? Pachter always sinks his free-throws on the Attack.

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Agent-864672d ago (Edited 4672d ago )

Sorry Pachter, but I call BS. First, I think your estimate of 8 million sold for BF3 is low and think it will sell north of 10 million (BF3 will sell more than BFBC2 which is already at 8+ million; other analysts are predicting 11 million for BF3). But, the biggest BS he spouted is that PC sales will only make up 10% of total sales. Where did he get this crap? Did he see the sales for BFBC2 on PC? They were about a 1/3 the total and actually outselling the PS3 version (360-3.5mil, PS3-2.8mil, and PC-3.1mil). If anything, with the PC being the lead platform, you'd think PC sales for BF3 will be even more than that for BFBC2. I think that PC sales for BF3 will be at least 4 million, not the puny 800k that Pachter thinks. He must be mixing up BF3 with MW3. That one I could see the PC being 10% of total sales. Lots of PC gamers (this one included) have lost faith in COD and will be skipping MW3.

Pandamobile4672d ago (Edited 4672d ago )

Pachter doesn't know anything about anything.

Look at BFBC2, according to the number off players being tracked by BFBCS.com, there are at least 9.4 million BFBC2 players, with roughly 3.1 million of those being PC.

If he thinks BF3 will only sell <1M units on PC, he's quite literally retarded.

My guess is that by the end of 2012, BF3 will have sold a solid 12-14 million units, with at least 4 to 5 million on PC.

Sanii4672d ago

He has the best job in the world. Make crazy guesses and hope they come true. He then gets a lot of money.

saladthieves4672d ago

Patcher will make everything sound like it has been foretold...he's the Messiah or something. Then when his predictions just tank (like always), he's like 'I was having a bad day, that's all'.

BubbleSniper4672d ago (Edited 4672d ago )

why is Patcher even commenting on the mighty Valve?

he needs to stick to failing to correctly predict console numbers and features and announcements and probably everything else he predicts regarding consoles and gaming.

news4geeks4672d ago

he was right about the Berlin Wall at least.

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Helldivers 2: How to Link Steam and PlayStation Network Accounts

This article explains how to link your Steam and PlayStation Networks accounts, which is becoming a must for Helldivers 2.

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Toaplan Arcade Shoot 'Em Ups 4 Review -- Gamerhub UK

Save the quarters and blast everything to oblivion at home!

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Steam’s Refund Policy Change Won’t Affect You Unless You’re A Lowlife

Steam is changing its refund policy, but you probably won’t be affected

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thorstein17d ago

Should have happened a long time ago. People wanting refunds after 50 hours in game.

fsfsxii17d ago

Pc gamers will take this as an excuse to pirate things

KyRo17d ago

I'm not sure why you're getting disgrees. Whilst not all PC gamers are petty, an awful lot of them are lol

Crows9017d ago

Entirely untrue. Not any more petty than console gamers. The only large difference is console gamers don't have much of a choice.

Michiel198916d ago

Not sure why you're getting agrees. an awful lot of console gamers are overemotional twinks ready to go to war over a plastic box, I'll take being a pc gamer then.

Speaking about overgeneralizing much.

Nooderus16d ago

"X" type of gamer conversations are cringe

qalpha17d ago

Daily reminder that 'TheGamer' is a corporate-generated, anti-gamer, anti-consumer, clickbait web site. They are mostly A.I. generated articles that villainize gamers. They provide nothing positive and actively try to provoke and divide the community through extreme view points and politics. Do not give them any clicks.

Inverno17d ago

Only scumbags? As if people don't play their games on console put in the most amount of hours and return it to GameStop and trade it in for another game. But also how many people are actually do this? And what games have been allowed to be refunded?

DustMan17d ago

You can refund any game you've purchased as long as it hasn't been longer than two weeks, and you've played less than 2 hours. I wish they would change it to 3 hours because some RPG's have so much exposition that you may only get an hour total of complete gameplay. That's my only knock on it. I've refunded plenty of stuff I was just curious to try. I typically stay away from Early Access titles which are the only ones affected by this policy change.

Inverno17d ago

Apparently early access doesn't count, only complete games with a play early preorder bonus.

Gaming4Life198117d ago

I definitely know if I want a refund in 2 hours.

SegaSaturn66916d ago

I never liked refunding anything. Even if a film is bad, i dont want my money back. Sometimes things just aren't for me, and it's not the creator's fault necessarily.

Gaming4Life198116d ago

I feel you and i have never walked out on a bad movie cause I payed my money. I also don't refund games cause I'm a gamer and I know what to buy lol. I think having a digital refund is great.

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