Iwata is the one responsible for bring the share price of Nintendo to $80, and the incredible success of both the DS and the WIi.
In 2007, he was named one of the world's best CEO's.
http://online.barrons.com/public/article/SB117469289796447454...

You have to be either very naive or very foolish to thing that Pachter, or any analyst is "objective". Pachter has been pusing certain shares for years. He is notorious for this. He is indeed biased against Nintendo and it's for his own gains. He might sell when he suggests buy and otherwise. Welcome ot the real world.

This is his level of understanding the subject matter:
http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2013/02/03/pachter-reckons-ps4-ca...

He is never right and he was wrong about both the PS3 and the Wii.
http://www.examiner.com/article/top-10-bad-predictions-from-g...
Google michael pachter predictions and you immediately get "wrong" or "failed", not "correct" or "successful".

And his ignorance, or fake ignorance, since he is just a puppet, is on everything. Wrong about Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft but also wrong about netflix, zynga, facebook, linkedin and the list goes on. http://www.cnbc.com/id/49996613/lsquoMy_Worst_Callrsquo_Wedbu...

In medicine it's called a quack. and the ignorance here or naievete is amazing.

Pachter works for one of the most lauded analyst firms in the world and you, mr random internet dude, just claimed he is corrupt and engaged in illegal activities with no evidence whatsoever.

If I was Pachter and I saw that post I would be getting my lawyers to email NintendoLife to demand your contact details, because I'm about to make an easy defamation lawsuit.

Iwata is the one responsible for bring the share price of Nintendo to $80, and the incredible success of both the DS and the WIi.

The length of time when it comes to product development means it was actually likely Iwata's predecessor that greenlighted both the DS and Wii products, actually.

Apple's only just moved past what most consider to be the product strategy that Jobs laid out, for instance.

I agree with what you said about Michael Patcher but I don't think Hiroshi Yamauchi greenlighted Wii and DS. Satoru Iwata became CEO in 2002 and the GameCube was barely launched. I don't think they had already started the Wii concept or at least decided it was the GameCube's successor. The DS was launched a little bit more than 2 and a half years later, so it is closer but still they were pushing new GBA's models at this time so it is quite unlikely than the DS concept was set as definitive.

My name is Michael... But I prefer to be called Mick

To be fair, in second thought, you're probably closer to the truth than I am, but Nintendo's R & D department almost certainly would be taking motion controls and dual-screen design seriously at the time Iwata took over. Generally the seeds for the next console are there at the time that the current console first launched.

This post of yours and nonsense regarding the Law, and libel laws in particular, only proves your ignorance on the subject. Of course you fail to see the millions of criticisms towards the Pachter idiot, and the fact that he still thinks WoW was a flop apparently.

It's worse than that. Not only is it preposterous to suggest that development for the Wii began around the Gamecube launch, placing the finger as to whether he came up with the idea, is a strawman claim. CEO's are not resonsible necessarily to come up with ideas. He presided over one of the greatest commercial success in videogames ever in history, seeds that Nintendo still reaps today having billions of dollars in cash, and being able to keep producing wonderful products. He was named as one of the top CEO's in 2007 because of this incredible commercial success that he presided over. Period.

i like how you say this as if this guy is the first person in the history of ever to have claimed that Pachter is a fool and shouldn't be listened to for whatever reason(s), backed up by solid evidence or not. if he's about to go after this person on our humble forums, he'd better be going after every single other person making the same claims on other sites that discuss his crystal-ball predictions.

that said, guys — please don't get personal with your arguments. keep them focused on the main topic of this thread and not each other. Also, if all you're interested in doing is sharing an image macro, please move on. Thanks in advance! :3

(If) Pachter was so great at his job he would have seen what Nintendo's stock was going to do prior to 2007/2008 and advised people to heavily invest .........but alas he did the polar opposite.

This cat (Pachter) is nothing more than a wish/washy oil speculator at best, who's dislike for Nintendo for whatever the reason poors out of him. You cannot honestly say with a straight face that Sony would make for a better investment when they have been selling a console at a loss for 6 years, selling off/releasing studios and or property (assets) for the past 6 months ?

I don't recall him ever saying that. I thought he figured Microsoft was the better investment, which is very true right now.

EDIT: yup: http://www.neowin.net/news/analyst-michael-pachter-microsoft-...

I agree. Michael Knight is an awesome and outstanding analyst.

If it was not for MS windows application they would not even be mentioned.

Why does MS continue to invest in the 360 division after 10 years of losing ?
http://www.neowin.net/news/report-microsofts-xbox-division-ha...

Boy Pachter can really pickem

You're looking at the total loses since the Xbox 1. That graph shows that it's been profitable for the past 5 years. If it can keep this up, they'll be in great shape for the next generation.

I like name calling Why did you edit your post ?

Well if memory serves Xbox released in 2001 and this chart starts from 2003 ? So im going to assume that the original R&D costs for Xbox are not included in this graph. Regardless MS is faced with having to build another console that will sale at a loss for some period of time.

You mean like every console developer since 1998? This is a common thing, and the Console manufacturers make up for it by making money off of licensing. Even if they do have to sell at a loss, it'll work out for them in the end, like it's been working out since 2008.

There isn't really a reason why Mr, Pachter should care about Nintendo users since he's only interested (supposedly) in what's best for his clients. But I just wanted to reply on behalf of the unhappy party, is all. And since--like you said--it'd be very beneficial to everyone if the concerned party knew the reality that Mr. Pachter doesn't give a bum of what they think, I just wanted to introduce them. How I think of it: it's never too bad of an idea to gradually shift and guide people through change...or revelation....or the realities....or other things ^_^

But it may also be important to look at this situation in a bigger picture. It seems to me like not only is the unhappy party antagonizing Mr. Pachter, but they also seem to be unfairly critical towards other professionals like developers and business people who voice their opinion about Nintendo. In fact, I guess I wouldn't be surprised if some of them just don't like any unfavorable opinions toward the company, as silly as that may sound. I don't know if anything can really be done about this if this is true. Nevertheless, this is something I would like to have in consideration when I give replies in the forums.

This week I'm calling out Pachter. He is a crap analyst and has no clue how the video game industry works. He represents everything that is wrong with the industry. I would put this fool to shame if I ever had a 1 on 1 with him. Keep sucking Microsoft's teat Pachter because we all know you suck. This guy would have been fired from almost any job. He might as well be apart of the US Congress because his approval ratings are on par with them. Screw you Pachter and I hope you eat your own poopy words.

BS. Nintendo makes profit off their consoles. The Wii U was the most recent Nintendo console sold at a loss (along with the 3DS for a minor part after the price cut which it is now probably making profit each system sold) which equates to about ~40-60 dollars loss per system sold. The Wii made profit since day 1.

When I read the thread title, I thought this was a thread about Michael Jackson.

I always enjoy hearing what Pachter has to say. But I don't agree with his comment about Iwata being a bad CEO. Anybody who is willing take a big pay cut just to save people from losing their jobs, that sounds like a wonderful human being and someone to look up to.