Comments on: Michael Pachter predicts the PS3 to outsell the 360 by 45k for July http://www.eat-sleep-game.com/news/2007/08/18/michael-pachter-predicts-the-ps3-to-outsell-the-360-by-45k-for-july/ The home of Rebel FM. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:37:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: A Link to the Future » Blog Archive » Fact-Checking Me Fact-Checking Michael Pachter http://www.eat-sleep-game.com/news/2007/08/18/michael-pachter-predicts-the-ps3-to-outsell-the-360-by-45k-for-july/comment-page-1/#comment-894 A Link to the Future » Blog Archive » Fact-Checking Me Fact-Checking Michael Pachter Fri, 24 Aug 2007 04:23:08 +0000 http://www.eat-sleep-game.com/news/2007/08/18/michael-pachter-predicts-the-ps3-to-outsell-the-360-by-45k-for-july/#comment-894 [...] Pachter was wrong in his guess that the PS3 would beat out the 360 in July.  Our friends at eat-sleep-game don’t have a problem with him; I, on the other hand, seem to bash him every chance I get.  [...] [...] Pachter was wrong in his guess that the PS3 would beat out the 360 in July.  Our friends at eat-sleep-game don’t have a problem with him; I, on the other hand, seem to bash him every chance I get.  [...]

]]> By: Geoff http://www.eat-sleep-game.com/news/2007/08/18/michael-pachter-predicts-the-ps3-to-outsell-the-360-by-45k-for-july/comment-page-1/#comment-872 Geoff Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:55:47 +0000 http://www.eat-sleep-game.com/news/2007/08/18/michael-pachter-predicts-the-ps3-to-outsell-the-360-by-45k-for-july/#comment-872 "I think he manages to get about as many right as he does wrong..." I have the same 50% chance of being right... the difference is that I use a coin toss to make my predictions. My problem with Pachter is that he shows no more likelihood of being correct in his predictions than monkeys throwing darts at a board, yet for some reason people 1) listen to his predictions, and 2) Morgan Wedbush pays him a salary to make them. Why pay a premium to a guy whose track record is no better than pure chance? You wouldn't give a mutual fund manager 1.5% to match a stock index, either. “I think he manages to get about as many right as he does wrong…”

I have the same 50% chance of being right… the difference is that I use a coin toss to make my predictions.

My problem with Pachter is that he shows no more likelihood of being correct in his predictions than monkeys throwing darts at a board, yet for some reason people 1) listen to his predictions, and 2) Morgan Wedbush pays him a salary to make them. Why pay a premium to a guy whose track record is no better than pure chance? You wouldn’t give a mutual fund manager 1.5% to match a stock index, either.

]]> By: Chufmoney http://www.eat-sleep-game.com/news/2007/08/18/michael-pachter-predicts-the-ps3-to-outsell-the-360-by-45k-for-july/comment-page-1/#comment-860 Chufmoney Sat, 18 Aug 2007 21:23:42 +0000 http://www.eat-sleep-game.com/news/2007/08/18/michael-pachter-predicts-the-ps3-to-outsell-the-360-by-45k-for-july/#comment-860 I got a dollar with Mike on this one. People still are not happy about the 360...the warranty may have pulled the tiniest bit of pressure off, but people still know that it's a box that is bound to break. I got a dollar with Mike on this one. People still are not happy about the 360…the warranty may have pulled the tiniest bit of pressure off, but people still know that it’s a box that is bound to break.

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