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Pachter: Xbox Over PS3 Again In 2011
Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter sees Microsoft's platform maintaining its lead over Sony's through 2011.
Speaking with IndustryGamers, Pachter declared the $200 price point the magic number that Sony has to hit to jump-start its market share. Microsoft already offers a hard drive-less Xbox 360 slim model for $199 new, while that same system bundled with a Kinect peripheral matches the cheapest $250 PS3 price point.
"I doubt that many hard core gamers have held off purchasing a PS3 while they waited for Killzone 3 to come out," he told the publication. "At this point in the cycle, the only people who have waited are those who planned to buy a console at a price point under $200, and while I think that there are a lot of those people, pricing remains stubbornly high."
Pachter also believes that The Old Republic's fortunes depend primarily on the game's quality, that THQ made a bad gamble with Homefront, and that Nintendo's handheld business has a huge challenge on its hands from the mobile and social sectors. No surprises here, but the reasons Pachter gives for his positions seem sound.
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