Pachter: Talk of the PS4 Has Faded in Favor of the Next Xbox

<p>Although we are getting ever so closer to the time of year where the world gets into a frenzy in regards to video game news it seems that one game industry analyst&comma; Michael Pachter&comma; believes that Sony have already made a big mistake due to the hype for the PS4 dropping due to the upcoming next-generation Xbox reveal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Michael Pachter shared his thoughts in the latest episode of Pach-Attack&comma; his weekly web series hosted on Game Trailers&comma; where viewers send in questions which they would like answered by the man himself&period; The question which revealed Michael Pachter&&num;8217&semi;s opinions was innocent enough asking if Microsoft&&num;8217&semi;s decision to reveal the next Xbox 2 weeks before E3 2013 was a mistake&period; He replied&colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>&&num;8220&semi;Microsoft and Sony have both departed from prior practice by having an independent event different from E3&period; Sony was very smart to do a reveal event in February&period; I thought they kept the buzz up and a lot of people talked about the PS4&period; That talk has faded&period; You know now that we&&num;8217&semi;re in late April&comma; the Xbox event is May 21st&comma; that talk has faded&period; Now talk is all about the next Xbox event&comma; so there&&num;8217&semi;s no buzz in front of it&period; They announced it about a month ahead of time and they&&num;8217&semi;re going to get buzz for the two weeks heading into E3&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Michael Pachter continued&colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>&&num;8220&semi;The truth is&comma; buzz is one thing&comma; purchase intent is another&period; I don&&num;8217&semi;t think anyone is buying any of these boxes until they see them and they see the price&period; So what really is going to matter is E3&period; You&&num;8217&semi;re going to see the box&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;re going to see the price&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;re going to hear the launch date&period; Then from June 10 to launch date&comma; which will probably be November&comma; you have 5 months to make up your mind&period; So I don&&num;8217&semi;t think the timing of these pre-launch events mean much at all&comma; other than it gives the press more than one opportunity to write about these things with some knowledge&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gametrailers&period;com&sol;videos&sol;f4yg44&sol;pach-attack--next-xbox--revealed-a-little-late-">Game Trailers<&sol;a> via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;psu&period;com&sol;a019395&sol;Pachter--PS4-buzz-has-faded-but-doesnt-influence-purchasing-intent">PlayStation Universe<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;b01d22cc-c42e-4913-a2e3-018a558fab42" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;