Pachter Factor Questions February 2021

Hey Pach! What do you think is the next major company acquisition coming down the pipe? Do you think the rate of M&A is going to continue to increase or slow down?

Now that Google & Amazon have launched their own game streaming services, do you think that they will buy any game companies to release exclusive titles on Stadia & Luna? We saw with Microsoft that they had to buy Bethesda just to reach parity with Sony in terms of developers & franchises. Do you think they will buy a company like Hi-Rez Studios or another mid-size developer? What companies do you think they should buy?

Freshpo

Dear Pach, Why do we always get numbers or a title from big publishers a few days of release? is it like a review for the consumer? or to keep the investors happy? sometimes it does not even matter or doesn't mean anything. like "best selling new first-party ip" or " fastest-selling remastered ....etc". even when they can make up something . they give stats like "players played 5 million hours the first week, killed 10mil enemy and shot 100 bullets ..etc" can see the point if they are not giving us the sales figures. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Ali Almutawa

COVID lead to a surge in game sales. Do you think we will settle permanently at a higher level of game sales or will it taper off once the pandemic ends?

What is your take on VR gaming? Is it going to remain a fad, or will it finally breakthrough? With games like Valve’s Half Life spin-off barely moving the needle on attachment, what exactly will need to happen to push it over the edge?

What do you think of the Redditors destabilizing GameStop stock? Now that they see how well it works they may use it to destabilize other stocks in other industries. Could this become a long term problem that will grow?

How tired are you of talking about Gamestop? Do you want to talk about something else? Feel free to use this question to talk about anything you want! :)

Tarma

Shayne forget the A game. Record a zoom with Pach and rough cut. I'm here to hear him talk not for the editing or video quality

How big a fail is it Microsoft not making every Kinect sitting in a garage box into a Zoom box?

With a new president in office do you see Biden undoing Trump tarfs? If so will it make things easier on game companies/manufacturers again or no change at all.

I tried this before, but I think I made the question too wordy so let's try it again. Why do video game companies seem to come out with similar products at the same time? This happened a lot more in the past and my best example would be the Super Scope 6 and the Sega Menacer. When I was really young I thought the only way this happened was if the companies met and discussed new products to build for their systems.

Taylor Flores