Pachter Factor Questions for August 2019

Hey Pach! The Epic Game Store is pulling in a lot of franchises due to their preferable profit sharing with developer/publishers compared to Steam. If Steam adjust their ratios to match Epic, would Epic further reduce their share to remain competitive? Does Valve need to announce more first party games to bring the focus back on them?

benjameshodges

Which do you think is a better 5 year investment today, and why? Gold, Video Game stocks or Bitcoin?

Aaron Grimshaw

Would you comment on the report that you and Wedbush published in 2014 about the video game industry? How much did you get right?

Aaron Grimshaw

Hey Pach, do you think it's a good time to invest stock in Sony or Microsoft since we're moving into a new console generation? Or do you think it would wiser to wait until the new consoles have specs and price points? When's the best time to invest in these things?

There was recently a store in Sweden selling preorders for the PlayStation 5 at $1050. How believable is that price point? If that price does turn out to be accurate, how dead is the next generation of consoles?

Tarma

Hey Pach'n Friends! Will we see another price drop(s) from Sony or Microsoft for the different models of Playstation & XBOX this Black Friday/Christmas/Holiday season? I thought this would be the last time before the "NextGen" models drive the prices into the ground.

BNR

Microsoft’s announcement of hardware raytracing in the next Xbox could prove to be a big advantage in the next generation. Do you think Sony will have a similar spec in their next machine? And will it force a change in development approaches for publishers that also port their games to PC, similar to how 3D on the PSX and N64 helped push 3D accelerator adoption back in the late 90s?

Dear lovely Mr. Pach, will the Fed rates cut impact the electronic / gaming market in any way? Hardware / software price fluctuaction? Import / export tariffs / price? Industry as a whole volume?

Hey Pach, did Nintendo price the Switch Lite correctly? How many units (Switch + Switch Lite) are they going to sell around Christmas? How many before EOFY?

What are the benefits for Microsoft to release Halo Infinite on Xbox One AND Xbox Scarlett versus only on Xbox Scarlett to bolster new gen hardware? Do you think Sony will follow suit on releasing first party cross gen games? Thanks Pach.

Colton Berry

Hey Pach. With the upcoming next generation, would now be a good time to buy stocks in the three major American publishers?

With egaming getting big esp 30 million tournament for fortnight. can u see gaming moving towards this way. With winners making more money then regular sports and stadiums being made for them it's hard to see it not going this way. Heck I'm going to evo this weekend in Las Vegas.

Now that Nintendo has announced the Switch Lite and an updated Switch with a better battery, what’s next? Will it be a cheaper docked only Switch, or will they focus on making a more powerful 2nd generation of Switch to compete with the 2020 console releases? What do you think Nintendo’s console strategy will be?

NeO JD

The PS4 has reached 100 million consoles sold mark. Do think it has a chance of passing the PS2’s sales mark of 158 million since it reached 100 million faster then the PS2 did? Also, do you think Microsoft will ever release Xbox One sales numbers again?

Eric Hulen

Hi Pach! Disney has been reluctant recently to step back as a direct publisher into the console video game arena after Disney Infinity. Do you think that could change in the next 5 years, possibly through an acquisition?