Pachter Factor Questions January 2019

Hi Pach, I heard a rumor that due to the poor reception of Fallout 76, Bethesda now has to release the next Elder Scrolls this (fiscal) year, to keep investors happy. This would probably mean a half-baked (more than usual) Elder Scrolls game that would disappoint the fans. Do you believe this rumor? Is Bethesda in such a dire situation that they have to sacrifice the quality and reputation of the Elder Scrolls series, for the sake of financial numbers?

Tailen

Salutations from England. Do you think that the advent of 5G will provide enough network connectivity to allow next gen consoles to stream games in the US and Europe?

How does the recent separation of Bungie from Activision affect the future of Destiny and the industry as a whole?

Greetings from England. Do you think that Nintendo has the best hardware to compete with Amazon and Google future gaming streaming devices. The next console generation could be the last one for Sony and Microsoft, but the Switch portable nature is an advantage for the long term. Do you think that Nintendo will eventually make a next gen Switch that is fully capable of streaming and has network availability to be able to stream games on the move by 2021?

Hi Pach! As an aging gamer (early 40s) with a limited amount of time, I'm wondering if publishers are looking at my demographic and planning gaming experiences for people like me who are not going to be fast enough to compete in online games like Fortnite but still want to enjoy AAA open worlds and story driven games like Assassin's Creed or GTA without having to invest 50+ hours. Is the fact that I probably won't be waiting to buy those games on day 1 (again, time availability) influence this development?

Hey Pac! Year of the Pig! I'm a HUGE fan of Sony products! My PSP finally died & I didn't trash it because it was the MSG Edition. But they had a chance to make their own "Switch style" console. They made the Sony Tablet S and the Xperia line of tablets. In 2018, "Sony’s Xperia Z5 and Xperia Z5C Tablets Reported To Have Been Cancelled" Why wasn't this turned into the PlayStation Portable 3?

BNR

Hey Pach, Happy new year, hope you're going well! AMD recently announced their Radeon 7 at CES , which received a mild reception. The last couple generations of GPU's from AMD (PC Market) have been underwhelming, giving a sense of limited capacity or a deterred focus. Next gen console announcements are expected this year with a release in 2020 in some estimations. Do you think AMD's lack of dominance in the PC space is due to a focus on the console markets, as it is the supplier for both Sony and Microsoft? Thoughts?

Alen Milic

Hi Michael pacher. One happy new year. Now since it's a new year who is going to announce there new system 1st Microsoft or Sony? Since it's so early in the game is it still important to 1st or is the next gen all about console exclusives or 1st party ? As for the other console out there will Nintendo announce switch 2.0 or would that be a bad move like the Wii u? And what about apple or Amazon are they finally going to announce there system? Oh and there is Atari and there system?

Costco is selling a game of thrones Johnny Walker blend. It's a white walker blend so cold oohhhh scary. The bottle says the blend is ideal for leaving in the freezer! I've never heard of such heresy with scotch. But, I look forward to your commentary. Treating Scotch like vodka... unacceptable!!

Hey Pach. With more Steam competitors starting up on the PC and having exclusive titles that are not available on other competing PC game marketplaces, at what point do you think the users will become fatigued of having to go from ecosystem to ecosystem in order to go from playing game X to play game Y? I personally have games from 8 different marketplaces on my PC, each requiring a different launcher environment to play and update.

Nick Kearney

Pach, do you think the Epic Games Store is going to give Steam a run for their money? As of yesterday (Jan 8th) The Division 2 was the latest game announced as an exclusive to their service.

NeO JD