Pachter: Nintendo’s first-party catalogue is “vastly superior” to its competition

20 July 2011

Responding to Xbox guy Dennis Durkin’s recent claims that Microsoft’s first party titles are “superior” to its rivals’, Wedbush analyst and industry gossip-mongerer Michael Pachter has argued that, in fact, Nintendo is on top of its game. The game.

“Dennis is a great guy, and is paid to be loyal to his Microsoft family. I think Nintendo’s first-party content is vastly superior to either other console manufacturer’s, and don’t think that either Sony or Microsoft would really dispute that,” he tells IndustryGamers.

He added, “As far as who is better, Sony or Microsoft, I’m not sure why anyone cares about my opinion. I have all three consoles, and love Sony first party titles like God of War, Gran Turismo, Uncharted, Little Big Planet and the upcoming Twisted Metal, and I love Microsoft first party titles like Halo, Forza, Fable, Alan Wake and Gears.

“I’m sure that there is a scientific way to determine who is better, but that’s like arguing about whether Ford is better than GM or whether Wal-Mart is better than Target. They’re both good, and people have different tastes.”

So there. It’s Nintendo. Until somebody says it’s Sony, anyway. Then back to Microsoft. Who wants to start?

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