Following recent speculation that Nintendo is currently working on a high definition Wii for release “by 2009,” Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter has expressed his support for the idea, revealing that he is “absolutely convinced” a “Wii HD” is in the works.

Pachter explained in a recent AFP news article article that he believes it is essential for Nintendo to overcome the Wii’s lacking hardware if the company truly wishes to fulfil its promise of a console for everybody, including core gamers — many of whom have been disappointed with the company’s…

Wedbush Stanley’s lead videogame analyst, Michael Pachter, believes that Electronics Arts might have launched its bid for Take-Two in order to take control of the latter’s sports game division, 2K Sports, which is its only notable competitor in the sports game genre. He told Game Politics that the $26 a share price that EA has offered is fair enough and rebuffed any likelihood of any bidding war for Take-Two.

“I do not think there’s another bidder,” Pachter said. “I don’t think there’s any prayer of a bidding war.” He further suggested that it didn’t make sense for…

Michael Pachter, a videogame analyst from Wedbush Morgan Securities, has thrust the blame for the delay in the launch of Grand Theft Auto IV on the PS3, creating one of the most agonizing delay the games industry has ever witnessed. However, he is no fanboy and seems to have done his homework pretty well before putting the blame on Sony’s mean machine. He believes that the Xbox 360 version o the game is up and kicking and that it is the PS3 version, which…