For nylig kunne vi her på Gamereactor bringe en nyhedsartikel om at Michael Pachter blandt andet har kaldt PC-spillere racister. Via en opfølgende artikel ovre hos PCGamesN siger Pachter dog, at han ikke helt mener at interviewet er fyldestgørende.
For det første mener han at journalisten har presset ham til sidste at benytte racisme som passende analogi for den mentalitet han mener at kunne spore hos PC-spillere, men undskylder samtidig for sammenligningen:
"The question I was asked was whether PC gamers would buy the PS4 Pro. In a ten minute interview, I said 'no', as I didn't think that the PS4 Pro represented enough of an upgrade to induce PC gamers to switch over.
"When asked to elaborate, I said that PC gamers prefer the control scheme of keyboard and mouse, generally have faster CPUs, and that most have far more powerful GPUs. When pressed as to 'why' I thought that PC gamers wouldn't at least give the PS4 Pro a shot, I said that I thought that PC gamers were loyal to the PC and weren't looking to switch. I used terms like 'insular', made analogies to political parties, to religion, to nationality.
"When pressed further, I am sure that I said 'like racists'. It was a poor analogy, but the reporter apparently didn't think that anything else I had to say was print-worthy."
Derudover mener Pachter slet ikke at have brugt ordet "twit" om PC-spillere, og påstår desuden slet ikke at vide hvad ordet betyder. Mon denne sag vil eskalere? Pachters levebrød er kontroversielle udtalelser som disse, men det lader til at være hårde ord, selv for ham.