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UPDATE - 22/09/2016

Since publishing our interview with Michael Pachter yesterday it has been suggested that quotes have been fabricated or taken out of context.

In response we have decided to publish this section of our Michael Pachter interview which can be listened to above.

This includes our reporters initial question and what Michael Pachter told us when we asked him whether PC gamers might be more inclined to adopt PS4 Pro.

ORIGINAL STORY - 21/09/2016

Earlier this month Sony unveiled their new PS4 Pro, a high-end PS4 capable of outing 4K graphics, smoother and more stable framerates and 4K video streaming.

Essentially this is a beefed up PS4 (not a new console) that's going to make new games look better than ever and old games (should developers choose) also given an extra lick of graphical paint.

Following the reveal of Sony's new PS4 Pro and PS4 slim, we caught up with well-known Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter to get his opinion on the new PlayStation consoles.

Speaking to Daily Star, Pachter noted that he was surprised Sony decided to launch the console this year but the fact they had showed Sony was "making a statement" with the Pro's price and specs.

But one question that had been racking our brain was whether PS4 Pro was doing enough to tempt PC Gamers. It does after all have increased power under the hood and a very competitive price point of £350 ($399).

As usual, Pachter didn't hold back with his comments and had a particularly strange analogy to explain why he didn't believe PC Gamers would be inclined to buy a PS4 Pro:

"I think PC Gamers are like racists; they only like their own kind and they have no interest in venturing out and mixing with other races," Pachter told us.

"PC gamers are arrogant twits who are convinced what they do is better than what anybody else can possibly do," continued Pachter with his explanation of why PC gamers wouldn't be tempted by Sony's new PS4 Pro.

"However if you were an Xbox owner and you’ve always wondered what it's like to be a PlayStation owner, this is a great opportunity.

"And I think if you're not a [next-gen] console owner at all - which would include a subset of PC users - this is the one you would buy. This [PS4 Pro] is the obvious choice."

Last week Michael Pachter also claimed that he believes the new Nintendo NX could be "dead in the water" should Nintendo fail to price the mysterious product appropriately.

More specifically Pachter was taking into consideration the price of the machine when compared with the new Sony PS4 Pro and Microsoft's Xbox One Scorpio planned for release next year.

Talking to Gaming Bolt, Pachter said: “If it’s a console and costs $199, it will sell extremely well; if it’s a handheld and costs $399, it’s dead in the water."

"The odds are that it’s something in between, but I don’t want to guess until I see what it is.”

(Image: Sony)

Earlier this week Sony Interactive Entertainment Head Andrew House, speaking to Digital Spy, revealed there had been two big influences surrounding the PS4 Pro, how the likes of Apple had built a yearly upgrade system and what content creators were interested in.

"To a certain degree it came from our content partners who had suggested that the last console cycle had – if anything – been a little bit too long, and who also were asking us whether it was possible to innovate within the lifecycle in order for them to further innovate on content

"Secondly, we were influenced by seeing what has occurred in the mobile industry, and just the ability – or the willingness – for consumers to trade up an upgrade based on very tangible new benefits.

“So it was applying that thinking and saying: "Does console innovation have to happen only once every 6 or 7 years?"