The stock are traded blind afterwards to. USA doesn't give you much for a PC game. After all PC gaming seems to be huger in Europe than NA! Consider a fact: Pc games have the same total revenue as games for all consoles and hand helds together in Germany. This year is the first year that pattern might break, caused by high software sales for the DS and Wii. In NA this trend does not exist like that, so NPD numbers doesn't help that much for stocks :o)
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The stock are traded blind afterwards to. USA doesn't give you much for a PC game. After all PC gaming seems to be huger in Europe than NA! Consider a fact: Pc games have the same total revenue as games for all consoles and hand helds together in Germany. This year is the first year that pattern might break, caused by high software sales for the DS and Wii. In NA this trend does not exist like that, so NPD numbers doesn't help that much for stocks :o)