I hear what you guys are saying and I agree that it is more fun when they are seperate. Otherwise we are just buying into brands and licenses.
I guess what I was wishing for is to have all the information for games of the same name in one place. A lot of these articles, pictures, and videos apply to more than one version because people want to see and hear about the comparisons.
I think the stocks should be divided by each platform because that is how the video game industry works. If you look at NPD or VGcharts data, it is all by Title (Platform).
Additionally, the games are not the same across platforms. Only the Xbox 360 and PS3 ones are going to be similar. The Wii game is generally very different. The DS and PSP version equally so.
A popular stock play is also to trade relative positions...such as right now long Smackdown (PS2) and short Smackdown (Xbox 360). You can tell if a certain stock is over or under valued by how it is priced vs the other console versions.
Having multiple versions of a game on different consoles as 1 stock sounds good, but then you have to consider that it would make predicting and following sales harder, particularly for those who have interest in only 1 version of the game.
For instance, if someone is only interested in the 360 version of a game, having to add up all the versions to find its current sales, which might include versions doing poorly on other consoles, a chore. Also 1 ver may sell like hotcakes and the other may bomb.
Thanks for reporting the broken link. It is fixed now. I include pertinent articles in both SKUs because not everyone reads the the articles the same way but they should all have access to the same info.
Honestly, I kind of wish that these multi-SKU titles were just one stock. Most of them are the exact same game anyway.
LiquidJ, your submission of "Rainbow Six Hits the Jackpot" on PS3 is broken. You have http in the url twice.
Also, it's not necessary to submit the news on more than one platform for the game because I think most people read it from the "Recent Articles" page anyways. Its just easier to see all the submissions.
"as long as Sony's Playstation Online can do a good job with this game than we will see millions of copies move."
This is doubtful as no Rainbox Six game has moved "millions of copies" on any platform ever. Also considering there aren't even "millions" of PS3s for people to play on (1.8 million sold worldwide, many in Japan where they don't play games like this), such an expectation is increasingly dubious. By the time there are millions of PS3s sold in North America and Europe, Rainbow Six Vegas will be forgotten.
I know quite a few people who ran out to grab this game on PS3. It truly is an excellent game and I agree with Doomkin that as long as Sony's Playstation Online can do a good job with this game than we will see millions of copies move. I'm expecting it to be a big game when the PS3 hits Europe.
3