It is perfect. It melds into a cohesive miracle that's greater than the sum of its undeniably fantastic parts. They've already sold millions of copies between the two Japanese releases, and if Nintendo's North American marketing push has anything to say about it, this release will probably follow suit. It's well-deserved as not only have they dismissed the genre trappings of the staid brain training phenomenon but they've created a great game and, more importantly, a great piece of art.
@apujanata, I go by the principle that if you're gonna make a statement about how you think a stock should be valued you better back it up with money or your statement doesn't really hold as much weight.
@pilias_simber, On the other hand, I like discussing stock, even those that I am not going to invest, to improve my analytical (and profit generating) skill :D.
Yet Diddy Kong Racing (DS) February 2007 did around 262K or 26.2 DKP and I do not remember that game receiving as much advertising in stores and magazines as Professor Layton has. Granted people may have bought it for the series, but by that time most people had mostly forgotten about that N64 racing game, so it probably sold based on accessibility and a lack of other good DS games being released around that time. The same scenario seems to apply to this game, so I think the only 100k is justified in this case. This game will probably sell in the 150k-200k range or 15DKP-20DKP.
There was a rumor that I could not link to that said this game will sell 100K max. I personally don't believe this. The reason is the performance of this game on Amazon bestseller list. I am still learning on interpreting Amazon's list, so I could be way wrong here, but here is the raw data, using "Any category > Video Games" : Professor Layton and the Curious Village. Rel. Date : Feb 10, 2008
Feb 21 : #13 Feb 20 : #13 Feb 19 : #11 Feb 18 : #8 Feb 17 : #7 Feb 16 : #9 Feb 14 : #11 Feb 13 : #9 Feb 12 : #11
Using "Any Category > Video Games > Nintendo DS > All Games", this is #1 since the release data on Feb 10 / 11. Anyone with more Amazon Bestseller list analysis experience can share their interpretation of the above mentioned data ?
Personally, I am gambling big in this stock. And I am happy that lot of people think this game will bomb, and drive down the price, so I can pick this stock up at very attractive (IMO) price
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