For the record, I have played and completed mario & sonic at the olympics game. :) And I loved it, but to say it was a good game is a far fetch. Fun it may be, but far from being an example a shining example of the creative abilities capable on the Wii.
Now, now, don't start implying that Mario & Sonic is a BAD game. The quality could (and should) be better, but there are many more worse game than it for you to choose from :D. You wouldn't really want to be lynched by SEGA fanboys (and Nintendo fanboys), do you ?
I remember that I think "4 million WW for both Wii & DS game ? No way". Later on it turn SEGA is better at estimating their game selling power than me (miracle can still happen in this age and era).
What are the concners with NTDOY? I think people are concerned over the tie-in ratio for their software but as long as they keep pushing hardware units, they will continue to sell more software titles than its rivals due.
Yea, their 2008 holiday season looks pretty light in terms of good quality games, but when has quality games mattered for the Wii? Didnt sonic at the olympics do 1 million in two months (USA) with a metacritic score in the 60's?
Its seasonally a tough time for video game stocks, but the TTWO buyout puts further downward pressure on the stock. The Pavlovian response is of course to buy TTWO and short ERTS. The TTWO price is implying that the market expects the bid to increase, so this will cost ERTS even more.
This is all coming off a poor Q3 with a very poor Q4 guidance in an environment where the market has no leniency for companies that under-perform. Video games were on fire this holiday season but ERTS was not. Given the company's profile in this environment, it's not surprising the stock is only slightly above the the 52-week low.
The only stock interesting in the video game sector right now continues to be NTDOY, which may have some valuation concerns.
Any words of widsom on why the stock market has been beating on ERTS the last few months?
Yea, they had a crappy holiday season and their money making yearly titles didn't hit expectations. Also, not to mention that their most successful holiday title (not in terms of sales) were titles produced by development teams not owned by EA (HL2 an RockBand).
Am I the only one around here thinking that EA is under-valued in the 40's?
- Moneyhat from Sony ? - EA trying to talk up PS3, so it can reign supreme on that (so far) uncontested and uncrowded market ? - EA has too many investment in PS3 project ? - EA wanted to stay #1 publisher in US, and it will not be able to do that if Wii (& Nintendo) is #1 ?
So many possibilities, but no evidence.
Personally, I hope PS3 can be #2 worldwide, and maintain it until the end of generation. Microsoft, with positive profit in the gaming division, should be able to stay in the future generation. This way, all three H/W vendor stay afloat, and we (as gamer) got better price overall.
does anyone else find it strange how EA is verbally supporting the PS3 so much these days? things like their projections that the PS3 is going to outsell the 360 this year and that PSN has the potential capabilities to be as good as Xbox Live. it's just kind of weird to me.
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