Tag Archives: analyst
Mon, Feb 06, 2012 | 00:59 GMT
NPD: Australian retail dropped 12% in 2011
The NPD Group Australia has revealed a 12.8% year-on-year decrease in traditional retail in 2011, but local industry expects digital revenue to climb.
Tue, Jan 24, 2012 | 00:26 GMT
Pachter: “Nintendo doesn’t even know there’s an Internet yet”
Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter believes that cloud gaming won’t kill consoles altogether, but that Nintendo is most likely to suffer through the transition.
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Posted in: Nintendo
Tags: analyst, michael pachter, wedbush morgan
Sun, Jan 22, 2012 | 22:39 GMT
Analyst: Zynga loses $150 on each new customer
Sterne Agee’s Arvind Bhatia has highlighted some disturbing figures in Zynga’s finances.
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Posted in: Social, Trade, Zynga
Tags: analyst, Arvind Bhatia, Sterne Agee
Tue, Jan 17, 2012 | 18:24 GMT
Analyst: EA has invested close to $500 million in SWTOR
Cowen & Co analyst Doug Creutz has estimated that EA has invested close to half a billion dollars in Star Wars: The Old Republic. Speaking with MarketWatch, Creutz said he believes EA has “minimized its risks as much as it can” on the MMO, “but it’s still a risky bet” and how well the investment pays off will rely on “how Star Wars performs.” Last year, Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter estimated that in the end, EA would have invested $80 million in the game. SWTOR was released on December 20 and shortly thereafter, EA announced that 1 million users had signed up, garnering over 60 million hours of in-game play time. Thanks, Spong.
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Posted in: EA, MMO, PC
Tags: analyst, Doug Creutz, star wars, Star Wars The Old Republic, swtor, The Old Republic, TOR
Fri, Jan 06, 2012 | 17:58 GMT
Analyst believes Sony needs to build “consumer excitement” around PlayStation brand in 2012
DFC Intelligence’s David Cole believes the PlayStation has lost a bit of shine over the years, which to Cole is unfortunate due to the PS3 being “an incredibly robust system with a great content library.”
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Posted in: PS3, Sony, Vita
Tags: analyst, David Cole, dfc intelligence
Thu, Jan 05, 2012 | 07:54 GMT
Analysts agree 3DS now on track for success
Although analysts warn Nintendo not to rest on its laurels, the 3DS is now tipped to go from strength to strength.
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Posted in: 3DS, Nintendo
Tags: analyst, analysts, EEDAR, Jesse Divnich, michael pachter, Piers Harding-Rolls, Screen Digest, wedbush morgan
Tue, Jan 03, 2012 | 00:25 GMT
Analyst – GTA V will outsell the next Call of Duty
EEDAR’s Jesse Divnich has tipped Rockstar to end Call of Duty’s three year streak at the top of the annual charts.
Thu, Dec 08, 2011 | 22:17 GMT
Analyst: Nintendo “left for dead” by investors but won’t “roll over and die”
One analyst believes Shigeru Miyamoto’s departure from Nintendo wouldn’t damage the company, and has dismissed the fears of fleeing investors.
Wed, Dec 07, 2011 | 04:10 GMT
Quick Quotes – Pachter thinks Gears of War 3 won’t sell consoles
“[Gears of War 3 is] a great game, the biggest exclusive by far, but it is far from the best selling 360 game. It’s also a hard core game, and #3 in the series, so not much of a system seller (the hard core already had 360s and bought Gears 1 and 2). So I don’t buy into the argument it helps [Microsoft] compete.”
– Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter speaking IndustryGamers.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: analyst, Gears of War 3, michael pachter
Tue, Dec 06, 2011 | 00:39 GMT
Analysts predict November win for Xbox 360
Ahead of the NPD’s release of US sales figures for November, analysts have picked the Xbox 360 as a clear favourite.
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Posted in: America, Trade
Tags: analyst, EEDAR, npd, NPD November 2011, wedbush morgan
Fri, Dec 02, 2011 | 01:55 GMT
Analyst: Pepper spray incident shows games are “a must have holiday item”
With a quote that will surely haunt us, EEDAR’s Jesse Divnich has predicted a strong holiday season sales performance for the games industry.
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Posted in: Trade
Tags: analyst, EEDAR, Jesse Divnich
Tue, Nov 22, 2011 | 05:25 GMT
Quick Quotes – Pachter pooh-poohs Xbox 720 rumours
“Those rumors are silly. Microsoft is still selling a ton of Xbox 360s, and they won’t replace the existing one until sales begin to slow. I think the rumors are based upon leaks about modifying the current Xbox 360 to allow it to operate Windows 8. I fully expect a new model of Xbox 360 by holiday 2012, but don’t think we see a new console altogether from Microsoft until 2014.”
– Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter, speaking to IndustryGamers.
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Posted in: Microsoft
Tags: analyst, michael pachter, wedbush morgan, Xbox 720
Fri, Nov 18, 2011 | 14:48 GMT
Analyst: Consumers have issues differentiating between MW3 and other shooters
Analyst Stephen Cheliotis is of the opinion the Call of Duty brand is unable to compete with large film brands due to the majority of the public thinking games from the same genre look similar to one another.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Retail, Shooter, Trade
Tags: analyst, call of duty, modern warfare 3, Stephen Cheliotis, The Centre for Brand Analysis
Thu, Nov 10, 2011 | 01:30 GMT
Analyst: Digital game revenue to reach $24 billion this year
Analysts have predicted 16% growth for digital game revenue over 2011, peaking at $24 billion.
Wed, Nov 02, 2011 | 22:33 GMT
Analysts: GTA V to launch before summer 2012, will sell 20 million+
Analysts have Grand Theft Auto V pegged for a short by PR cycle, but a long string of numbers before the word “sales”.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360
Tags: analyst, billy pidgeon, EEDAR, grand theft auto v, GTA V, Jesse Divnich, M2 Research, michael pachter, mike hickey, National Alliance, rockstar north, wedbush morgan
Wed, Nov 02, 2011 | 17:06 GMT
Analyst expects “most successful hardware sales periods ever” this holiday season
Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter believes the holiday sales season will be a banner one for US hardware, and Microsoft will lead the fray as it celebrated the one year anniversary of Kinect.
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 | 23:54 BST
Analysts: Shooter showdown to drive hardware sales
The face off between Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 could go either way, but will be a win for the industry, analysts have said.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, EA, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: analyst, analysts, Arcadia Research, battlefield 3, call of duty: modern warfare 3, dice, infinity ward, John Taylor, Jon Peddie Research, michael pachter, Ted Pollak, wedbush morgan
Thu, Oct 06, 2011 | 00:00 BST
Analyst: Social games about to go “second generation”
Social games are poised to evolve beyond the pay-to-not-wait structure which has dominated for the past few years, one analyst believes.
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Posted in: Casual, Social
Tags: analyst, Jesse Divnich
Tue, Sep 20, 2011 | 20:44 BST
Analyst: Battlefield 3 hits 1.5 million pre-order milestone
Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia said in a industry note that pre-orders for Battlefield 3 have hit the 1.5 million mark.
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Posted in: EA, PC, PS3, Retail, Shooter, Trade, Xbox 360
Tags: analyst, Arvind Bhatia, battlefield, battlefield 3, bf3, dice, Sterne Agee
Fri, Sep 16, 2011 | 20:29 BST
Friday Shorts: Nevermind is 20, Daytona USA, China, Orcs, KOTOR
Hold on to your hats, there’s a another big list of shorts for you today below the break.
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Posted in: Platform holders
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