Comments on Marty Hashemi's articles RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.com/author/marty-hashemi/articles http://seekingalpha.com/article/102099-video-game-stocks-beyond-the-economic-slowdown?source=feed#comment-669670 669670 Business Card Templates]]> Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:23:23 -0400 cards.willeatspuppies.com>Business Card Templates]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/102099-video-game-stocks-beyond-the-economic-slowdown?source=feed#comment-652834 652834 Philadelphia Business]]> Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:13:49 -0400 boomerbingo.com>Philadelphia Business]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/102099-video-game-stocks-beyond-the-economic-slowdown?source=feed#comment-481951 481951 wow power leveling wow power leveling wow powerleveling powerleveling power leveling wow gold powerleveling World of Warcraft power leveling wow power leveling aion powerleveling aion power leveling wow powerleveling powerleveling power leveling wow gold powerleveling World of Warcraft power leveling aion powerleveling aion power leveling ]]> Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:44:53 -0400 www.uppowerleveling.com">wow power leveling
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aion power leveling ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/110248-a-new-era-of-video-games-the-end-of-shovelware?source=feed#comment-339600 339600 Sun, 28 Dec 2008 06:06:58 -0500
The stock has plunged (losing 25% in 3 days between 16th of December and 22nd of December) because FMR LLC (Fidelity investment has sent half of their shares...)

A good opportunity, to my Eyes

Take an eye on this stock here:
www.boursorama.com/cou...]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/110248-a-new-era-of-video-games-the-end-of-shovelware?source=feed#comment-326376 326376 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:13:28 -0500
I have a Wii & 360, and while I love my 360 games, MSFT poor customer service & horrible quality have me thinking that if the shovelware buyer is the fool...then all 360 owners are those fools, myself included. Almost everyone I know has had their 360 break down and some up to three times. The hard-cores are hard-core, that's for sure...some would say hard-core stubborn.

My Damn Super Nintendo from 1991 still works, but my 360 only made 2.5 years? Shovelware is perhaps a kind word to use...thank god the games are good, as the 360 is perhaps the least reliable machine in history.

And this year's top seller, my good man, is not GTAIV (I own TTWO), its MarioKart.

Wait until the end of the year and you'll see.

The future will be with the first machine that does Wii motion controls coupled standard hardcore gaming graphics with Gears of War style, but clearly the days of the joystick rulling the roost are numbered. I'm not sure why people don't get this, the average person has 0 interest in 16 buttons. Again, I love hardcore gaming, GTAIV is the best game this year and perhaps ever...but the future lies in non-traditional joysticks that will take GTAV and put it to good use.

As far as stocks, I am long TTWO (waiting for another ride up to cash in once again), THQI has they could be taken over and I would avoid ATVI and ERTS. I would also not be suprised in seeing Japanese companies buy out or merger with one these, maybe Capcom or Konami to give it more weight and depth worldwide.

UBISoft I would say now is the 2nd largest in the world and I too would recommend them. Paris Stock exchange. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/110248-a-new-era-of-video-games-the-end-of-shovelware?source=feed#comment-326279 326279 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:44:44 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/110248-a-new-era-of-video-games-the-end-of-shovelware?source=feed#comment-326147 326147 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:22:45 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/107858-take-two-should-be-a-bigger-acquisition-target?source=feed#comment-315105 315105 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:54:29 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/107858-take-two-should-be-a-bigger-acquisition-target?source=feed#comment-315101 315101 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:42:46 -0500
ERTS underperformed TTWO by quite a bit in the last month so they are in less of a position to do the buyout now. It's anyone's guess if ATVI would be interested.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/107858-take-two-should-be-a-bigger-acquisition-target?source=feed#comment-314974 314974 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:27:21 -0500
I made some good returns buying early on at $13, selling during the takeover battle and I would advise anyone to buy shares now for a long term hold.

Given the current recessionary environment, the lack of confidence in anything as well as the living fro news to news market action, in the short term all of these stocks could still go further down and by short term I mean six months to a year. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/107858-take-two-should-be-a-bigger-acquisition-target?source=feed#comment-314828 314828 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:03:48 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/107858-take-two-should-be-a-bigger-acquisition-target?source=feed#comment-314618 314618 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:45:48 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/102099-video-game-stocks-beyond-the-economic-slowdown?source=feed#comment-309596 309596 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:46:26 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/102099-video-game-stocks-beyond-the-economic-slowdown?source=feed#comment-294626 294626 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:13:17 -0400
As far as THQI, it is a buy at these levels, as is TTWO. But TTWO to me, could be the next ATVI as the quality of its games are tough to beat. Nothing can hold a candle to GTAIV and one can only hope they reinvest the money towards more franchise. The release of GTA Chinatown DS should further drive sales, even if the DS isn't exactly a hard core machine, it will see simply due to how many DS are out there.

I would rank all the Cos. in this order:

1. ATVI- Top of the game, but again, it cannot fall into the EA trap of doing sequels year after year, as you end up killing franchises with over-saturation. Guitar Hero will be the next big ATVI franchise to fall, the same way Tony Hawk fell.

2. UBISoft-up & coming, beats all forecasts and has a nice wide array of games. Its partially owned by ERTS. I could see this company merging at some point.

3. TTWO- Truly, the talent here is vast. Can they resign the Houser Twins? That is the biggest question at TTWO and expanding its lineup. I rank them 3rd based on potential.

3. ERTS- Puts out a lot of games, but the quality isn't quit there yet, although progress is being made. If Rock Band leaves EA and MTV publishes it on its own, it would be a big loss. Its sporting business also needs help or simply a breath of fresh air, as most games feel like cut & paste from the previous version. The losses and missed earnings estimates is great cause of concern.

4. THQI- barely any debt and tons of cash...they just need to put out better quality games.

5. KNM- Konami...big company, but not so big in the west. DDR franchise will get competition from ATVI's eventual Dance Hero. Its rock game is not very good...I could see a merger with a western partner.

6. Capcom- Said to be looking to merge with a western partner...TTWO? THQI? UBISoft? I'm sure the current financial mess is puttingt those plans on hold, althought the strength of the Yen vs. other currencies could facilitate this. But I doubt it.

Anyways, ERTS missed earnings today, while NTDOY reports no slowdown on its end the very same day (outside of effects of the Yen's strength), shows that customers look for value and quality games...I'm not so sure EA offers either at this point. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/102099-video-game-stocks-beyond-the-economic-slowdown?source=feed#comment-294325 294325 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:37:57 -0400 If I were a stockholder, I'd be more concerned about their cash flow out to the legal sections of their company than their earnings. If they lose just one lawsuit, it could mean millions in compensation or damages. If they lose all four of them, they will be paying out millions to millions of very unhappy customers who have had significant issues with Securom, the DRM of choice for EA.
]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/102099-video-game-stocks-beyond-the-economic-slowdown?source=feed#comment-291713 291713 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:21:25 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/102099-video-game-stocks-beyond-the-economic-slowdown?source=feed#comment-291625 291625 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:49:47 -0400
Great pick
ATVI - WotLK comes out in 3 weeks, CoD was/is awesome.

Good picl
TTWO - GTA IV shows they have the ability to create quality games

Not so good picks
THQI - unless they have something good up their sleeve
ERTS - thank god they have Rockband

It's not public, but Bethesda Studio Games is gonna be a winner of the video game world after Fallout 3 is released.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/102099-video-game-stocks-beyond-the-economic-slowdown?source=feed#comment-291500 291500 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:11:57 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/102099-video-game-stocks-beyond-the-economic-slowdown?source=feed#comment-291474 291474 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:53:31 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/102099-video-game-stocks-beyond-the-economic-slowdown?source=feed#comment-291460 291460 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:40:28 -0400