Tag Archives: Analysts

Geoffrey Tim

FFD: Can GTA V save the gaming industry?

April 19, 2013 at 10:30 am | 63 Comments

The gaming industry is pretty much screwed. Publishers are losing money left, right and centre to the point of breaking. In an industry where 3.5 million sales in less than month is a failure, something’s quite clearly wrong. The gaming industry needs saving – and according to analysts the one thing that’ll save it is Grand Theft Auto V.


Geoffrey Tim

How’s the Wii U really doing?

January 8, 2013 at 2:00 pm | 3 Comments

I love Nintendo’s new console, and I hope my enthusiasm for the machine came through in my review. While the rest of us were still on leave, Gavin posted some pretty heartening news about the Wii U’s sales to date, saying that the machine had topped 2 million units sold. It’s obviously not quite doing the brisk business the original Wii did, but that seems pretty decent, right?


Gavin Mannion

Has Call of Duty peaked?

August 6, 2012 at 10:45 am | 13 Comments

It’s the headline that Battlefield fans have been screaming for months and now it seems like the financial analysts are wondering the same thing as two analysts, Michael Pachter and Ben Schachter, have been speaking to GamesIndustry and have stated that they are worried that Call of Duty has peaked.


Geoffrey Tim

Will Black Ops 2 break records?

May 7, 2012 at 10:00 am | 2 Comments

There’s a new Call of Duty coming this year. Of course there is. Thing is, this time it toys with the established formula, adding a few things that might actually pass of genuine innovation - and as far as I’m concerned, sounds really interesting. The question is, are those changes enough to keep the general gaming public interested in a franchise that many believe has become stale over the years?

Though it broke launch day sales records (like the Call of Duty before it), Modern Warfare 3 doesn’t look like it best Black Ops’ overall sales. Will Black Ops 2 manage to smash sales records again this year? Analysts are divided.


Geoffrey Tim

Here’s what analysts say about GTA V

November 3, 2011 at 2:00 pm | 19 Comments

Last night Rockstar put up the trailer they promised when they first teased Grand Theft Auto V’s announcement. The trailer’s causing a stir on the internet, with gaming communities abuzz with dissections of the trailer, piecing together subtle clues found in the video to better guess what we might expect from the game when it does release.

The professional guessers, the analysts who’re paid to totally make stuff up have been hard at work too, and here’s what they believe GTA V will do in terms of sales and release date.


Gavin Mannion

Sony should cut the price of the Vita if they want to survive

August 8, 2011 at 9:00 am | 7 Comments

After Nintendo slashed the price of it’s Nintendo 3DS analysts have turned their thoughts to Sony and the (now) incredibly expensive PS Vita that Sony will be releasing in Japan this year and into the rest of the world in 2012.

When the Vita was first announced it’s price target of $250 to $300 was competitively priced compared to the 3DS of $250 but now the 3DS is being flogged for $170 which is a far more enticing price point.


Geoffrey Tim

Post-launch 3DS sales have “slowed considerably”

April 12, 2011 at 3:30 pm | 0 Comments

According to one analyst, sales of Nintendo’s new handheld have slowed down to a trickle following its launch.

Of course, this is generally the sort of thing that happens after a new console gets launched; people go in to a mad frenzy buying it on or near release, with the more patient gamers waiting until there are actually games that they want to buy.

New Super Mario Bros Wii to sell enough to “Shock”

Geoffrey Tim

New Super Mario Bros Wii to sell enough to “Shock”

October 26, 2009 at 11:30 am | 1 Comment

Michael Pachter, the videogame industry’s favourite analyst has spoken again. Analysts, for whom it is apt to have the word “anal” in their titles on account of the amount of faecal matter that they spew from their mouths, sometimes do actually get things right – and I suspect this will be one of those times. Pachter reckons that sales of New Super Mario Bros Wii, the 4 player co-op Mario game that harkens back to the series’ halcyon days will “Shock”
Pachter : Sony Will Wrest 2nd Place from Microsoft

Geoffrey Tim

Pachter : Sony Will Wrest 2nd Place from Microsoft

June 30, 2009 at 3:15 pm | 3 Comments

I love analysts - professional guessers, if you like. They sift through graphs, sales data, industry goings-on , poring over every minute detail – and then make stuff up. Back in primary school, we called such people “liars,” but now that we’re all grown up they have a much nicer designation. My own ranting aside, analyst reports are always interesting – they consistently contain some sparkly gem hidden in their mass of conjecture.

Michael Pachter, Wedbush Morgan’s infamous resident videogame prognosticator has compiled yet another report; this time declaring that  - as a result of Microsoft’s Japanese failure and Sony’s HD video standard domination  – Sony will climb to the middle of the heap, finally beating out its American competition with regards to consoles sold.

The devil though is in the details – When does he expect them to take the lead?

Analyst Sides with Sony Motion Control, says Natal too Casual

Geoffrey Tim

Analyst Sides with Sony Motion Control, says Natal too Casual

June 29, 2009 at 4:00 pm | 15 Comments

For some reason the videogame industry is peppered with people who have opinions, and want them known. When you work for a business focus firm, instead being called “opinionated” you get to be called an analyst. This time, that analyst is Doug Creutz of Cowen and Company who, in an interview with Gamasutra had a few words to say about the new motion control schemes debuted by Sony and Microsoft.

Geoffrey Tim

PS3 Price-cut Rumours Circulating Again

June 9, 2009 at 12:45 pm | 4 Comments

While the expected announcement of a lower price of Sony’s 7th generation home console failed to materialise at their E3 conference, hope rears it’s head in yet another analyst-driven price cut rumour. According to Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia, his sources indicate an August price reduction, timed to coincide with this year’s iteration of EA Sports’ Madden - a franchise known for driving console and software sales. Whilst the call for lower console prices is strong from gamers and publishers alike, an august price cut seems unlikely.