Comments on: The trouble with best-sellers http://dwellonit.taterunino.net/2009/11/11/the-trouble-with-best-sellers/ VIRTUAL WORLDS, SECOND LIFE, STATISTICS, CULTURE, LAW, GAMING, ECLECTIC ODDITIES. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:50:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: TigroSpottystripes Katsu http://dwellonit.taterunino.net/2009/11/11/the-trouble-with-best-sellers/comment-page-1/#comment-4766 TigroSpottystripes Katsu Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:49:42 +0000 http://dwellonit.taterunino.net/?p=1922#comment-4766 recurrent hits usually wear off over the time, innovation is what keeps things fresh recurrent hits usually wear off over the time, innovation is what keeps things fresh

]]> By: Nightbird Glineux http://dwellonit.taterunino.net/2009/11/11/the-trouble-with-best-sellers/comment-page-1/#comment-4669 Nightbird Glineux Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:31:14 +0000 http://dwellonit.taterunino.net/?p=1922#comment-4669 I agree with Jacek. EA is welcome to paint themselves into a corner. Of course Tateru is right, too, about this being about the stock. I agree with Jacek. EA is welcome to paint themselves into a corner. Of course Tateru is right, too, about this being about the stock.

]]> By: Simon Newstead http://dwellonit.taterunino.net/2009/11/11/the-trouble-with-best-sellers/comment-page-1/#comment-4641 Simon Newstead Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:44:09 +0000 http://dwellonit.taterunino.net/?p=1922#comment-4641 I always wonder that about the "hits only" approach of someone like a Blizzard.. is it going to be sustainable, they have been going strong for 10 years, but what breaks that sort of run? I always wonder that about the “hits only” approach of someone like a Blizzard.. is it going to be sustainable, they have been going strong for 10 years, but what breaks that sort of run?

]]> By: Jacek Antonelli http://dwellonit.taterunino.net/2009/11/11/the-trouble-with-best-sellers/comment-page-1/#comment-4637 Jacek Antonelli Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:27:41 +0000 http://dwellonit.taterunino.net/?p=1922#comment-4637 I think this is a very good move. In fact, EA should take this even further: lay off everyone except for 2 or 3 seasonal workers to update the team rosters of their sports franchises each year. Then when EA goes under, maybe developers who are making good, innovative games can fill the vacuum and refertilize the games industry. I think this is a very good move. In fact, EA should take this even further: lay off everyone except for 2 or 3 seasonal workers to update the team rosters of their sports franchises each year. Then when EA goes under, maybe developers who are making good, innovative games can fill the vacuum and refertilize the games industry.

]]> By: Ari Blackthorne http://dwellonit.taterunino.net/2009/11/11/the-trouble-with-best-sellers/comment-page-1/#comment-4632 Ari Blackthorne Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:30:22 +0000 http://dwellonit.taterunino.net/?p=1922#comment-4632 "I’m not suggesting that this move is a deliberate pump-and-dump, but I think it’s a gamble, and not a terribly smart one" Perhaps, but that's what it appears on the face of it. It is well known that in the techology sectors, C.E.O.s almost always <i>"fail-up"</i>. “I’m not suggesting that this move is a deliberate pump-and-dump, but I think it’s a gamble, and not a terribly smart one”

Perhaps, but that’s what it appears on the face of it. It is well known that in the techology sectors, C.E.O.s almost always “fail-up”.

]]> By: Erbo Evans http://dwellonit.taterunino.net/2009/11/11/the-trouble-with-best-sellers/comment-page-1/#comment-4630 Erbo Evans Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:19:25 +0000 http://dwellonit.taterunino.net/?p=1922#comment-4630 Well, either that, or they think that, if conditions are bad for <i>them</i> right now, they're going to be <i>worse</i> for their competition, and this puts them in a position to swoop in and pick up the biggest pieces when their competitors go Tango Uniform. But that strategy also has a fair chance of backfiring...the longer they have to coast on their current "hits," the harder it's going to be for them to make the acquisitions if and when they come up. Well, either that, or they think that, if conditions are bad for them right now, they’re going to be worse for their competition, and this puts them in a position to swoop in and pick up the biggest pieces when their competitors go Tango Uniform. But that strategy also has a fair chance of backfiring…the longer they have to coast on their current “hits,” the harder it’s going to be for them to make the acquisitions if and when they come up.

]]> By: Adric Antfarm http://dwellonit.taterunino.net/2009/11/11/the-trouble-with-best-sellers/comment-page-1/#comment-4627 Adric Antfarm Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:24:05 +0000 http://dwellonit.taterunino.net/?p=1922#comment-4627 Ha! And these pirates attempted to board Rockstar and sully GTA. Never! Ha! And these pirates attempted to board Rockstar and sully GTA.

Never!

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