There isn't much to say that has not been said already. Smallcap blues? WCW revenue gone soon? Irrational markets? I would like to know from those who choose to sell: What more should investors ask of their mgnt that THQ has not delivered on?
Long term holders will be rewarded.
Someone mentioned an article on THQI in the "LA Daily News". I went looking for it but could not find it. I did dig this out of the LA Times:
Q & A
Rules Changing in Game Industry, Leader Says
By JENNIFER OLDHAM, Times Staff Writer
Interactive Digital Software Assn. President Douglas Lowenstein isn't playing around when he says unprecedented growth in the video game industry presents difficult challenges for developers and hardware manufacturers.
The industry saw a 25% increase in revenues in 1998, with sales of video and PC games jumping from $4.4 billion in 1997 to $5.5 billion last year, according to market research firm NPD Group. About 181 million PC and console games were sold in 1998, compared with 134 million a year earlier.
These increases are driven by a broadening of the video game market to include people who wouldn't have gone near a shrink-wrapped video game several years ago.....
latimes.com
Also from LA Times, I found this good press..
Gamers' Corner
Foursome Is All Over the Course: From Bad to Addictive
By AARON CURTISS
latimes.com
....But nothing I've played in a long time is as addictive as "Devil Dice," a deceptively simple puzzler for Sony PlayStation. Players manipulate giant dice on a playing board, trying to line up as many dice of the same number as the die shows. For instance, if a die shows three, players need to match the die to at least two other dice showing three.
Sounds simple, I know, but it's complicated by the fact that the only way to move dice is to roll them. That obviously changes the number facing up. Tricky.
* * *Times staff writer Aaron Curtiss reviews video games every Monday in The Cutting Edge. To comment on a column or to suggest games for review, send e-mail to aaron.curtiss@latimes.com.
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Essentials
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Devil Dice
* Platform: Sony PlayStation
* Publisher: THQ
* ESRB rating: Everyone
* Price: $39.95
* Bottom line: Addictive
Jim |
