Great to see a couple of posts in here!
Other than near term expectations for the holiday season, do you feel AKLM has the potential for significant growth over the next three years, ala THQ?
Well, long term Acclaim will have to keep executing and getting the good licenses as well as other, original games. THQ is a tough act to follow and AKLM still hasn't completely rid itself of the tarnished recent past. They have, however been making some good moves in my opinion:
Something like five titles for Dreamcast. Dreamcast has sold well, and everyone I know that has purchased one has been pretty happy with it, other then the intermittent games or web browser not working. I've said it before, people need games to play on their new toy, and AKLM has some pretty good ones. Trickstyle is actually really cool and should sell well. It's fast, and fun and is much better then the other 'racing' games available on the platform. From what I've heard, the current football offerings aren't that great, so they could sell a lot of copies of NFL Quarterback Club 2000. It's sold well in the past, so between DC, PSX and N64 that should be a good seller. I haven't even mentioned their last WWF game, which from reports won't be as good as THQ's forthcoming version, but is the only wrestling game going on DC right now.
I still think that long-term they have to get leaner and more competitive, but to me they have a much better lineup then Activision.
The Sony rumor was interesting. It seemed like an unlikely scenario, and it really didn't move the stock that much, but still makes you think. I expect to buy more AKLM on any further weakness. |
