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To: Burlitis who wrote (1260)	9/28/1998 6:07:00 PM
From: Tom Caruthers	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1992

Hi Alex, I read an article in this week's Entertainment Weekly where they commented that at its peak, Star Trek, Next Gen, brought in 15 million viewers a week. Deep Space Nine and Voyager are weaker franchises...bringing in 5 million or so a piece (probably the same population). The buzz about Insurrection (the movie) is mixed...but this is still early...plot is something about protecting the fountain of youth. Article questioned whether or not the Star Trek universe has seen its best days...I personally think that DS9 and Voyager are pitiful...I could care less about any of the characters on those shows. But Next Gen was pure creative genius. IMO, the creators of the series have oversaturated the market with ST offerings. Microprose has done the same. Too confusing. But anyway, Star Trek has a devoted following, for sure. We have Star Wars, Disney and Star Trek. Amazing brand name titles. Microprose/Hasbro have been dealt a severe blow. Sorry to hear about IPLY. Seems like the market in general, especially today, is sort of in a holding pattern...waiting to see what develops. If interest rates are lowered tomorrow, I think that will trigger another leg in this rally, with larger caps leading the way. I still think this market needs to go down once more...to really scare out weak hands... Take care! Tom

To: Burlitis who wrote (1260)	10/14/1998 7:33:00 PM
From: Burlitis	Respond to of 1992

Interesting link here, seems Sir-Tech is leaving the publishing business. gameweek.com It would be nice to see ATVI get Jagged alliance 2 and Wizardy 8, or better yet just buy the development company. I always liked their games, ATVI could use a good RPG. Tenchu is a hit, at least the Usenet folks think so. Still alot of posts, now the buzz is "sequel". I sure hope ATVI has the rights to do one. Atari Classics are getting hammered, seems the game might have been rushed to make the qtr. The developers are fighting back, but there's a few dissappointed people. Last but not least, this industry really sucks right now. Maybe TTWO and ATVI should merge, then the combined companys would be the biggest distributor of "interactive games" in the world. They could just rake in the cash with over 1500 games coming out. I still haven't figured out who's going to play all these games, but this is a 5 billion dollar industry. I wonder if they get that number by adding in the sales lost to the CDR's and Warez folks.<G> I might buy more after earnings, there's really only 3 companys left that the big boys would want. ATVI, THDO, and IPLY. The rest are really just publishers, or own a certain % of a development company. I guess EIDSY is trying to add to there development dept, THQI is closing 1 of theirs, ALKM and GTIS have too many shares outstanding, strange days indeed. I can't imagine MAT is going to sit around and let HAS get a big lead on them. CD is thinking of either doing an IPO or selling there division. Problem there is they paid over 2 billion for their companys,i can't imagine they are even worth 1 billion now. Interesting posts Peter and Tom, Peter the "soap" game is a winner,don't know about springer, but imagine having a game that never ends??, people could just download a new level? character? storyline? on a weekly basis. They could use alot of the has been actors who graced our monitors when we endured the "interactive movie" phase. Alex