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To: Marc Newman who wrote (10864)	5/17/1999 4:33:00 PM
From: Andrew C.R. Biddle	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14266

>>'It's going to be very important to own the technology related to those platforms,'' Farrell told the Bloomberg Forum at the Electronic Entertainment Expo. ''Perhaps more importantly, the platform transition is a good time to establish owned content and brands.'' << If Sega's dreamcast shows some promise in terms of sales, both sony and nintendo will want to line up the "brand" titles that Farrell is talking about for their new platform releases. This will benefit those brand publishers in their dealings with console makers; ie about other titles to release, marketing support, and costs. What I am trying to say is that competition between console makers is good for publishers with the franchise titles; unlike the idea that console rotation is bad for the publishers. MTV and Pacific Coast deals add great potential for THQ. Don Treger Productions was another of Jim Whims (thq board member) venture capital investments like GameFx; see this story on the begining of DT Productions mentions Jim Whims and Greg Ballard (3Dfx) It's a small world <G> gamefan.com Cash figure for May 10th in 10Q filed today is $58,306,000. >>PC Data Hits List of Top-Selling Video Games "For April, 1999" Top Selling Console Video Games (ranked by units) Rank Last Month Title Publisher Format Avg$ 1 1 Pokemon Blue Nintendo Game Boy $29 2 3 Pokemon Red Nintendo Game Boy $29 3 7 Need For Speed: High Stakes Electronic Arts Playstation $42 4 9 Triple Play 2000 Electronic Arts Playstation $41 5 2 Syphon Filter 989 Studios Playstation $41 6 * Super Smash Bros Nintendo Nintendo 64 $52 7 4 Mario Party Nintendo Nintendo 64 $51 8 * Major League Baseball 2000 989 Studios Playstation $41 9 6 Army Men 3D 3DO Playstation $40 10 * Legend of Legaia Sony Playstation $41 Top Selling Playstation Video Games (ranked by units) Rank Last Month Title Publisher Category Avg$ 1 4 Need For Speed: High Stakes Electronic Arts Simulation $42 2 6 Triple Play 2000 Electronic Arts Sports $41 3 1 Syphon Filter 989 Studios Action $41 4 * Major League Baseball 2000 989 Studios Sports $41 5 3 Army Men 3D 3DO Strategy $40 6 10 Legend of Legaia Sony Adventure/Role Playing $41 7 8 Gran Turismo Sony Simulation $41 8 5 Frogger Hasbro Interactive Action $20 9 9 Museum Volume #3 Namco Arcade $20 10 * Museum Volume #1 Namco Arcade $20 Top Selling Nintendo 64 Video Games (ranked by units) Rank Last Month Title Publisher Category Avg$ 1 * Super Smash Bros Nintendo Action $52 2 1 Mario Party Nintendo Family Entertainment $51 3 * All Star Baseball 2000 Acclaim Sports $62 4 * Beetle Adventure Racing Electronic Arts Simulation $51 5 2 Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Nintendo Adventure/Role Playing $59 6 10 Vigilante 8 Activision Simulation $56 7 4 GoldenEye 007 Nintendo Action $40 8 * Triple Play 2000 Electronic Arts Sports $51 9 5 Mario Kart 64 Nintendo Simulation $40 10 3 Star Wars: Rogue Squadron Nintendo Simulation $50 Top Selling Game Boy Video Games (ranked by units) Rank Last Month Title Publisher Category Avg$ 1 1 Pokemon Blue Nintendo Adventure/Role Playing $29 2 2 Pokemon Red Nintendo Adventure/Role Playing $29 3 3 Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX Nintendo Adventure/Role Playing $29 4 4 Wario Land 2 Nintendo Adventure/Role Playing $28 5 * Rugrats: The Movie THQ Inc. Child $30 6 5 Game & Watch Gallery 2 Nintendo Arcade $29 7 9 Super Mario Land 2 Nintendo Adventure/Role Playing $20 8 8 Tetris DX** Nintendo Strategy $29 9 * Top Gear Pocket w/Rumble Pak** Kemco Simulation $31 10 * Super Mario Land Nintendo Adventure/Role Playing $19 *GBC Top Selling Action Video Games (ranked by units) Rank Last Month Title Publisher Format Avg$ 1 1 Syphon Filter 989 Studios Playstation $41 2 Super Smash Bros Nintendo Nintendo 64 $52 3 2 Frogger Hasbro Interactive Playstation $20 4 4 GoldenEye 007 Nintendo Nintendo 64 $40 5 5 Tomb Raider 2 Eidos Playstation $20 6 3 Metal Gear Solid Konami Playstation $47 7 6 Twisted Metal 2 Sony Playstation $20 8 * Rampage 2: Universal Tour Midway Nintendo 64 $48 9 * Rampage 2: Universal Tour Midway Playstation $38 10 9 Grand Theft Auto Take 2 Interactive Playstation $30 Top Selling Adventure/Role Playing Video Games (ranked by units) Rank Last Month Title Publisher Format Avg$ 1 1 Pokemon Blue Nintendo Game Boy $29 2 2 Pokemon Red Nintendo Game Boy $29 3 7 Legend of Legaia Sony Playstation $41 4 5 Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Nintendo Nintendo 64 $59 5 3 Silent Hill Konami Playstation $45 6 6 Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX Nintendo Game Boy Color $29 7 4 Crash Bandicoot 2 Sony Playstation $20 8 8 Spyro the Dragon Sony Playstation $40 9 9 Super Mario 64 Nintendo Nintendo 64 $40 10 * Crash Bandicoot: Warped Sony Playstation $40 Top Selling Simulation Video Games (ranked by units) Rank Last Month Title Publisher Format Avg$ 1 1 Need For Speed: High Stakes Electronic Arts Playstation $42 2 7 Beetle Adventure Racing Electronic Arts Nintendo 64 $51 3 2 Gran Turismo Sony Playstation $41 4 6 Vigilante 8 Activision Nintendo 64 $56 5 4 Mario Kart 64 Nintendo Nintendo 64 $40 6 3 Star Wars: Rogue Squadron Nintendo Nintendo 64 $50 7 * Sports Car GT Electronic Arts Playstation $41 8 * Top Gear Pocket w/Rumble Pak Kemco Game Boy Color $31 9 5 Jet Moto 2 Sony Playstation $20 10 10 Diddy Kong Racing Nintendo Nintendo 64 $40 Top Selling Sports Video Games (ranked by units) Rank Last Month Title Publisher Format Avg$ 1 1 Triple Play 2000 Electronic Arts Playstation $41 2 * Major League Baseball 2000 989 Studios Playstation $41 3 * All Star Baseball 2000 Acclaim Nintendo 64 $62 4 * Triple Play 2000 Electronic Arts Nintendo 64 $51 5 * NBA In The Zone '99 Konami Playstation $42 6 2 NBA Live '99 Electronic Arts Playstation $41 7 7 WCW Nitro THQ Inc. Playstation $20 8 4 Cool Boarders 2 Sony Playstation $20 9 8 WCW / nWo: Revenge THQ Inc. Nintendo 64 $50 10 * Reel Fishing Natsume Playstation $19 << Andrew