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gaming_addict24 on 20 January 2010
Sephiroth357 said:
gaming_addict24 said:
Sephiroth357 said:
Pirating.

LMAO great signature

and funny but sadly true comment.

Thank you, and thank you.


oh and kratos's penis is to big for sephiroth to handle it lol



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RVDondaPC on 20 January 2010
gaming_addict24 said:
RVDondaPC said:
gaming_addict24 said:
stof said:
Then you should have read it RVDondaPC, because that's not what he was showing with the graph. He was using the graph to show that despite declines this year, Game sales are still at near all time high levels. He's not saying sales are declining. He's saying that despite huge sales, developers are in trouble.

And he's right. If games are selling so phenomenally well, why is it that so many companies have closed down and so many people have been laid off? Try reading it. It's a good read.


its the ECONOMY!!!!!!!

not this guys logic.

that is why companies are going bankrupt the ECONOMY!!!!!!!!

It's not the economy, it's poor management. He is using the closure of developers as a sign of hurt in the industry. But that is wrong. The industry is changing and that reveals which companies are well managed and can adapt and which companies are poorly managed and will fail. The only thing that effects the health of an industry is the demand from the consumer and it is at an all time high. Great companies will take advantage of this shift and bad companies will fail. Leaving an industry of well managed companies which will make the industry prosper greatly. 

The dynamics of the demand from customers is growing. The demand for super high budget blockbusters are growing and the demand for cheap downloadable games are also growing. If a company makes a poor decision in it's ability to develop a high budget game without being able to make a game that will sell then that company will go under. But the investment capital in the industry will not disappear it will just be moved around from one company to the next. This industry is growing and prospering like never before. The failure of a company in a growing industry only fertilizes the industry for a better company to take it's place. 

wow i dont know what planet you live on but on planet earth the economy is really bad and its made 100s of companies go bankrupt.

Yes. It has. But has it made a well managed company go bankrupt? No it has not. It made the poorly managed companies go bankrupt. What happened to the well managed companies? They have been acquiring assets at rock bottom prices for the past year which will lead to tremendous growth and prosperity for those well managed companies and the industries as a whole. 



johnsobas on 20 January 2010
gaming_addict24 said:
RVDondaPC said:
gaming_addict24 said:
stof said:
Then you should have read it RVDondaPC, because that's not what he was showing with the graph. He was using the graph to show that despite declines this year, Game sales are still at near all time high levels. He's not saying sales are declining. He's saying that despite huge sales, developers are in trouble.

And he's right. If games are selling so phenomenally well, why is it that so many companies have closed down and so many people have been laid off? Try reading it. It's a good read.


its the ECONOMY!!!!!!!

not this guys logic.

that is why companies are going bankrupt the ECONOMY!!!!!!!!

It's not the economy, it's poor management. He is using the closure of developers as a sign of hurt in the industry. But that is wrong. The industry is changing and that reveals which companies are well managed and can adapt and which companies are poorly managed and will fail. The only thing that effects the health of an industry is the demand from the consumer and it is at an all time high. Great companies will take advantage of this shift and bad companies will fail. Leaving an industry of well managed companies which will make the industry prosper greatly. 

The dynamics of the demand from customers is growing. The demand for super high budget blockbusters are growing and the demand for cheap downloadable games are also growing. If a company makes a poor decision in it's ability to develop a high budget game without being able to make a game that will sell then that company will go under. But the investment capital in the industry will not disappear it will just be moved around from one company to the next. This industry is growing and prospering like never before. The failure of a company in a growing industry only fertilizes the industry for a better company to take it's place. 

wow i dont know what planet you live on but on planet earth the economy is really bad and its made 100s of companies go bankrupt.

it's not the economy though, not in this case.  How can you say it is the economy when people are spending that much money on video games?  The revenue for video games is still there, people are going out and buying video games.  The problem is the costs are getting out of control.

The problem isn't management, although good management is the solution to the current problem.  They can't afford to run the companies like they did in previous gens.



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adriane23 on 20 January 2010

Yep....definitely thought this was a joke thread.......(backs the fuck out).



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vaio on 20 January 2010
johnsobas said:
gaming_addict24 said:
RVDondaPC said:
gaming_addict24 said:
stof said:
Then you should have read it RVDondaPC, because that's not what he was showing with the graph. He was using the graph to show that despite declines this year, Game sales are still at near all time high levels. He's not saying sales are declining. He's saying that despite huge sales, developers are in trouble.

And he's right. If games are selling so phenomenally well, why is it that so many companies have closed down and so many people have been laid off? Try reading it. It's a good read.


its the ECONOMY!!!!!!!

not this guys logic.

that is why companies are going bankrupt the ECONOMY!!!!!!!!

It's not the economy, it's poor management. He is using the closure of developers as a sign of hurt in the industry. But that is wrong. The industry is changing and that reveals which companies are well managed and can adapt and which companies are poorly managed and will fail. The only thing that effects the health of an industry is the demand from the consumer and it is at an all time high. Great companies will take advantage of this shift and bad companies will fail. Leaving an industry of well managed companies which will make the industry prosper greatly. 

The dynamics of the demand from customers is growing. The demand for super high budget blockbusters are growing and the demand for cheap downloadable games are also growing. If a company makes a poor decision in it's ability to develop a high budget game without being able to make a game that will sell then that company will go under. But the investment capital in the industry will not disappear it will just be moved around from one company to the next. This industry is growing and prospering like never before. The failure of a company in a growing industry only fertilizes the industry for a better company to take it's place. 

wow i dont know what planet you live on but on planet earth the economy is really bad and its made 100s of companies go bankrupt.

it's not the economy though, not in this case.  How can you say it is the economy when people are spending that much money on video games?  The revenue for video games is still there, people are going out and buying video games.  The problem is the costs are getting out of control.

The problem isn't management, although good management is the solution to the current problem.  They can't afford to run the companies like they did in previous gens.

Also dont forget to add that theese companies were posting loses before the economy went south, the economy is contributing to making the situation worse but its far from the reason its going badly



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gaming_addict24 on 20 January 2010
johnsobas said:
gaming_addict24 said:
RVDondaPC said:
gaming_addict24 said:
stof said:
Then you should have read it RVDondaPC, because that's not what he was showing with the graph. He was using the graph to show that despite declines this year, Game sales are still at near all time high levels. He's not saying sales are declining. He's saying that despite huge sales, developers are in trouble.

And he's right. If games are selling so phenomenally well, why is it that so many companies have closed down and so many people have been laid off? Try reading it. It's a good read.


its the ECONOMY!!!!!!!

not this guys logic.

that is why companies are going bankrupt the ECONOMY!!!!!!!!

It's not the economy, it's poor management. He is using the closure of developers as a sign of hurt in the industry. But that is wrong. The industry is changing and that reveals which companies are well managed and can adapt and which companies are poorly managed and will fail. The only thing that effects the health of an industry is the demand from the consumer and it is at an all time high. Great companies will take advantage of this shift and bad companies will fail. Leaving an industry of well managed companies which will make the industry prosper greatly. 

The dynamics of the demand from customers is growing. The demand for super high budget blockbusters are growing and the demand for cheap downloadable games are also growing. If a company makes a poor decision in it's ability to develop a high budget game without being able to make a game that will sell then that company will go under. But the investment capital in the industry will not disappear it will just be moved around from one company to the next. This industry is growing and prospering like never before. The failure of a company in a growing industry only fertilizes the industry for a better company to take it's place. 

wow i dont know what planet you live on but on planet earth the economy is really bad and its made 100s of companies go bankrupt.

it's not the economy though, not in this case.  How can you say it is the economy when people are spending that much money on video games?  The revenue for video games is still there, people are going out and buying video games.  The problem is the costs are getting out of control.

The problem isn't management, although good management is the solution to the current problem.  They can't afford to run the companies like they did in previous gens.

were not talking about who's buying the games.

we are talking aboutthe companies and developers. not customers.

and its the companies being effected not the people.

and thats why companies are going bankrupt



johnsobas on 20 January 2010
gaming_addict24 said:
johnsobas said:
gaming_addict24 said:
RVDondaPC said:
gaming_addict24 said:
stof said:
Then you should have read it RVDondaPC, because that's not what he was showing with the graph. He was using the graph to show that despite declines this year, Game sales are still at near all time high levels. He's not saying sales are declining. He's saying that despite huge sales, developers are in trouble.

And he's right. If games are selling so phenomenally well, why is it that so many companies have closed down and so many people have been laid off? Try reading it. It's a good read.


its the ECONOMY!!!!!!!

not this guys logic.

that is why companies are going bankrupt the ECONOMY!!!!!!!!

It's not the economy, it's poor management. He is using the closure of developers as a sign of hurt in the industry. But that is wrong. The industry is changing and that reveals which companies are well managed and can adapt and which companies are poorly managed and will fail. The only thing that effects the health of an industry is the demand from the consumer and it is at an all time high. Great companies will take advantage of this shift and bad companies will fail. Leaving an industry of well managed companies which will make the industry prosper greatly. 

The dynamics of the demand from customers is growing. The demand for super high budget blockbusters are growing and the demand for cheap downloadable games are also growing. If a company makes a poor decision in it's ability to develop a high budget game without being able to make a game that will sell then that company will go under. But the investment capital in the industry will not disappear it will just be moved around from one company to the next. This industry is growing and prospering like never before. The failure of a company in a growing industry only fertilizes the industry for a better company to take it's place. 

wow i dont know what planet you live on but on planet earth the economy is really bad and its made 100s of companies go bankrupt.

it's not the economy though, not in this case.  How can you say it is the economy when people are spending that much money on video games?  The revenue for video games is still there, people are going out and buying video games.  The problem is the costs are getting out of control.

The problem isn't management, although good management is the solution to the current problem.  They can't afford to run the companies like they did in previous gens.

were not talking about who's buying the games.

we are talking aboutthe companies and developers. not customers.

and its the companies being effected not the people.

and thats why companies are going bankrupt

the companies get their money from the people who are buying the product....the problem with other sectors like cars is that people aren't buying them.  The demand for video games is as big as ever. 



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gaming_addict24 on 20 January 2010
RVDondaPC said:
gaming_addict24 said:
RVDondaPC said:
gaming_addict24 said:
stof said:
Then you should have read it RVDondaPC, because that's not what he was showing with the graph. He was using the graph to show that despite declines this year, Game sales are still at near all time high levels. He's not saying sales are declining. He's saying that despite huge sales, developers are in trouble.

And he's right. If games are selling so phenomenally well, why is it that so many companies have closed down and so many people have been laid off? Try reading it. It's a good read.


its the ECONOMY!!!!!!!

not this guys logic.

that is why companies are going bankrupt the ECONOMY!!!!!!!!

It's not the economy, it's poor management. He is using the closure of developers as a sign of hurt in the industry. But that is wrong. The industry is changing and that reveals which companies are well managed and can adapt and which companies are poorly managed and will fail. The only thing that effects the health of an industry is the demand from the consumer and it is at an all time high. Great companies will take advantage of this shift and bad companies will fail. Leaving an industry of well managed companies which will make the industry prosper greatly. 

The dynamics of the demand from customers is growing. The demand for super high budget blockbusters are growing and the demand for cheap downloadable games are also growing. If a company makes a poor decision in it's ability to develop a high budget game without being able to make a game that will sell then that company will go under. But the investment capital in the industry will not disappear it will just be moved around from one company to the next. This industry is growing and prospering like never before. The failure of a company in a growing industry only fertilizes the industry for a better company to take it's place. 

wow i dont know what planet you live on but on planet earth the economy is really bad and its made 100s of companies go bankrupt.

Yes. It has. But has it made a well managed company go bankrupt? No it has not. It made the poorly managed companies go bankrupt. What happened to the well managed companies? They have been acquiring assets at rock bottom prices for the past year which will lead to tremendous growth and prosperity for those well managed companies and the industries as a whole. 


sony lost billions of dollars because of this damn economy.

thats why they had to fire so many peope (1000s)

because of the ECONOMY!!

and sony is like the biggest electronics company in the world



mhsillen on 20 January 2010
gaming_addict24 said:
RVDondaPC said:
gaming_addict24 said:
RVDondaPC said:
gaming_addict24 said:
stof said:
Then you should have read it RVDondaPC, because that's not what he was showing with the graph. He was using the graph to show that despite declines this year, Game sales are still at near all time high levels. He's not saying sales are declining. He's saying that despite huge sales, developers are in trouble.

And he's right. If games are selling so phenomenally well, why is it that so many companies have closed down and so many people have been laid off? Try reading it. It's a good read.


its the ECONOMY!!!!!!!

not this guys logic.

that is why companies are going bankrupt the ECONOMY!!!!!!!!

It's not the economy, it's poor management. He is using the closure of developers as a sign of hurt in the industry. But that is wrong. The industry is changing and that reveals which companies are well managed and can adapt and which companies are poorly managed and will fail. The only thing that effects the health of an industry is the demand from the consumer and it is at an all time high. Great companies will take advantage of this shift and bad companies will fail. Leaving an industry of well managed companies which will make the industry prosper greatly. 

The dynamics of the demand from customers is growing. The demand for super high budget blockbusters are growing and the demand for cheap downloadable games are also growing. If a company makes a poor decision in it's ability to develop a high budget game without being able to make a game that will sell then that company will go under. But the investment capital in the industry will not disappear it will just be moved around from one company to the next. This industry is growing and prospering like never before. The failure of a company in a growing industry only fertilizes the industry for a better company to take it's place. 

wow i dont know what planet you live on but on planet earth the economy is really bad and its made 100s of companies go bankrupt.

Yes. It has. But has it made a well managed company go bankrupt? No it has not. It made the poorly managed companies go bankrupt. What happened to the well managed companies? They have been acquiring assets at rock bottom prices for the past year which will lead to tremendous growth and prosperity for those well managed companies and the industries as a whole. 


sony lost billions of dollars because of this damn economy.

thats why they had to fire so many peope (1000s)

because of the ECONOMY!!

and sony is like the biggest electronics company in the world

The economy did not help they overshot the market with a bloated overly expensive product



gaming_addict24 on 20 January 2010
johnsobas said:
gaming_addict24 said:
johnsobas said:
gaming_addict24 said:
RVDondaPC said:
gaming_addict24 said:
stof said:
Then you should have read it RVDondaPC, because that's not what he was showing with the graph. He was using the graph to show that despite declines this year, Game sales are still at near all time high levels. He's not saying sales are declining. He's saying that despite huge sales, developers are in trouble.

And he's right. If games are selling so phenomenally well, why is it that so many companies have closed down and so many people have been laid off? Try reading it. It's a good read.


its the ECONOMY!!!!!!!

not this guys logic.

that is why companies are going bankrupt the ECONOMY!!!!!!!!

It's not the economy, it's poor management. He is using the closure of developers as a sign of hurt in the industry. But that is wrong. The industry is changing and that reveals which companies are well managed and can adapt and which companies are poorly managed and will fail. The only thing that effects the health of an industry is the demand from the consumer and it is at an all time high. Great companies will take advantage of this shift and bad companies will fail. Leaving an industry of well managed companies which will make the industry prosper greatly. 

The dynamics of the demand from customers is growing. The demand for super high budget blockbusters are growing and the demand for cheap downloadable games are also growing. If a company makes a poor decision in it's ability to develop a high budget game without being able to make a game that will sell then that company will go under. But the investment capital in the industry will not disappear it will just be moved around from one company to the next. This industry is growing and prospering like never before. The failure of a company in a growing industry only fertilizes the industry for a better company to take it's place. 

wow i dont know what planet you live on but on planet earth the economy is really bad and its made 100s of companies go bankrupt.

it's not the economy though, not in this case.  How can you say it is the economy when people are spending that much money on video games?  The revenue for video games is still there, people are going out and buying video games.  The problem is the costs are getting out of control.

The problem isn't management, although good management is the solution to the current problem.  They can't afford to run the companies like they did in previous gens.

were not talking about who's buying the games.

we are talking aboutthe companies and developers. not customers.

and its the companies being effected not the people.

and thats why companies are going bankrupt

the companies get their money from the people who are buying the product....the problem with other sectors like cars is that people aren't buying them.  The demand for video games is as big as ever. 

yes but the ECONOMY is the cause of making the devs pay so much.