"growth in the current year will be slower because of the lower-than-expected sales of games for Sony Corp (nyse: SNE - news - people )'s PlayStation 3."
"..."
"Because of sluggish sales, Namco Bandai plans to release only 23 titles for PS3 in the current fiscal"
"year, compared to 24 games to be sold to Microsoft Corp (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people )'s Xbox360 and 37 titles to be released for Nintendo Co Ltd (other-otc: NTDOY.PK - news - people )'s Wii console."
http://www.forbes.com/technology/feeds/afx/2007/05/09/afx3700516.html
"The largest of the independent publishers, Electronic Arts Inc. (ERTS) has seen its shares underperform its rivals, as investors have worries that the company placed too much focus on the PS3 and lacks sufficient titles for the popular Nintendo platforms."
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200707311313DOWJONESDJONLINE000646_FORTUNE5.htm
"Greenwald believes THQ's positioning on the Wii and DS will help lift the company. "THQ continues to be 'overexposed' to the Nintendo platform, which should be a positive going forward," he said. "Nintendo made up 35% of revenue in the quarter, vs. 10% for the Xbox 360 and 0% on the PS3."
http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=16994
Who's the scapegoat?
