Demotruk on 11 February 2010
| trestres said: But the panic started in Q3 when they dropped the price, Wii had a record Q1 in 2009 and E3 happened in Q2. Anyways my point about the VS shown prematurely still stands. |
Not really.
http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/charts/chartdl.aspx?Symbol=NTDOY&CP=0&PT=8
Most of Nintendo's declines were in 2008, during the financial collapse, naturally. But looking just at 09, it had a rapid decline just after holiday 08, and has had a gradual decline through 09. There was no panic in 2009 because investors had expected things to turn bad for Nintendo even while they were having a record Q1.
Edit: If we had been looking at YoY comparison charts for 08 heading into 09, we would have seen it coming too. Right now those charts are showing the reverse trend, thankfully.
A game I'm developing with some friends:
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It is largely a technical exercise but feedback is appreciated.
