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halogamer1989 on 13 August 2008

Think about it.  Stock prices are related to sales of consoles and games.  VGChartz should track stocks for game companies and console makers as well as console sales.  A complete analysis, imo.  What say ye, VGC?



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fkusumot on 13 August 2008

INTERESTING. I wonder if ioi will say "Yes we can!"


I Blame Wii Fit!

the_bloodwalker on 13 August 2008

actually that data is not so relevant if you're not an investor



halogamer1989 on 13 August 2008

^Well the idea still stands. I'm sure there are some VGC members who hold stock in game companies.



kira hibiki on 13 August 2008

Can help people who invest in stock trading I guess.



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the_bloodwalker on 13 August 2008

actually this site can help with the data and some analysis easily

http://finance.yahoo.com/

check it out sometimes :)



halogamer1989 on 13 August 2008

^I knew someone would add a link to Google or Yahoo! Finance. However, VGC is a site dedicated to games. Those sites have all the stocks for various corps from Nikkei, NYSE, S&P, NASDAQ, etc. It would be convenient to have a VGC portfolio for game comps. Another way to expand uses of VG$--VGC portfolios anyone?



steven787 on 13 August 2008

I really don't want to see fanboys arguing over stocks...

Fanboy: Company A is better than Company B because A's stock is $35 while B's is $27

Person with brain: That doesn't mean anything... Market Cap... Quarterly... E/P...

Fanboy: But it's worth $8 more.



I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it.

halogamer1989 on 13 August 2008

But I here so many complaints about the uses of VG$. This would solve the problem. A trading game much like the prediction league.



the_bloodwalker on 13 August 2008
halogamer1989 said:
^I knew someone would add a link to Google or Yahoo! Finance. However, VGC is a site dedicated to games. Those sites have all the stocks for various corps from Nikkei, NYSE, S&P, NASDAQ, etc. It would be convenient to have a VGC portfolio for game comps. Another way to expand uses of VG$--VGC portfolios anyone?

 

I apologize for not explaining myself

Even though I see the convenience of having a site dedicated to track the stocks of game companies, I prefer them to be on a different site than this one due to several reasons including:

  1.  Stock tracking would also mean stock analysis which are way different than the analysis that The Source and others provide, and to back up these analisys financial news are needed as well, because many factors influence the sctock value.
  2. The great mayority of users are interesting in consoles and games sales data, which is a high value this site has and we all appreciate. Stock tracking is a different game and I see little value here for very few will use the info properly.
  3.  If fanboys cannot dig something as simple as games sales data, now imagine this. I expect the ammount of nonsense to multiply to OMG proportions
  4. This site is related to games, not to stocks

So instead of a strock tracking, I think an artcile every quarter or semester with easy-to-digest summary and analysis is a better choice and can be more educational to those that want to be in the game someday