I was thinking of doing a ranking of video game publishers according to their financial/business strength, as a start I thought I'd ask you which publishers look to be at risk of going bankrupt or being bought out?
Off the top of my head I count at least:
- THQ (dwindling cash reserves, no big hits on the horizon, some debt)
- Take 2 (they probably owe MS money on the loan they supposedly got, but maybe GTA Chinatown Wars can help them out a bit)
- Sony (the fire under their butts isn't letting up anytime soon and they started restructuring too late and too slowly; high debt, not very high cash reserves, the publisher most affected by the recession)
I'm not counting Midway or Eidos here, as the former is already bankrupt and the latter has already been bought out. EA looks to be in mild trouble, but at least they don't have debt.
I'm sure you can think of more.
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