EA is expected to report a net loss for the quarter, which is typical
considering video game publishers have traditionally made most of their
money during the holiday season when people buy the games as gifts.
This, however, is slowly starting to shift as games are becoming a
mainstream form of entertainment people enjoy year-round.
Despite the choppy economy, the video game industry has
remained strong this year, with retail sales tracking at historic highs.
Part of this can be attributed to the genre's widening audience, as well
as the fact that it's a relatively cheap form of entertainment, compared
with travel, for example.
After posting its fourth-quarter results in May, EA said that
going forward, it will only provide guidance for the full year, updated
each quarter. Analysts, such as Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter, think
that withholding quarterly guidance will create volatility in EA's share
price.
Nonetheless, he noted that company's retail sales in the U.S.
are up 86 percent from the same period a year earlier, based on data
from market researcher NPD Group. Much of this strength is coming from
"Rock Band," the popular music simulation game published by MTV Games
and distributed by Electronic Arts.
EA has enjoyed its status as the world's largest video game
publisher, but it now has a worthy rival in Activision Blizzard Inc.
French media and telecommunications conglomerate Vivendi SA has bought a
majority stake in Activision Inc. and combined it with its games unit.
Activision Blizzard owns "World of Warcraft," the world's most popular
online game, as well as the "Guitar Hero" franchise.
EA is still trying to buy smaller rival Take-Two Interactive
Software Inc., the publisher of the popular "Grand Theft Auto" series,
for $2 billion. Take-Two has repeatedly rejected the offer as too low,
and earlier this month EA extended a tender offer for the company for
the fifth time.
BY THE NUMBERS: Analysts, on average, are expecting a loss of
33 cents per share on sales of $633.9 million, according to a poll by
Thomson Financial.
ANALYST TAKE: Pachter, who rates EA "Strong Buy," expects the
company's shares to decline "when it falls short of consensus this
quarter, and to appreciate when it 'beats' consensus next quarter."
He expects EA to post a pro forma loss of 44 cents per share,
but added that EA should still maintain its guidance for the full year.
Mike Hickey of Janco Partners expects an "extremely weak
fiscal Q109 earnings as their 1H sales should be heavily weighted toward
low-margin products like 'Rock Band.'"
WHAT'S AHEAD: "Spore," from "Sims" creator Will Wright, is one
of the highest-anticipated games coming out in the fall. Other notable
games include "Mirror's Edge," a first-person adventure game, and "Dead
Space," about an engineer who stumbles across an alien infestation in
space -- and fights them using "strategic dismemberment."
-xinhu
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Saturday, March 15, 2008
What You Must Consider To Play Modern Games [Play Game Modern]
High Performance Computer - What You Must Consider To Play Modern Games By Johny Rider Even though the video game consoles of today have taken over all the old systems the PC games of today are still some of the number one rated games on any system. The way the computer works is different then what kind of graphics that you will have in your Xbox or Playstation. You will have a motherboard with either single or double graphics card ability. If you have an SLI ready motherboard then that means that you have the best motherboard that money can buy and you also have the best graphics as well. You will be using two graphics cards over the power of one which will make your computer not only not lag but will make the image clearer then purified water.
The big thing about computers and playing video games on them is you can keep upgraded your computer without having to buy a whole new system. You can however upgrade your other video game systems but then it becomes illegal to play your upgraded systems online like you like to play. That is because they sell the systems how they want them to be played if they had wanted everyone to be aim botting then they would have given you that privilege but you cannot and therefore you just need to spend your upgrading money on your computer unless you are "modding" out your Xbox and you plan on just playing on other servers and not the main Xbox live feed.
PC gamers are always looking for the next best piece of technology to help them get an edge in their online games. Heck, they'll take a minor boost in a games frame rate if it means shoveling out a few hundred bucks for a new video card or processor; but, with so many hardware configurations and different
applications, what exactly is a high performance gaming computer?
There is no single computer that is going to outperform every other computer on the market. Sure, one computer might be optimized for high a high frame rate, but that might come at the cost of being ale to multi task, while another computer may place emphasis on multitasking and being able to play a game at a lower frame rate while still being able to use a web browser.
A truly high performance gaming computer is one that has been optimized to perform as specific task, whether it's playing one game (like Counterstrike), or playing a game and using several applications (like World of Warcraft and a browser). These machines have been optimized to the point that doing something else - such as multitasking - is discouraged.
If you want to really play games on your computer flawlessly then you are going to have to spend some money to make the computer that you want. You are going to need at least 2 gigs of RAM. A good graphics card as well. You just need to go to online and you will be able to get a good gaming computer for under $1200. I mean everything that you want and top of the line for that price.
The big thing about computers and playing video games on them is you can keep upgraded your computer without having to buy a whole new system. You can however upgrade your other video game systems but then it becomes illegal to play your upgraded systems online like you like to play. That is because they sell the systems how they want them to be played if they had wanted everyone to be aim botting then they would have given you that privilege but you cannot and therefore you just need to spend your upgrading money on your computer unless you are "modding" out your Xbox and you plan on just playing on other servers and not the main Xbox live feed.
PC gamers are always looking for the next best piece of technology to help them get an edge in their online games. Heck, they'll take a minor boost in a games frame rate if it means shoveling out a few hundred bucks for a new video card or processor; but, with so many hardware configurations and different
applications, what exactly is a high performance gaming computer?
There is no single computer that is going to outperform every other computer on the market. Sure, one computer might be optimized for high a high frame rate, but that might come at the cost of being ale to multi task, while another computer may place emphasis on multitasking and being able to play a game at a lower frame rate while still being able to use a web browser.
A truly high performance gaming computer is one that has been optimized to perform as specific task, whether it's playing one game (like Counterstrike), or playing a game and using several applications (like World of Warcraft and a browser). These machines have been optimized to the point that doing something else - such as multitasking - is discouraged.
If you want to really play games on your computer flawlessly then you are going to have to spend some money to make the computer that you want. You are going to need at least 2 gigs of RAM. A good graphics card as well. You just need to go to online and you will be able to get a good gaming computer for under $1200. I mean everything that you want and top of the line for that price.
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