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Comparing GameStop Corp. to Game Group PLC
-12/09/09 at 11:26 AM
CSTby Perry Rod
Many analysts are carefully watching GameStop
Corp’s (NYSE:GME) closest overseas equivalent, Game Group PLC
(LON:GMG), in order to form an opinion on the future of
GameStop. Game Group’s management has not been able to
keep up with GameStop’s management success, as Game Group has
failed to corner the British market on small boutiqu...
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Gamestop Inc. Has Favorable Trends Based On Available November
Sales ... -12/07/09 at
9:55 AM CSTby Joe Matty
As we approach the dissemination of November NPD
data, let's look into VGCharts sales number estimates. It may help
prepare us for what's coming for GameStop (NASDAQ:GME). Part I -
November Numbers (1st 3 weeks of 2009 vs. 1st 3 weeks of 2008) +
Analysis Below are my findings in three comparisons (Top 20 games,
Top 10, Bottom 10 of top 20). Sum of Top 2...
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Strauss Zelnick: No Regrets, No Responsibility, Take
Two -12/04/09 at 12:06
AM CSTby Perry Rod
Take Two Interactive's [NASDAQ:TTWO] Strauss
Zelnick has done it again. In July, I profiled Mr. Zelnick, a
man who brags about having no regrets and taking no responsibility
for his many failures at Take Two. Today, despite being "proud" of
sales of titles such as Borderlands and Take Two's NBA title, Mr.
Zelnick specifically pointed out that he wa...
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Credit Suisse Analyst Raises Outlook on Gamestop
Inc. -11/25/09 at 9:30
AM CSTby Perry Rod
Credit Suisse analyst Gary Balter, who earlier
this year raised alarm about Gamestop Inc. (NYSE:GME) when Amazon
Inc (AMZN) announced a move into the used game business, is now
raising his outlook for Gamestop's fiscal year ending in
January. Balter raised his 2009 earnings per share estimate
from $2.46 to $2.54 and his 2010 estimate from $2.70 to $...
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A Tale of Two Company Blockbuster Franchises: Activision Blizzard's
C... -11/23/09 at 3:28
PM CSTby Perry Rod
Activision Blizzard’s (NASDAQ: ATVI) Call
of Duty Modern Warfare 2 recently dethroned Take Two Interactive's
(NASDAQ: TTWO) Grand Theft Auto 4 for having the biggest opening
week worldwide of any video game in history. One glaring
difference between the business models behind the two franchises is
that one comes out with a core sequel each yea...
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Gamestop Inc. CEO Suggests 2010 Growth Modeling Expectations Are
High... -11/19/09 at
10:18 AM CSTby Perry
Rod
In response to a question about possibly having
another 20% year over year software growth year as seen for the
company in 2008, Gamestop (NASDAQ: GME) CEO Dan DeMatteo said in a
conference call with analysts that Gamestop's early expectations
for 2010 growth is not for 20% but rather for "strog single digits
to maybe low double digit growth." Analysts e...
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Outrageous: Electronic Arts Inc CEO Riccitello Buys His Own Company
a... -11/17/09 at 3:33
PM CSTby Perry Rod
What is it about greedy video game publisher
executives? Just two years ago at Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:ERTS),
with only eight months on the job as Chief Executive Officer, John
Riccitello announced a buyout of Pandemic and Bioware studios from
his former firm Elevation Partners, of which he was one of the
founders. The purchase price looked astrono...
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Gamestop Inc Will Die, They Say, But Publisher Actions Speak Louder
T... -10/29/09 at 12:54
PM CDTby Perry Rod
Gamestop’s closest U.S. comparable is Best
Buy (BBY). Analysts for Best Buy Inc. are predicting an 8%
year over year EPS growth rate. Based on current trading
prices, BBY trades at a P/E ratio of around 13. Meanwhile, analysts
project a 14% year over year EPS increase at Gamestop Inc
(NYSE:GME). With higher analyst growth expectati...
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NPD Results Delayed for Gamestop Corp, Activision, Take Two
Interacti... -10/15/09
at 5:27 PM CDTby Mahyar
Hashemi
Video game investors will have to wait a couple
more business days to see September's NPD results for video game
software and hardware sales. "We have just released a
communication to our clients, explaining that, due to last minute
processing requirements, the NPD Video Games Retail Tracking
information for September 2009 will now be released on Mo...
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Roddy Boyd, Formerly of News Corporation and Time Warner Inc., and
th... -10/13/09 at 3:21
PM CDTby Mark Mitchell
“Telling the truth is only possible by
accident through a special sort of boastfulness…” -
Fyodor Dostoevsky, “The Idiot” Regular readers of Deep
Capture are aware that we have sought to expose certain journalists
who seem to serve the interests of a network of market miscreants,
many of whom are tied to the famous criminal ...
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Wedbush Morgan Upgrades Gamestop (GME)
-10/08/09 at 10:59 AM
CDTby Perry Rod
Calling Gamestop's guidance "conservative" and
citing valuation, Wedbush Morgan senior analyst Michael Pachter
raised his rating and price target for Gamestop to $34 and
"Outperform". "We expect industry sales to return to positive
territory in September, and think that GameStop is well positioned
to recover as well. " Gamestop is up around 3% this mornin...
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Why THQ Inc. (THQI) is Unlikely To Be A Buyout Target And Why
dealRep... -09/22/09 at
11:49 AM CDTby Perry
Rod
Take Two (TTWO) Interactive, a company with a
major video game sports division, received a buyout offer last year
from video game sports giant Electronic Arts (ERTS) before the
market storm. Today, there is a rumor that THQ (THQI), whose
list of internal intellectual property is small and comparatively
unimpressive in terms of sales volume, is recei...
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