Comments on: Economic Slowdown? Gaming Industry Suffers Not http://www.ripten.com/2008/11/14/economic-slowdown-gaming-industry-suffers-not/ All Your Geek Are Belong To Us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:45:05 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Tomonoatmeal Cookigaki http://www.ripten.com/2008/11/14/economic-slowdown-gaming-industry-suffers-not/comment-page-1/#comment-115698 Tomonoatmeal Cookigaki Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:22:22 +0000 http://www.ripten.com/?p=8541#comment-115698 Midway's stock would be down even without economic crisis. Midway has huge problem and that is that Midway did not hire Cookigaki. Midway’s stock would be down even without economic crisis. Midway has huge problem and that is that Midway did not hire Cookigaki.

]]> By: Abaddon http://www.ripten.com/2008/11/14/economic-slowdown-gaming-industry-suffers-not/comment-page-1/#comment-113962 Abaddon Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:22:01 +0000 http://www.ripten.com/?p=8541#comment-113962 It's funny,the moderate slowdown in the 80's ultimately led to more people buying vcr's and it's considered a tangent cause for the victory of VHS and the reblooming of videogames,seems like this is kind of a crisis-proof sector at some point. Small studios will suffer further,since this generation is very expensive to work for. I can imagine a scenario next year where Microsoft gobbles up EA,or strange alliances are formed.And I don't know if I like that insight. It’s funny,the moderate slowdown in the 80’s ultimately led to more people buying vcr’s and it’s considered a tangent cause for the victory of VHS and the reblooming of videogames,seems like this is kind of a crisis-proof sector at some point.
Small studios will suffer further,since this generation is very expensive to work for.

I can imagine a scenario next year where Microsoft gobbles up EA,or strange alliances are formed.And I don’t know if I like that insight.

]]> By: John Landis http://www.ripten.com/2008/11/14/economic-slowdown-gaming-industry-suffers-not/comment-page-1/#comment-113695 John Landis Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:37:29 +0000 http://www.ripten.com/?p=8541#comment-113695 It's not all roses everywhere though. I read in USA Today (I think) that Midway's stock is way WAY down. That may change with the release of MK vs. DC, but who knows. It’s not all roses everywhere though. I read in USA Today (I think) that Midway’s stock is way WAY down. That may change with the release of MK vs. DC, but who knows.

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