L’économie US du jeu vidéo s’est prise hier une petite claque suite à la correction réalisée par un analyste financier. Malgré des résultats en hausse constante, l’analyste explique que l’industrie du jeu vidéo serait actuellement trop optimiste :
In a research note to clients, Wallace said the industry was generally on track for a record-breaking year with hardware and software sales ahead of estimates. But he expressed caution about certain publishing companies.
« We do not believe that all of the publishers are participating equally, » he said. « Additionally, we think the publishers’ stocks are going to look past the 2002 holiday season and begin trading on 2003 numbers. »
For the year, only two video game publishers have seen their shares rise, Electronic Arts and Take- Two. They have been the most successful on the year, EA with its « Madden » football franchise and « Medal of Honor » games and Take-Two with the blockbuster « Grand Theft Auto » series of criminal adventures.
