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Nsthil
3 minutes ago
THQI
354 words
FD: dead space has been banned in germany and japan.  i am surprised the australians did not ban it as well.  ea trying to prove -1
Ramoas
1 hr 13 mins ago
MVL
42 words
FD: iron man opens september 27th in japan, not september 3rd (see last sentence of 1st paragraph): http://www.japan-zone.com/news/2008/09-2
ch2143
Today at 3:50 AM
THQI
436 words
FC: do not dissagre with the value of thqi. yet, the raise in 06' was not only attributed to sr, but also to cars which launched in ju-7
Martin21
Today at 1:25 AM
THQI
111 words
FC: "i have started buying thqi" do not dissagre with the value of thqi. yet, the raise in 06' was not only attributed to sr, but also to -12
Nsthil
09/04/08 11:47 PM
THQI
99 words
FC: i like the trade ch. t2 still being coy about when they will release dlc and if it is pushed out to 2009 then that would be an added b-14
Will Williams
09/04/08 11:45 PM
THQI
879 words
FD: more of citigroup's downgrade of nintendo september 4, 2008 n i n t e n d o ( n t d o y ) hold (2) high risk (h) downgrading to hol
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Jester Debunker
09/04/08 9:34 PM
THQI
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CC: ttwo conf call. http://seekingalpha.com/article/93993-take-two-interactive-software-inc-f3q08-qtr-end-07-31-08-earnings-call-transcrip113
ch2143
09/04/08 8:41 PM
THQI
356 words
FC: i have started buying thqi and some october call options on it as the stock went under $15. the trading trend on the stock looks e
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Kastchei
09/04/08 8:29 PM
THQI
75 words
FD: could be $375 if they haven't paid ~$50mil to rockbrothers in royalties....i don't think ea will be able to pay such a hefty check to a-15
Jester Debunker
09/04/08 8:22 PM
THQI
202 words
NR: more competition for gme.   earlier today i posted a rumor about the price and release date for world of warcraft: wrath of the 214
InternationalMan
09/04/08 8:20 PM
THQI
257 words
NA: will gta make it to the wii?  verbage suggests that it might: on a previous conference call, ttwo management said the f-12
Jester Debunker
09/04/08 8:04 PM
THQI
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FD: "first, rumour emerged that ea was walking away and stock dropped to $21.3. this gives some indication on stock downside if ea walks" -12
Nsthil
09/04/08 6:59 PM
THQI
258 words
FD: i think the deal will get done after ea has take a look at the books and the balance sheet.  they were doing a fair bit of fearmon113
InternationalMan
09/04/08 6:59 PM
THQI
50 words
FD: i would not read too much into the ah action in ttwo today.  first, only 230k shares traded and the range was all over the place, -13
Martin21
09/04/08 6:36 PM
THQI
301 words
FD: what recent ttwo actions is tellings: first, rumour emerged that ea was walking away and stock dropped to $21.3. this gives some indic-16
Nsthil
09/04/08 6:08 PM
THQI
317 words
FD: they paid off $83 mln on line of credit and still ended up with $338 million in cash.  line of credit was at $16 million at the en-16
Nsthil
09/04/08 5:58 PM
THQI
126 words
FD: lol!! jester. btw the hits keep coming for the new ip ea rolling out.  facebreaker gets 5/10 from ign. http://xbox360.ign.com/ob116
Jester Debunker
09/04/08 5:51 PM
THQI
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FD: "and demonstrated our ability to consistently deliver outstanding financial results... since april 29th"114
Nsthil
09/04/08 5:41 PM
THQI
454 words
FD: gamasutra 10 million in gta iv unit sales push take-two to record q3 continuing strong sales of grand theft auto iv, along with top-15
Nsthil
09/04/08 5:28 PM
THQI
86 words
FD: if gta was 60% of sales then it looks as if they came in right around 5 million copies shipped for the qtr.  they are not loo-17
Jester Debunker
09/04/08 5:24 PM
THQI
46 words
FD: just email this guy, roddy.boyd@nypost.com, and tell him the erts deal is off because they reviewed the figures and concluded ttwo was 217
ProzacJoe
09/04/08 5:19 PM
THQI
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FD: good report and call, now where do i pick up those $17 and $19 shares i heard about...?-17
Nsthil
09/04/08 5:17 PM
THQI
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FD: t2 expects some good sales   for gta in the holiday season.  they also stated gta was 60% of revs in the qtr. mc la is -17
Nsthil
09/04/08 5:03 PM
THQI
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FD: they did confirm as per ben schacter question that they are still going thru the review process with ea.   hopefully ea bites-18
Nsthil
09/04/08 4:57 PM
THQI
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FD: yeah it is ridiculous jester.  analysts that were negative on t2 were stating they were willing to assign a 15x multiple for t2s p119
Jester Debunker
09/04/08 4:46 PM
THQI
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FD: iirc, mcla was due around 9/9 at the time ttwo gave their last guidance. now it's the last week of october. the cut in q4 guidance does-19
InternationalMan
09/04/08 4:40 PM
THQI
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NA: ttwo is 100% debt free -17
InternationalMan
09/04/08 4:23 PM
THQI
46 words
FD: the shift in release date for mc:la allows only for initial shipment to be booked in q4.  any reorders will be booked in 1q 2009.&-18
Roddedr
09/04/08 4:16 PM
THQI
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OT: right here on this board a certain analyst and i had a debate about cash. ttwo cash is now at 338m. who was right?122
ch2143
09/04/08 4:15 PM
THQI
75 words
FD: feder did say take-two's cash on hand, one way of valuing the company, grew again this quarter to $339 million. "it's gone up materiall-21
Nsthil
09/04/08 4:15 PM
THQI
184 words
FD: ttwo current assets: cash and cash equivalents <td class="bwcellpaddingleft0 bwwhitespacenowrap bwcellpadd-22
Nsthil
09/04/08 4:06 PM
THQI
361 words
FD:  take-two interactive software, inc. reports record third quarter fiscal 2008 financial resultsthursday september 4, 4:00 pm et -15
Nsthil
09/04/08 4:03 PM
THQI
307 words
FD: nintendo downgrade.  i have to agree here on the wii and ds having peaked or ready to peak this fall.  the lack of strong new-16
Nsthil
09/04/08 3:12 PM
THQI
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FD: i  found some of those comments amusing as well prozac.  if ea does not bring it with nba live 09 they will be buried. -18
ProzacJoe
09/04/08 2:52 PM
THQI
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FD: i couldn't disagree with you more on this martin <p class="msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-119
Corrupted Profile
09/04/08 2:48 PM
THQI
10 words
TA: i just bought some c with a stop at 16.85-20
Corrupted Profile
09/04/08 2:47 PM
THQI
32 words
TA: my system got a short signal at 44.30 with target of 43.81. each new low will have a target of -.50. for things to turn positive it ne-19
Nsthil
09/04/08 2:45 PM
THQI
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TA: yeah i have to agree with you now.  luckily my bullish stance was focused on stocks with a domestic focus that would continue to b-20
Corrupted Profile
09/04/08 2:41 PM
THQI
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FD: he can't wait because they are number 2 to activision. is he gonna buy thqi instead? if i recall correctly after ttwo was taken over -17
Jester Debunker
09/04/08 2:25 PM
THQI
22 words
TA: i think we can safely conclude that tuesday mornings rally was bogus.   qqqq's now down 6.8% in about 48 hours.-17
Nsthil
09/04/08 2:24 PM
THQI
121 words
FD: it would be overall positive for t2 if they have hammered out a deal with the housers and make an announcement tonight. -17
Nsthil
09/04/08 1:59 PM
THQI
328 words
FD:  xbox 360 price cut good news for industry, could boost rock band 2 – lazard (xb360) <div class="modulearticl116
Martin21
09/04/08 1:46 PM
THQI
324 words
FD: value of t2 to ea:   bioshock: nice to have but redundant now that they have dead space nba 2k: nice to have but ea is showing -21
Jester Debunker
09/04/08 1:45 PM
THQI
21 words
FD: ea secured a $1bn loan back in may, if they need it. it's good through jan 9, 2009. http://sec.gov/archives/edgar/data/712515/00011931116
Kip Keener
09/04/08 1:23 PM
THQI
280 words
OT: thanks for posting the article--very fascinating and gives you a pretty good idea of how games easily overshoot budget and timeframes a-16
Martin21
09/04/08 1:21 PM
THQI
321 words
FD: financing t2 adquicition: if ea is to adquire t2, company has not enough cash on hand to make a cash offer. furthermore, they nee-18
Jester Debunker
09/04/08 12:50 PM
THQI
19 words
OT: bioshock post mortem. this was already in print in the game developer mag, and now it's online. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/-16
InternationalMan
09/04/08 10:22 AM
THQI
51 words
FD: you can never be sure.  look what happened to atvi when they pre-announced.  the shares knocked the ceiling off of those shar-16
InternationalMan
09/04/08 10:20 AM
THQI
51 words
FD: you may be right.  but think about it.  $50 million from msft to put the screws to sony is a drop in the bucket on a game tha-14
Martin21
09/04/08 10:12 AM
THQI
69 words
FD: i am cautions about cc on t2. numbers will be great and blow out expectations. yet, this will be the perfect time to tell the ea d-17
Jester Debunker
09/04/08 10:12 AM
THQI
97 words
FD: you've just described the other extreme, which is the one pachter believes and i used to. after discussing this with tommy here on the -14
InternationalMan
09/04/08 10:08 AM
THQI
98 words
FD: then why would ttwo leave a huge potential market out of the picture (ps3) if they are just getting a advance? if you are right th-14
Kip Keener
09/04/08 10:06 AM
THQI
42 words
FD: "very high in mercs 2!!?  " i think everyone (including myself) needs to be cautious regarding mercs 2 sales.  i can see tha-16
Nsthil
09/04/08 10:04 AM
THQI
50 words
FD: sure ttwo was in some trouble at the time but the deal was in the works months before it was announced. msft had been courting ttwo fr-15
Jester Debunker
09/04/08 10:01 AM
THQI
117 words
FD: "they got $50 million just for the rights of exclusivity " i disagree. that deal was made when ttwo was in a lot of trouble. assuming -16
Nsthil
09/04/08 10:00 AM
THQI
77 words
FD: it sounded to me like they were quoting a 2 million number for the us alone. 2 million worlwide maybe. spore is no wow btw. if spore-15
Kip Keener
09/04/08 9:59 AM
THQI
131 words
NA: from oppenheimer on erts: expect spore to sell 1.5-2m units in q2 (2.5m fy09)--could have longer legs like sims franchise.  aft
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InternationalMan
09/04/08 9:58 AM
THQI
24 words
FD: i have had a buy order in at $14 for a while, which is where i will start my position and build to it on weakness-15
Martin21
09/04/08 9:56 AM
THQI
120 words
FD: close my thqi long position. it might be too early to try to catch this falling knife. i will probably try to get in at $14 or lower or-14
InternationalMan
09/04/08 9:52 AM
THQI
187 words
FD: i think you are right.  relative to other offerings and total playtime, $20 would be a great value.  i am hoping to get some -12
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