[QUOTE="jedikevin2"]
Thats your opinion.. When I see a analyist make sarcastic comments such as "EA saying physical game sales don't matter is like Best Buy saying television sales don't matter" when they were expressing the numbers the NPD comes up with (not specifically retail keep in mind): all i see is naive arrogance from a person whose stuck in his ideology.
IronBass
That's neither sarcasm nor arrogance :question:
It's simply putting things in context, showing, by a well known example, the importance of retail to the gaming industry.
Look at it the report, he goes to talk about digital revenue still requireing peolpe to buy a physical copy (Really odd consideirng how many games do not need this to happen at all).jedikevin2
That part is about sales of map packs and other DLC, which is a huge source of income for Activision (one of the two companies involved).
Thats the problem. They are not talking about retail. Ea and activision are talking about how NPD comes up with its figures. Not specifically retail. Pachter turned into into a retail specific vs DD statement. Thats why his context seems very offbase.
On the other issue, you addressed map packs and DLC. Yes, that does play a role but when his discussion starts to talk about farmville as a example.. things come off way slanted. If he would have spoke on DLC etc then it would have come out in a better light but he choose a avenue which is very prodoment on pure DD for profit.
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