Do you own stock in video games?

Greetings! Today I purchased a single share of Microsoft... I purchased this share because Microsoft has successfully grown beyond the windows platform and has now invested In cloud computing, Xbox - specifically gamepass which is changing gaming, linkdin which is becoming a Microsoft version of Fiverr and they've invested in medical tech....

Microsoft is a winning stock to own... And I have a vested interest in their dealings. The future looks bright, over time that investment will grow.

I've also toyed with owning Nintendo stock, 2k, Activision blizzard too.... I also own a few shares of SKILLZ.

Question is do you actively invest in the gaming market? If you do how does it change your consumption habits of gaming through the stock you own?

Do you believe shareholders are the only people who really have a legit reason to argue console sales? Does any of it matter when discussing the system wars??

Never owned stock of anything.

Is this even worth it? I always wondered if i should invest, but if you're making like $100 then who cares lol.

I'm honestly not sure what all my stock portfolio has.

Nope. My Mutual Funds are dealt with by my bank, and my personal stocks are in a few different things, but nothing in any type of gaming AFAIK.

I invested in Nvidia a few years ago. One of my better investments, actually. Not really a gaming company but it's done well enough and is gaming related.

I've dabbled in some other companies but got rid of most of them just because it's not really my style of investing.

Hard to justify at first because spending money generally sees an immediate return. A good meal, some nice booze, some new hardware...all feel good.

But after investing for a few months, you see reward. I recommend just starting with some basic retirement stuff, like finding a good index ETF (I recommend VOO, it tracks the S&P 500) and just taking it from there.

It is where I put the majority of my money after rent and bills, and I love it. It's essentially gambling, when you get right down to it, but a bit safer and predictable.

Just be patient, and don't have "would, coulda, shoulda" outlook, like "Oh I should have bought Tesla five years ago" or "Why didn't I sell a week ago".

Pretty soon you'll start investing, and then three years go by and that 10k you invested is worth 16....and by the time you are 55 you can afford to retire early, because lord knows most folks these days will be working until they're 65+

It's a way to grow your wealth, and not a get rich quick path. If you're unsure, you can always invest with a broker who does all the heavy lifting for a nominal fee per trade. Brokers can also invest into higher-risk, whereas banks tend to go low-mid risk.

If you wanna try yourself, start off slow and learn the ins-and-outs, as it can seem really overwhelming just jumping in the deep end.

No. I thought about it a bit here and there but not seriously enough to get into it.

not directly gaming, tho should have bought some years back, but I own some in microsoft, amd and nvidia

Seems complicated. I know absolutely nothing about investments.

WHOOPS!

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/microsoft-corp-stock-falls-monday-underperforms-market-01620073905-8f028d0e9ede

Hmmm. I wonder what the weak link is?

I dabbled in a few game companies like Interplay back in the day but generally they are not great stocks to invest in because they are pretty volatile, but I do like tech stocks so I invest in a lot of stocks that I'd call gaming adjacent. AMD, Nvidia, Microsoft, Sony, Intel, etc from time to time are examples. I know that we gamers tend to think of Xbox and Playstation when people mention Microsoft and Sony but the reality is those are huge companies for which gaming is just one division.

It's a bit easier to predict a successful product launch with physical products over software, especially games. Public opinion of a game and/or company can shift wildly and sometimes even has nothing to do with the quality of the end product. One might have looked at CD Projekt Red as a good investment ahead of the Cyberpunk release but the stock has done nothing but plummet since the game's release. On the other hand, Nvidia stock generally does pretty well ahead of the launch of a new line of GPUs. I've been in and out of that stock since it was $20 a share, and these days it's closer to $600. Nvidia is the stock most responsible for the most growth of my investment account. Tesla is probably second.

Also worth mentioning that lots of development studios are too small to be publicly traded.

Depends how much ahead, the stock was heavily inflated for quite a long time, it was literally impossible for the game to live up to the expectations, buying like few years before and selling around September would have been sweet deal

@kuu2: hey bud!

I looked at CDPR stock ahead of cyberpunk too... Mostly just curious how thd games release would Impact it. Definitely not a good run for them... But in the stocks your buying companies. If you believe in the company you also probably believe it's a hell of a time to buy.

Lol... Nah, it's just not for everyone. Spy is set it and forget for 30 years at slow growth. I play the market with money I aim to grow quicker and monitor myself. It's learning, retirement and getting wealthy at the same time.

a guy that eats wendys chili once said, the stock market is the equivalent of video games for rich people.

i dont got the money.

I don't invest in videogames, all my money is in weed stocks, lithium, gold, and tesla.

@TheEroica: Obv, but before the GME and other meme stocks, the stock values were actually based on something and in the case of CDPR their market cap had a lot of air in it considering their current and potential new revenue, company growth and so on. Unless the game did gta5+ numbers the stock would have dropped post launch

Don't know how to, and isn't interested enough to learn.

I think the cows are shareholders, because they're obsessed with sales, revenue, who is 1st, 2nd and 3rd and have an unhealthy love for things that only benefit the company, such as exclusives.

No. I played with a virtual portfolio once and did just fine with nothing but blue-chip on NASDAQ, but I don't have the resources to realise much of an investment.

I invest my heart and soul into games 😎

Invested in all of the big name tech stocks like MS, Nvidia, Apple, Google etc. But majority of my portfolio is index fund.

I'm in the same boat as Archangel.

Anyhow, I did sign up with Robinhood app but hardly did any stock gaming. I guess you could say I'm waiting for that golden opportunity.

I think id invest in

#1 Nvidia - they got strong cards, strong demand

#2 Nintendo - BOTW 2 is day one pre order for me this company is on fire for me right now

#3 Google - They just are really smart company right now and there sorta in gaming

#4 Apple - They friggin rock the best version of FFT war of the lions on iPad Pro 12.9 inch thats sick

#5 Microsoft - Strong windows 10 is epic I love what there doing with surface books

#6 Sony - LOVE they bought funimation they kinda own dbz in the west thats sick ps5 looks strong.

In 2018 a bunch of game company stocks dipped for no good reason, so I bought some shares of Activision. Made $1,000.

I’m just starting to learn more about how to go about investing, so no not yet until I’m a bit more educated on how to use my money anyways.

that's the spirit, cant fail with that

Buh buh sales matter yet hardly anyone here owns any stock lmbo.

I made $4000 with Gamestop stocks hehehe and I never bought stocks of gaming companies so I might give it a try soon

Not at the moment but honestly never really gave it a look. I might now.

Nah, but you'd think some of the posters here do with their fanboy drivel. At least their idiocy would make some sense.

kuu2 and tormentos on the same day?

Nah, I haven't invested into any gaming stock per se. ..More so tech company stock. I had some in Apple, and currently have some in crypto, and healthcare (vaccines). Mostly crypto at the moment.. I do however, have dividend stock. My goal is to have a high amount of dividend payout monthly/yearly...;essentially making my money "work for me". So I look for stable company's with high dividend yields..

facts. 😂

Game stocks are kind of risky since most of them are high valuation right now. I can't think of a "cheap" gaming stock. It's better to look for bargains, looking for bargains and you might luck into a short squeeze like Gamestop. Of course that squeeze already happened with Gamestop, so I look at it now and I would never get into it personally. Missed the boat.

That isn't actually investing though. You can't count on stuff like that happening, over the long term it's better to hold index funds or try and hold a bunch of different quality stocks in different industries than bet too much on individual stocks. Actually the Gamestop and meme stock thing was probably a once in a lifetime type deal for alot of people who were along for the ride and saw 100x gain in a relatively short period. I've been in stocks that have gone up 5x and 10x and sold, I don't think I've held anything that's gone up 100x.

No .... but hmmm should I ???

@HalcyonScarlet: True. And the funny thing is that I had much rather own shares in Microsoft than Sony, because it seems that MS knows much better how to make big bucks. Meanwhile cows are trying to convince us that MS is finished and losing billions and billions on Xbox and Gamepass. Silly.

Very nice post. And you are so right about the "would/could"-thing. If you keep blaming yourself for not being able to read the future, then stop investing. Otherwise have fun and make sure to pay the bills first. I am having fun

Just an unhealthy amount of personal interest invested is all.

If I have enough disposable income and have an understanding of how stocks and the stock market works, I may decide to invest in game-related stocks. Unfortunately at this time, I do not have a disposable income and I am puzzled on how stocks and the stock market works.