Analyst now expects Bully 2 Comments by Robert Purchese

Good work but when they can make games that sell 10 million will they focus on those games or on these?

As I've stated before I'd like to see a Prison Break style GTA, of course the game would end when you escape.

play Riddick, best prision break game ever!

Riddick was an alright game but you know that the gameplay of GTA is much more rewarding to people who want to explore and it spreads out and expands instead of moving you from section to section.

shock of he century an analyst was wrong!!!
analyst the only job in the world where you can be wrong all the time and keep your job.

Anal-yst. /giggle

"Wedbush Morgan Securities"

WTF does he know about games?

Wow Patcher is on fire this holiday, predicting the Xbox 360 would sell 1 million in November and 2 million in Devember, the Wii selling 1.2 million in December also predicting Bully would bomb, he sure works hard for that paycheck every week.

Give credit where credit is due he did get the PS3 numbers right although it's a no brainer it would have been supply costraint.

What the hell is Devember?

Gaddamn i did it again.

From now on i'm checking every post before i hit submit, my English teacher would be crying her eyes out if she saw this....

analysts = fuckwits

Not a very good analyst is he?!

Dr.Mott: "What the hell is Devember?"

What a....wait for it..... bully.

Video game industry analysts - LOL.

Sell sell sell!

No wait - buy buy buy!

"As I've stated before I'd like to see a Prison Break style GTA, of course the game would end when you escape."

Speaking of Prison Break, season 2 starts TONIGHT on channel 5. :)))))))

Couldn't he have checked the game's sales figures before he made these comments in the first place, rather than shout his mouth off then humbly apoligise a week or so later?!

i did say this guy was a wanker when he originally stated that...analysts shouldn't jobs.

No it's his job to accurately predict what is going to happen in the market so the shareholders can either brace for impact or pop the champaign.

Good news if there is a sequel. I was pleasantly surprised to find Bully was an extremely enjoyable game.

I would love to see a sequel set in a British school, and some sort of deal so they could use the classic Grange Hill theme music.

"I never hesitate to take credit when I'm right"....is that because it hardly ever happens I wonder?

"Wedbush Morgan Securities"

WTF does he know about games?

Read the article and you shall see :)

Proof if ever there was any to never listen to these fucking analysts.

Get paid stupid amounts of money to spout a bullshit (personal) opinion about a subject I know practically fuck all about, all under the illusion of 'Expert Analysis'? Count me in!!!

Also proof that these 'expert' analysts know fuck all about their topics, is that this bloke thought this game would sell poorly despite ALL the evidence suggesting otherwise.
Yeah, it was always going to sell poorly, what with it being made by Rockstar - makers of GTA, it being on by far the biggest selling console, and has had levels of publicity (good or bad, doesn't matter as we should all know by now) unlike anything I can remember previously in the videogame industry. Of course, it was destined to be a crap seller......

wouldn't be the first time take 2 have put the leeches on someone for besmirching them, from what I've heard.

Why do you say they know nothing about games, do you know this? And considering they have access to and study a lot of data and sales statistics, a lot more than anyone here (including the EG staff, I'm sure), I would say they know a LOT about this.
Right, so an analyst got something wrong, let's condemn all analysts now because we don't really know what their job is and we don't really want to understand either.

Analyst admits he's full of nonsense (to put it politely) **shocker!**.

"Man whose sole purpose is to make ill-informed guesses and be paid huge amounts for it admits he's wrong, is praised for it".

This story plus my sociology revision are driving me to the brink of despair.

How do you become an analyst then? I think I'd be great at that.

http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/d...

Wedbush Morgan Securities are near the bottom at the 2006 research league according to Wall street journal...

Some analysts do talk down on products/companies to depress the shares so they can buy low or go short. But I think in this case, this dude is probably just a bit rubbish.

Having worked in the video games industry for 8 years, and having a degree in Finance under my belt I'd like to raise some points:

1) Anlaysts are rarely game players, and therefore lack the ability to judge games from experience - I doubt this guy spent more than a few minutes at best actually playing the game. This, incidently is true of many industries that deal with us at the heart - especially the 'oh-so creative' ad agencies that are given the task of advertising the games. The acid test is whether these people really understand the game itself from a gamers' point of view in order to get a 'feel' for it in addition to following market trends, power of brand, local tastes etc.

2) Saying one thing, receiving a large paycheck, then apologizing for being completely wrong and receiving another paycheck is pretty shoddy. God forbid if we were to be so kind to engineers (death, destruction - 'I was wrong'); doctors ('Oh, yes, it should have been the left leg marked for amputation - sorry) etc, etc...

3) Statistics show time and time again that analysts, fund managers, economists, palm readers and astrologists, taken as a group over the medium/long term, are only as successful as monkeys with dartboards.

If there are people in the city who can see the future, you can bet they're not writing crummy newsletters for the weak-minded - they're sipping champaign in the jacuzzi with Cindy, Mindy and Lucious Lucy while their pet monkeys take care of the business of bullshit for the masses.

Alex.

Now if only the sensationalist lawyers/tabloids/family groups would admit they were wrong about this game.

Well that's a suprise, given that this didn't sell well at all. Most shops have it discounted so maybe that boosted sales a bit over the holidays. Given the amount of parents who opted to get PS2 instead of 360 or PS3 and couldn't find a Wii. I think this probably also drove sales.

God I hope they don't do a bully 2. Heck maybe they should do a columbine game or something and really get themselves in some trouble.

For anyone who's seen the Bonus Round show at Gametrailers.com, you'd see that he's actually quite the sensible man with a lot of interesting things to say.

analysts shouldn't jobs

ANALYSTS SHOULDN'T JOBS

What a moron, anyone with an iota of knowledge about the industry, R* and the game itself would never have predicted such a load of toss. Why is it these analysts almost always seem to have no clue whatsoever.

People only bought bully cos it was cheap, and with that logic, doesn't deserve a sequel.

R* expected a hit, Take 2 ordered a billion copies, and had to heavily discount when they only sold 37. Sure, they got the sales in the end, but the income was effectively halved. That's not what share holders and accountants want to hear.

It's pretty obvious they paid him off, yeah. Why it counts as news I'll never know, unless there are cheques flying around there too.

"analysts = fuckwits"

I disagree. If he didn't get paid you would be right, but anyone who can get paid for supposing what might happen is a brainbox who should be questioned on the origins of their technique.

I mean, neither this guy's career nor his bank balance will likely suffer one bit from the fact that he was totally wrong about this. That is pure bloody magic beans right there, and I wish I had some.

All the money this parasitic fool makes could instead be used to make better games. I very much doubt he's a brainbox, he probably just went to the right schools and the right university and had the right family and friends. If he isn't a fuckwit, why is he making statements that he directly contradicts a short time later? How can this benefit him in any way?

and in other news, Analyst manages to find his arse with both hands.

Can they make up their minds?