What could POSSIBLY be the reason any company dropped in - #166641469 added by pentol at It's time to STOP!

#83 - sirfortytwo#7 on contentRank#7 [OP]

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(11/13/2017)[-]

stickied

Oh boy.

#276 to #83 - leotardo

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(11/14/2017)[-]

#275 to #83 - anon id: cdd8759f

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(11/14/2017)[-]

oh yeah.
you really thought some outrage on Reddit would bring them down?
thats just BS.
they changed some sheit, now people are pleased.....business as usual. as long as the customers dont make changes in their behavior everything EA does is nothing but sham

#270 to #83 - wacemindu

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(11/14/2017)[-]

thats a single day variation... means nothing.

#262 to #83 - dawggz

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(11/14/2017)[-]

That's not really that much considering it is EA and it is on a small flux. It is just stocks, it tends to fluctuate by the months. I wouldn't be surprised it rising on their next game's release, regardless of how stupid it will be.
Also, Rareflag.

#255 to #83 - normu

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(11/14/2017)[-]

That's not significant. CD Projekt went down 9% in the last 24 hours. It's normal for stock to fluctuate somewhat.

#253 to #83 - danjoish

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(11/14/2017)[-]

Up 1% in the range of just 1 hour before closing, that's a delicious dip right there

#245 to #83 - olivertre

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(11/14/2017)[-]

**olivertre used "*roll picture*"**
**olivertre rolled image** Cant wait to see what happens next

#235 to #83 - erkas

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(11/14/2017)[-]

yeah a 1% drop. bet they're really scared

#241 to #235 - manofparody

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(11/14/2017)[-]

1% drop in 5~ hours is pretty ******* severe.

#271 to #241 - wacemindu

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(11/14/2017)[-]

it's not... it's not at all. A single day variation is meaningless

#233 to #83 - trollmobile#229 on commentsRank#229

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(11/14/2017)[-]

this graph shows 5 hours
the content graph shows 5 years...

#214 to #83 - itsmyusername

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(11/14/2017)[-]

It's almost as though people mad at microtransactions are not, in fact, EA's target demographic. It's almost as if they prefer their customers to fall for the same tricks to create reliable business.

#213 to #83 - reindeerflotilla

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(11/14/2017)[-]

I hope it falls much much more

SO I CAN BUY SOME STOCK BAY-BEE

#204 to #83 - swedishassassin

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(11/14/2017)[-]

Oh no. A point. How will they ever recover? Y'know, other than overhyping a game and then fragmenting the features in DLC so the cuntsumer base bitches their tits off but buys the game anyways.

#185 to #83 - thewalruss

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(11/14/2017)[-]

That's literally nothing.

#162 to #83 - sugarsquid

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(11/14/2017)[-]

this means practically nothing

#146 to #83 - moneyboycurtis

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(11/14/2017)[-]

Look at the 5 year chart, they've managed to go form $13 a share to $112. while still ******** on the public and player.

#163 to #146 - pentol#240 on contentRank#240

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(11/14/2017)[-]

Look at the worth from 2007-2009. The 13$ is sort of an outlier

#164 to #163 - moneyboycurtis

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(11/14/2017)[-]

you're right i only looked at the 5 year, wtf did they do to drop like that? Lol

#170 to #164 - pentol#240 on contentRank#240

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(11/14/2017)[-]

What could POSSIBLY be the reason any company dropped in 2008? It's not like anything significant happened in the world of economy in 2008. Sub-prime morgage crisis, and cascades into crisis in lots of other fields, particularly luxury items, including video games.

Sadly, this was paired with some of the greatest risk-taking in terms of game design that EA has ever taken. Games like mirror's edge and army of two flopped hard, in terms of sales, and as a result, we see the plague that was super safe and no-risk game design that was 2009-2013.

#178 to #170 - notagainpls

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(11/14/2017)[-]

I remember Skyrim, APB, Dark Souls, Borderlands, GRID, Fallout NV, Dragon's Dogma, L4D 1 and 2...

I'd say was a pretty gud time for games.

#180 to #178 - pentol#240 on contentRank#240

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(11/14/2017)[-]

I distinctly dislike skyrim and borderlands. I feel indiferent about both L4Ds. I never played APB or GRID, but particularly APB dosen't seem like my jam at all. The only game on the list i'd consider a real classic is Dark souls, although i can understand the people who would also include New Vegas there too. And my gut feeling is that jap games weren't nearly as affected by the economic downturn as western games were.
I'm not saying there were no good games in the period, but it was definitely the era of console military shooters still dominating the market, and lower than average AAA innovation.

Skyrim was way less different to it predecessors than oblivion was, and felt more like an "oblivion 2" than "TES 5."
Borderlands had some fresh combinations, but each idea separately had already been proven.
Fallout NV is built on the quality writing and worldbuilding, and combining some old CRPG stuff into the FO3 formula.
Dragon's Dogma has innovative pawn and grappling mechanics which is cool. I'm just not considering it so strongly when i look at the overall trend, because it's japan, it didn't get widely copied, and it didn't sell THAT great.
Left 4 Dead was also an innovative game, but it was released in 2008, a year of quite a great deal of innovation, and must have been near completion once economic reality hit. L4D2 was not particularly innovative at all, it just refined the formula a lot

I'm not saying NO innovation occurred, or no great games were released, i'm just saying the trend was towards cautious investment in (perceived) guaranteed successes

#219 to #180 - permanonymous

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(11/14/2017)[-]

Just because you don't like Borderlands doesn't mean it's not a successful game franchise.

#221 to #219 - pentol#240 on contentRank#240

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(11/14/2017)[-]

Well you're not wrong, but i sense that's not the point of your post. I don't get it though.

I'm talking about innovation, and you're talking about success. Did you understand the point i was trying to make? I feel like you wouldn't post the way you did, if you did.

#222 to #221 - permanonymous

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(11/14/2017)[-]

Borderlands innovated the entire "shoot and loot" genre which a ton of games drew inspiration from since. It also innovated in the "drop in, drop out" matchmaking which almost no other game has got right since.

#223 to #222 - pentol#240 on contentRank#240

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(11/14/2017)[-]

I'd very much argue that borderlands didn't get it right either, since levling to be roughly equal was a lot of work, and you'd have to have dedicated co-op characters, or just happen to be at the same level as your friends. Not gonna say it's not innovative, but certainly not good. Shoot-and-loot has existed before borderlands though. Fallout 3 certainly does some of the same, even if it isn't as heavy on the gun part, because of VATS, although that's an optional mechanic that i know some people disabled with mods.
Apart from making it a first person shooter, the main gameplay loop is very much like a mediocre MMORPG with some Diablo mixed in.
Maybe i'm not giving it enough credit because of my bias against it. could be.
Still, the general trend in the economic down-turn after 2008 was less risk and stick with what already is proven to work.

#264 to #223 - permanonymous

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(11/14/2017)[-]

Yeah, you make fair points though. The game had it's flaws, but all games do. Still, the drop in and out gameplay just with matchmaking is something I've not seen replicated by another game yet.

Sure FO3 had the loot and was technically a shooter, but the engine difference between the games makes Borderlands the better shooter. Also as you mentioned the Diablo style loot drops meant you may find a specific piece of loot but the stats might not be "perfect" either.

#171 to #170 - moneyboycurtis

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(11/14/2017)[-]

chill dick i was in 8th grade at the time.

#174 to #171 - pentol#240 on contentRank#240

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(11/14/2017)[-]

Granted, i was a little older, but still, you should remember it fairly well, it's not like it, and stories related to it weren't the most newsworthy thing for over a year.

#290 to #174 - moneyboycurtis

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(11/15/2017)[-]

no i really shouldn't have. maybe as a shut in you got to look at the internet all day but i was quite busy with homework and everyday activities to look at world matters.

#142 to #83 - notagainpls

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(11/13/2017)[-]

...meh?

A little under starting point of the day. In other news, a rice sack toppled over in China.

#115 to #83 - lozarus

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(11/13/2017)[-]

If it goes below 90 they will give a ****. Until then, its just a fluctuation.

#98 to #83 - nimbull

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(11/13/2017)[-]

Intra day price fluctuations are the norm for stocks. Are you familiar with the stock market? The prices are generally unstable as people have different opinions on any given stocks worth.