See Dave Rickey’s post 2 above yours.

Who in their right mind would hire this clown?

It’s quote the quacks month or something?

In any case, as in years past, there are those who believe that paid online gaming is all a fad anyway.

“I don’t think there are four million people in the world who really want to play online games every month,” said Michael Pachter, a research analyst for Wedbush Morgan, a securities firm. “World of Warcraft is such an exception. I frankly think it’s the buzz factor, and eventually it will come back to the mean, maybe a million subscribers.”

“It may continue to grow in China,” Mr. Pachter added, “but not in Europe or the U.S. We don’t need the imaginary outlet to feel a sense of accomplishment here. It just doesn’t work in the U.S. It just doesn’t make any sense.”

He’s right for the wrong reasons, economic turmoil is always great for the most value-dense forms of entertainment, and lousy for every other form. The Great Depression built Hollywood, and killed Vaudeville.

MMO’s have a per-hour cost of less than a quarter, less than a dollar even if you include the cost of the internet connection and pro-rate the cost of the computer. Compare that to movies at the theatre ($5/hour and up), or TV (roughly $2/hour for a normal cable bill).

Remember that Mr. Pachter is who our brilliant superstars of the investment community, who have shown themselves to be such shrewd judges of risk and expertise, look to for advice, and much becomes clear.

I did all this the last time the entire division got laid off, and lasted long enough before the rent kill me (this time would be the mortgage).

I don’t think game industry is immune to the down turn, there will be a lag between lay off and people run out of money for games. The only exception will be people who live on social security.

DaveN :
I still think Milo’s response is one of the best troll-feeding replies I have ever seen.

Agreed. Too bad he has to stoop to cheap Internet link baiting instead relying on sound analysis.