It has been a busy week for bean counters in the video games industry, with the release of global console sales data for September, US software and hardware markets for September, and weekly software sales for UK, Japan and Steam. These figures seem to paint a similar picture: hardware sales are bad, though not as bad as over the summer, while software sales are okay. Pelham Smithers elaborates.
When the BoJ raised rates in March, it had been 17 years since it had last done so, though the world was very different then. While the July rate hike was unlikely to move the economic needle, the question now is what else might follow the subsequent financial market maelstrom. Pelham Smithers discusses the outlook for Japan’s macro environment, what new fiscal policies the new PM might introduce, how the BoJ might react and the all-important trend in corporate earnings. This then leads us to...
The Great Correction of 2022 saw the share prices of streamers plunge after market leader Netflix reported a slowdown/fall in subscriber growth. Having formerly been seduced by hectic subscriber growth rates, investors quickly refocused, this time on fundamental metrics such as revenue, margins, profits and cashflow. Since then, streamers have continued to take a steadily greater share of viewing while linear TV continues to decline. But growth in streaming subscribers in the US and UK is now a ...
After two years of flat earnings, Sony should revert to double digit growth. However, the video game business is at an inflection point in terms of profitability. This report looks at just how much the PS5 cycle might be able to drive profitability through FY26.
Over the holidays, the FCC adopted a Report and Order completing the 2018 quadrennial review of the Commission's broadcast ownership rules, upholding its current media ownership rules with only minor modifications. In this note, we quickly review what the FCC did, the implications for investors, and the broader shifts that will eventually cause a major shift in those rules (as well as what we think investors are missing in their policy analysis of a potential Discovery/Warner/Paramount deal).
There are multiple news reports that Warner Bros./Discovery (WBD) and Paramount Global (PARA) are considering a merger. In this note, we provide a quick initial assessment of potential path for government approval of such a transaction.
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