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AW's future--or lack thereof (was Re: Fresh Start) (Community)
AW's future--or lack thereof (was Re: Fresh Start) // CommunityeepMar 23, 2001, 9:54am
Um, no companies are MERGING with AW; partnerships are not mergers. And in case you've been under a rock since AWCI first went public, there stock as been dropping since $5 for the past 9 months or so. Investors aren't being fooled by Rick and JP's games. Yes, AWCI may be making a pathetically small profit, but until Rick and JP can show they actually have DIRECTION for AW, and aren't just playing the latest oh-gee-let's-see-what-the-media-is-hyping-this-month card (like "e-commerce"), don't expect AWLD stock to rise anytime soon.
It's funny: I told Rick the other day in a telegram that he really needs to start getting a direction for AW and he replied with something to the effect of "well, we ARE going to the Game Developers Conference". I was like, uh, so? Your point? If you don't want AW to be the laughing stock of the GDC you should make AW more gamelike BEFORE setting up a booth there. Duh. He still doesn't get it. Ah well...perhaps some game developer WILL get it after seeing how pathetically mediocre AW is and develop something MUCH better (or acquires AWCI and develops AW CORRECTLY). [View Quote] > ..actually.. i completeley disagree-I personally feel aw has plenty of money > to go around.. over 30 universes, all paying their money to aw.. over 700 > worlds.. paying they're money to aw.. at any one time there can be 300-700+ > users on aw.. most paying they're money to aw.. and with all of this money > coming in.. what do they have to pay for? maybe rent (for the building) > connection.. servers.. employees.. but I'm almost certain that their money > coming in is a much higher rate then they're money going out.. you'll talk > about how low they're stock is, but when considering the recession, and what > there stock HAS been.. it's not that bad.... a lot of large succesfull > companies are merging with aw.. so it can't be THAT pathetic.. but i could > be wrong.... > [View Quote] |