Arvind Bhatia, market analyst at the American Sterne Agee, thinks that Titan, the new mmog from Blizzard Entertainment, a casual game will be. The game would, within two years of hatching. He does not clarify on which he relies.
Bhatia estimates that within 24 months, a casual mmog from Blizzard Entertainment appears. He refers to the game that until now is only known under the working title of Titan. Bhatia does not clarify how he heard that Blizzard to a casual mmog works. Blizzard has admitted that the new mmog works which has the working title Titan is wearing, but about the nature of the game has the studio still not released. Blizzard-director Paul Sams gave in march that Titan is already playable. He called the game “the most ambitious thing we’ve ever attempted’. He expected, moreover, that the game the popularity of World of Warcraft is going to surpass. The director was not known whether Titan a casual game is.
Arvind Bhatia called the mmog in a report (pdf) that he, on behalf of agency Sterne Agee fielded and in which he analysed the share price of publisher Activision Blizzard in the next six months is going to do. Bhatia thinks that the stock is above expectation will perform. His optimism is mainly based on the offer of the publisher for the next 24 months. Investors were of the opinion that the publisher was very heavily leaned on the two major successes in the catalogue: Blizzards mmog World of Warcraft and Activisions Call of Duty series.
Bhatia sees change in the future. So, he expects Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is even better than its predecessor. In addition, Bhatia a lot in Skylander, a computer game for children, played with speelgoedpoppetjes. The analyst is also positive about the new Call of Duty Elite service that provides the publisher a month ago announced. He is also positive about the market opportunities from Blizzard, within 24 months new expansions for StarCraft II and World of Warcraft to be expected and that rpg Diablo III brings to the market.