Dante Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 Publisher Majesco Entertainment's sales were down $7.1 million from the same period last year, at $14.5 million for the first quarter of 2007 compared to $21.6 million in Q1 2006. However, the company's losses are also down significantly on last year, with the operating loss reduced to $182,000 for Q1 2007, compared to a loss of $2.1 million in last year's first quarter. Majesco had previously stated that it would be moving away from big budget games and towards cheaper, more mass-market titles, and in a statement released today, confirmed that it would be continuing with this focus. In Q1 2007, 99 percent of revenue came from mass market games, and 1 percent from premium games, whereas in Q1 2006, mass market games made up only 18 percent of sales, with premium games contributing the remaining 82 percent. Majesco’s interim chief executive officer, Jesse Sutton, commented that the company would from now on be working mainly on Nintendo's platforms. He said, "Looking forward, we remain optimistic about the successes of both the Nintendo DS and Wii systems as their installed bases continue to grow, and we will focus the majority of our game development efforts on these platforms." Games on the company's slate for a 2007 release include Cooking Mama: Cook Off, Cake Mania, Toondoku, Bust-A-Move Bash!, The New York Times Crosswords, Nancy Drew: Deadly Secret of Olde World Park, and Holly Hobbie and Friends. gamespot
flameboy Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 oh great, instead of spending 40p a day on the Daily Mail, and just doing the crossword as an afterthought I can buy a game for £40 (Sure it won't be sure it will be budget) instead and play crosswords
Retro_Link Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 Wouldn't want any of those games, but support is support and they're all gonna be pretty much exclusive to Wii, so thats cool!
christophicus Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 So they will mainly doing movie tie ins then?
welsh_gamer Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 New York Times Crosswords? Wonder if they will change it to The Guardian Crossword over here...or should that be The Suns Crosswords. Easier for me then! At least this game will appeal to the many adults who brough Brain Training.
Cube Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 oh great, instead of spending 40p a day on the Daily Mail, and just doing the crossword as an afterthought I can buy a game for £40 (Sure it won't be sure it will be budget) instead and play crosswords Nope, not budget. Just a standard priced DS game.
thomaschung Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 most are great for casual and non gamers. can't see myself getting too excited though i like the dedicated support
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