Now, a lot of The9′s problems, and thus uncertainties, comes from their own infrastructure problems; there IS a huge issue of them actually being able to support the demand for the game. In fact, there previously was a HUGE uproar in the Chinese playerbase about the login queues. The significance of this is that Chinese players do not pay a flat monthly fee like Western players do, but instead pay on a finer gradient, which previously meant that they had to pay for the 2 hour queue BEFORE they actually got into the game. This is why this particular company is volatile, and as such things revolve around their ability to grow in response to this difficulty.

A difficulty which, evidently, Blizzard themselves routinely halfass as a matter of course. $25 transfers? Yep, that sounds like a fucking awesome fix! Really interested in paying more for a simple character transfer than i would for the actual gametime!

And from that, further instability can come from what kind of fucktarded hoops The9 has to jump through to compensate for Blizzards own deep, DEEP logistical fuckups.

Besides that, you really have to wonder who’s buying nVidia stock, and for what reason. Is it simply because the PC graphics card market is going to aimlessly push ahead, and PC games are going to encourage them to do so for no discernable reason? Is is some sort of vicious cycle like that? Are stocks like that becoming too insular?

Now, a lot of The9′s problems, and thus uncertainties, comes from their own infrastructure problems; there IS a huge issue of them actually being able to support the demand for the game. In fact, there previously was a HUGE uproar in the Chinese playerbase about the login queues. The significance of this is that Chinese players do not pay a flat monthly fee like Western players do, but instead pay on a finer gradient, which previously meant that they had to pay for the 2 hour queue BEFORE they actually got into the game. This is why this particular company is volatile, and as such things revolve around their ability to grow in response to this difficulty.

A difficulty which, evidently, Blizzard themselves routinely halfass as a matter of course. $25 transfers? Yep, that sounds like a fucking awesome fix! Really interested in paying more for a simple character transfer than i would for the actual gametime!

And from that, further instability can come from what kind of fucktarded hoops The9 has to jump through to compensate for Blizzards own deep, DEEP logistical fuckups.

Besides that, you really have to wonder who’s buying nVidia stock, and for what reason. Is it simply because the PC graphics card market is going to aimlessly push ahead, and PC games are going to encourage them to do so for no discernable reason? Is is some sort of vicious cycle like that? Are stocks like that becoming too insular?