Who are the top (50-100) analysts for the videogaming/interactive
entertainment industry?  I am interested in an international scope and
would like to receive:  name, company, website, phone & email (where
available).

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Request for Question Clarification by bobby_d-ga on 22 Nov 2002 12:13 PST

Just to avoid any confusion (as I am particularly unfamiliar with this
term):
What do you mean by "analysts"?  Do you mean the analysts used in the
game design and development process?  Or do you mean the reviewers
(those who analyse) the games?  Or maybe something total different
that I missed!?

Thanks very much,
bobby_d

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Clarification of Question by sew122-ga on 25 Nov 2002 07:32 PST

Good question!

When I say analysts, I mean people from the financial world (often at
investment banking firms) who analyze the state of the video game
industry.  They research various trends/companies in the video game
industry to provide information to investors.  Often, they are quoted
in articles about the state of the video game industry and/or about
how certain video gaming companies are doing.  Does that help?

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Request for Question Clarification by omnivorous-ga on 25 Nov 2002 09:50 PST

Sew122 --

A friend runs a video game company here in Seattle and tells me that
the total number of financial analysts following the industry probably
doesn't exceed two dozen.  Having done searches such as this before, I
also have to warn you that U.S. analysts are the easiest to find;
European analysts not too difficult; but language problems will make
Japanese and other Far Eastern searches difficult.

Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA