Console Ports of The Movies Cancelled

During a conference call earlier today, global mega giant developing and publishing superstar Activision discussed that, like every other publisher and every other console for every new hardware generation change ever in this industry’s history, its third quarter 2006 fiscal year profits were lower than anticipated by Wall Street analysts. This is because - and this may shock you - when a new console comes out, i.e. the Xbox 360, your typical consumer doesn’t continue purchasing games for their old, ‘obsolete’ machines anymore. Instead they - hold on to your hats, folks - decide to save their money for the new, shinier machines and games coming out within the next year. And as a result, sales for existing machines drop dramatically. It’s an amazing phenomenon that analysts have yet to wrap their heads around.

As a result of Activision’s weaker-than-predicted financial performance - which, incidentally, was the highest grossing in company history, it just wasn’t as high as trusted, professional, hawk-eyed ANALYSTS thought it would be - some fat had to be trimmed. Namely, the console ports of Lionhead Studios’ The Movies have been cancelled. Specifically, SKUs for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, and Gamecube have been shelved. Fear not, though, the PC version is readily available. And I hear it’s an okay game!