the stock seems suprisingly stable despite the upswing in coh media, although my guess is its more reflecting on what happened to coh than bashing ncsoft and/or pointing out one of the many flaws about them
Yeah.
dont take any of the following this the wrong way or anything but it's just little tidbit I observed while hanging about many people that deal heavily in stock. I mean beyond the little fiddling I do, I mean some are in it major that make my 10,000-15,000 per corporation, look like a penny not worth bothering about. Some of those guys gain and lose more than that in a matter of hours (depending if the stocks are actually in a nose dive) and dont even flinch.
I dont think we reached their sight much. Alot of these guys are old school old money who definition of playing a game is blowing 100,000 or so at the craps tables. For some, the stock market IS a game.
Also some dont give a hootenanny about how the corporation make money and raise the value of the stock, as long as they do just that. For many, the corporation could fire everyone person except one guy working for 1.50 hour 19 hour days 7 days a week and burying his body out back when he dies from exhaustion as long as the profits go up and or stock value go up.
Although some will sell their stock off after hearing about questionable activities no matter how much they lose out of their moral beliefs.
Others still, may be outrage at the decision but stick around.
And some are in it for the long haul and look at things in 5-10 year increments. We see a dip here and there but it's still higher than about 5 years ago and 10 years ago and those long haulers dont care about minor dips that happen month to month. As long as it stays above the level they bought it and show no sign of crashing, they are smugger than a dude swimming in an ocean of money.
And some area combination of all the above, well most are in one way or another according to the ones I know about and who they know about.
Overall stockholders are not on Massively, IGN and other game sites. Many probably never played the game. If I get a letter to the stockholder's meeting and I can go (side note: one corporation I own only one stock now and really dont even count it as part of my portfolio and still get the invites lol.) I'll try to ask them if they actually play the products assuming I dont get crushed by someone's wallet.