Jim

This isn't news. This is just Joystiq muddying the waters unnecessarily. The CEO said "The launch date, while in our fiscal year (before March, 2012), is not yet certain." That's nothing new...they haven't announced a launch date other than the second half of the calendar year and they aren't going to set a date on an investor call.

As far as the CFO's statement about the possibility of January or beyond, most publicly traded companies provide investors with a range of guidance on how the company might perform over the coming year. If you ever read a financial filing, it is filled with disclosures on the risks of forward looking statements. For companies in this industry, delays are almost always a risk and therefore it's only prudent to provide investors with low end guidance which might include a delay to a title as important their financials as TOR is to EA.

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I agree, extremely odd. Especially the statement that those kinds of reports are only valuable when there are many spread-out retailers. So, suddenly if there's one game in town then no one should get the data? Very monopolistic behavior. I've worked on projects before where those kinds of industry metrics would've been invaluable. Just seems like a d$%& move to not even sell that data to those who need it.

The blond bombshell with black lipstick Christa Shepard was my last playthrough.

What makes you think Kevin Packingham had anything to do with any of Sprint's successes?

Expecto Shwagitum - makes Harry Potter swag magically appear

Give me a Wacom anyday.

"That's ambitious, but if Nikon can produce a tiny shooter with some of the D3S's low-light capabilities and the ability to accept even a subset of its modern family of lenses"

What?!?! Do you guys actually have any photographers on staff or do you just accept big wads of cash from Nikon & Canon to review their flag-ship products?

The sensor in the D3S and D700 which enable those amazing low-light capabilities are FULL FRAME (FX) sensors (sensor is 1:1 w/35mm film). That full frame allows the camera to absorb more light and take pictures in darker environments. Every other SLR camera Nikon sells is a DX (cropped) sensor. Those full frame sensors are pretty massive and would not fit into a "tiny shooter". Even if Nikon could fit FX into body the size of the D300 or D90, having a FX camera in the sub $2k range would take a big chunk out of their DX sales.

Which leads us to the reality of Nikon's statement. Nikon wants to increase sales of interchangeable lens cameras because...tada...they want you to buy more interchangeable lenses. If they can get you locked into their brand by making you purchases lenses even further "down market", the more likely you are to upgrade from that camera to a 'true' Nikon SLR because you can use the lenses. Then, since FX sensors are reserved to the flagship products, you'll realize years later after investing thousands into lenses for DX cameras you'll need to purchase even more lenses if you want to move up to FX.

As a shareholder I can say "Sprint didn't work out as well as I hoped".

Well, hopefully Microsoft will see the success the iPad is having and will re-think this shortly. A Courier device could be so successful (if it actually works) because it's going in a different direction than the rest of the market vs. just following Apple's lead and going the Slate route.

They look purple & green.

Hopefully this comes stateside. I've been holding out on this one until the GoTY edition pops up.