Embracer Group Forum: Community User: Grimaxe

The company’s frantic dealmaking also attracted sceptics wary that, like so many roll-ups before it, the result will prove to be a fractured mess worth far less than the sum of its parts. Four hedge funds with short positions in the group outlined concerns to the FT. Among the issues they raised are: the difficulty in assessing the company’s financial performance due to repeated internal reorganisations and a switch from local to international accounting standards; accounting practices around newly purchased companies that may obscure the group’s underlying performance; and a belief that the company is poorly positioned for a wider downturn in the gaming sector after a coronavirus pandemic-fuelled boom. “They’ve been acquiring all these companies, so you can’t get to their organic growth at any time,” said an investment manager at a British hedge fund that holds a short position. “The reality is that when the music stops, they’ll start to struggle to pay down debt.”

kanns leider nicht lesen.

https://www.ft.com/content/014a8d06-0647-4fe3-9989-73a525cbcfe6

Wurde in einem anderen Thread schon gesagt, aber das Line-Up für dieses Jahr ist wirklich vielversprechend. Und Dead Island 2 zeigt meines Erachtens, dass Embracer Group es kann. Das Spiel liefert genau das ab, was es sollte und ist in seiner Zombie-Nische sicherlich eine sehr gute Alternative.