out forum if you want to become a professional game analyst, then .What you need skills and capacity? this, we consulted with securities companies Wedbush Morgan Securities, Michael Parker Special (Michael Pachter). .He is responsible for the company shares | voting managing director of research, and also the gaming industry's leading analysts. .

1, learn, every day

no matter what industry you want to become an analyst, you need to be higher. .Puckett own experiences: "I have four degrees, my undergraduate degree in political science; but I read a law degree, and has master's degree in tax law; In addition, I have an MBA ( .MBA )?"

2, in the end is to become an analyst or consultant or counselor?

media like to Puckett they referred to as analysts, however, in fact, they .division of labor and industry have different positions. .You want to get involved in this industry, we must determine its own direction and goals. .

"media professionals have different definitions of the analysts, but they like to people, such as Jesse Divnich, David Cole and I am confused. Jesse Divnich is a consultant who deal with game publisher company .and investors often seek his advice, his help investors understand the game development mechanisms, procedures, costs and success factors, and so on. David Cole is a service for the game's consultant, he regularly wrote the game industry .research reports for its customers and his customers are some of the game company. I was to advise institutional investors to help them understand how much should be purchased or held shares of game publishers | tickets our customers, although .overlap, but still very different, and our role is completely different division of labor, however, we are collectively referred to as' analyst'?"

"my job is to predict shares | votes .income, and tell those investors the value of each investment, which means I have to understand the financial aspects of the gaming industry in the play industry analyst, I have dealt with many cases of mergers and acquisitions, so I have a good grasp .assess the business value of technology, and can read each company's earnings and balance sheet. "

3, intense competition, as analysts are not easy

" in the brokerage firm .Inside, there are about 30 game industry analysts, in addition, more than 200 companies have hired a number of analysts, add up to a total of about 2,500 analysts due to the threshold of the door industry is not high, so many people .can engage in a career which also means that an adequate supply, but demand is very small. In other words, the living can be easy to find, you want to become an analyst in 2500, a member is not easy. " .

4, not shy, thick skin

"I would not for any person to provide free consulting services, but I am willing to accept the media consulting in most of the consultation, I will express .their own views. the media is a powerful tool that helps me to establish the image of the experts, if you consult more than once to me, that means you find my advice is valuable. most of the media will again and again .Three to ask for my advice and opinions, which is enough to make my conclusion: I will help them find the answer to that question if I frequently being in the public media, so my customers will be further convinced that I was an expert. ."

" for those critical voices, we must be ready if I made a view, it is likely that half the audience would not agree, which is helpless to do if my views .has been endorsed by more than half of the audience, then people will criticize me for doing something we all know that common sense; if I was more than half of the opposition, then people will say I was a two goods. "

5 .analysts work hard, have a sense of spirit

"Most people may not know that I work 70-80 hours a week or so, a year and 60 days can not go home; .The annual business trip flight, 12 million km; and I start every morning on a 4:30 pm They do not know that I write 60 year analysis (on average, 1 every 3 weeks) and the average report .up to 4 pages or so, so many things I have to write these reports, including my predictions of future events, which means I have to make many predictions. For example, last week I've just released NPD data for forecasts. I .forecast sales of the host, the host of software sales, software sales distributors, and individual game sales. Overall, there are 50 that report forecast to take this, I help my clients have found that: in the actual .Data released before or after the announcement, they have the opportunity to make money and I believe the 50 forecasts all wrong, but overall, I am very close to the actual data, of course, I guess you can just provide a number (such as: software .Sales = $ 1.5 billion), but if I do not have to show my clients how to get data, then the data does not make sense. In addition, prediction error, I will be criticized, but I must put to. " .

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