This Week In The Business_ “A Nightmare.”

What’s happened in [[link]] the business of video games this past week… QUOTE | “Definitely affects our bottom line.” – PixelJunk developer Dylan Cuthbert on the financial impact the [[link]] PSN outage is having on developers(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); QUOTE | “PS3 sales won’t be impacted at all.” – Belief of analyst Michael Pachter that Sony’s PSN fiasco actually won’t harm PS3 hardware sales STAT | 11% – The people who are ditching PSN and PS3 in reaction to the outage and stolen personal info, per an exclusive IndustryGamers poll of 3,400 readers. TWIST | Sony’s reeling from the PSN fiasco, but lots of other companies have faced worse and bounced back—Tylenol cyanide deaths (1982), Mattel lead [[link]] paint toy recall (2007), Toyota stuck accelerator pedal (2009), etc. QUOTE | “A nightmare.” – How David Cole of research firm DFC Intelligence assessed the PSN breach QUOTE | “Much like Sega’s Dreamcast.” – Stipulation by analyst Michael Pachter that Nintendo’s Wii successor could suffer a similar fate as an “in-between console.” QUOTE | “Legs are shaking.” – Former Apple games guru Graeme Devine’s assertion that Nintendo and Sony are quaking in their boots over the rise of smartphone gaming QUOTE | “Carry the entire publishing infrastructure of MTV games.” – Harmonix exec Greg LoPiccolo on the unfortunate burden the Rock Band studio dealt with STAT | 2.7 million – The number of Xbox 360s shipped (along with 2.4 million Kinects) in Microsoft’s record fiscal third quarter STAT | 140 million – The number of downloads reached for Angry Birds, as Rovio eyes an additional 100 million in China QUOTE | “Deeply personal reaction.” – EA Games boss Frank Gibeau describes how he reacts to game reviews and the upcoming fight between Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty This Week In Business courtesy of IndustryGamers.com (Top photo: Shutterstock)