Sentences with phrase «commercial failure of»

This has all helped the Nintendo Switch become a great success story, which is all the sweeter for the Big N considering the commercial failure of (the secretly pretty - darn good) Wii U. Nintendo's fortunes have seemingly turned a complete 180, akin to what happened between the GameCube and the original Wii.
SEGA's completely gone in terms of home hardware, destroyed after the commercial failure of the (now revered) Dreamcast; and Nintendo's transformed from a prime player of the 1980s and»90s, where its rules - abiding consoles held their own against all - comers, into something else entirely.
It's a genre that was also declared dead after the commercial failure of the critically acclaimed Grim Fandango; a genre that, over the past few years, has slowly but surely been coming back into the mainstream.
Zero Time Dilemma's planning started back in 2012 but the game was put on hold indefinitely due to the commercial failure of the series in Japan.
That all came out of the commercial failure of the Resident Evil remake.
Both American and Japanese press could not help but link his departure to the commercial failure of the Virtual Boy.
After the commercial failure of a great many games released in the late Nineties, it was no longer profitable to merely indulge storytelling and the genre...
After the commercial failure of a great many games released in the late Nineties, it was no longer profitable to merely indulge storytelling and the genre went through a decade long wasteland with only a few good titles to tide over the fans.
We join the couple mid-voyage, after the critical and commercial failure of Moby - Dick has sunk H.M., as he is called, into a well of despair...
It still remains to be seen whether the commercial failure of Speed Racer will drive The Wachowski Brothers further away from the spotlight, but for their next project Ninja Assassin they are taking a hands - off approach, once again letting V For Vendetta «s James McTeigue direct.
Emily Blunt has no regrets over the commercial failure of her movie The...
The finished product was well received, earning important awards — best actress for Duvall at the Cannes Film Festival and best supporting actress for Spacek from the New York Film Critics Circle — and garnering enough enthusiastic reviews to revive Altman's career after the critical and commercial failure of Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976), his previous picture.
WHY: After the critical and commercial failure of «Cowboys & Aliens,» it's nice to see Jon Favreau getting back to his roots with a small character - driven piece like «Chef.»
The commercial failure of the long - delayed sequel isn't too surprising.
Still, considering that these characters have largely been out of circulation this century — they last appeared in Cartoon Network's 2001 movie The Flintstones: On the Rocks and are probably better associated with the critical and commercial failure of 2000's unnecessary theatrical live - action sequel Viva Rock Vegas — the faithfulness of the characterizations and the comedy exceeds your low expectations.
Another available reading is that this is Refn's poison valentine to Los Angeles: the place that once lured him with its bright artificial lights and perpetual sun, only to chew him up and spit him out following the commercial failure of his 2003 film Fear X; and, latterly, where he splits his time between his native Copenhagen.
Commercial failure of the technologies he developed there left him unemployed in 2003 and looking for new directions.
«Our success is primarily dependent on audience acceptance of our films, which is extremely difficult to predict and, therefore, inherently risky... Our business is currently substantially dependent upon the success of a limited number of film releases each year and the unexpected delay or commercial failure of any one of them could have a material adverse effect on our financial results and cash flows.»
This didn't pay off, and the company lost market share in the face of Nintendo's strong Super Nintendo lineup and the commercial failures of the 32X and Sega CD.

Not exact matches

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.
Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward - looking statements due to these risks and uncertainties as well as other factors, which include, without limitation: the uncertain timing of, and risks relating to, the executive search process; risks related to the potential failure of eptinezumab to demonstrate safety and efficacy in clinical testing; Alder's ability to conduct clinical trials and studies of eptinezumab sufficient to achieve a positive completion; the availability of data at the expected times; the clinical, therapeutic and commercial value of eptinezumab; risks and uncertainties related to regulatory application, review and approval processes and Alder's compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements; risks and uncertainties relating to the manufacture of eptinezumab; Alder's ability to obtain and protect intellectual property rights, and operate without infringing on the intellectual property rights of others; the uncertain timing and level of expenses associated with Alder's development and commercialization activities; the sufficiency of Alder's capital and other resources; market competition; changes in economic and business conditions; and other factors discussed under the caption «Risk Factors» in Alder's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 26, 2018, and is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of James Bond films — and the impending release of Skyfall, his latest adventure — we reviewed the most notable business exploits of Bond villains past to glean valuable lessons from their spectacular commercial failures.
He first watched, then co-authored, the strategy that saw CWB bury the taint of the failures in the 1980s of Alberta - based Canadian Commercial and Northland banks.
The success or failure of this commercial argument is what will drive your revenue success or failure.
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Failure to take into account the principles of the right to development in agreements between states and the World Bank, IMP and commercial banks with regard to external debt repayment and structural adjustment frustrates the realization of the right to development and of all human rights.
Woodward's failure in his first summer in charge of chasing and completing transfers as well as commercial deals didn't knock his confidence when speaking to the media.
Andy Stone, chairman of Petra, a «vulture investor» whom Crain's calls «one of the godfathers of the commercial mortgage - backed securities market,» suffered massive failures in 2010 when his funds went bankrupt.
The accused, a security guard attached to one of the commercial banks on Lagos Island, attributed the cause of the accident to brake failure.
The sale came as part of a themed auction called «Bound to Fail,» a selection of 39 works of modern and contemporary art exploring the idea of commercial failure and risk - taking to expand the boundaries of art.
But for the quick intervention of operators of one of Ghana's busiest commercial centres, the Accra Mall, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), would have shut down the mall on Wednesday morning over its failure to pay taxes.
The Anambra State Government on Saturday sealed - up nine buildings in the commercial city of Onitsha following failure of the owners to pay property rates amounting to...
Syracuse, NY — The state Thruway Authority agreed Monday to transfer 34 acres surrounding the Syracuse Inner Harbor to the city in hopes that it will overcome the state's decade of failure to redevelop the land into a recreational, residential and commercial attraction.
Failure to tamp down Ebola's spread is stressing the infrastructure of countries stricken with the disease that must still continue to provide basic health and security services and promote routine commercial activity.
Rocketplane's failure underscores how ambitious companies can get eaten alive by the difficulty of commercial spaceflight.
In 2008 a federal recovery plan stated that the white abalone «was driven to such low levels during the height of the commercial fishery that adults do not occur in high enough densities to successfully reproduce, contributing to repeated recruitment failure and an effective population size near zero.»
As we are seeing over genetically modified food, a basic failure to consider the wider ethical context of such commercial ambitions is endangering the very future of European biotechnology.
But scientists say their ability to continue to collect and analyze such data is threatened by the commercial sale of the some data, and the possible failure of a key satellite.
The fine line between failure and success is as thin as the thread that separates love and tragedy, and in this tale of a self - destructive artist attempting to regain his identity after a harrowing bout with commercial success, one man finds out just how difficult it can be to built a stable future on the foundation of an uncertain past.
While Oz did not reach those same lofty commercial heights, it performed a lot closer to Alice than to John Carter, whose failure (long foreseeable amidst a title change and material of questionable drawing power) ultimately warranted a $ 200 M write - down.
By the time the pair teamed up on a disastrous adaptation of the controversial Last Temptation of Christ, Scorsese's reputation was strong enough to withstand that film's commercial failure.
This entirely fictional movie tells the story of the miraculous landing of a commercial Jet after a mechanical failure sends it plummeting to the ground.
«Landru» was a commercial and critical success, but «Ophelia» the same year was a failure, beginning a period of involuntary idleness for Chabrol.
If Zoolander 2 doesn't quite squander this maturity (the subject of fatherhood logically progresses, Antoine Doinel - like, from the romantic denouement of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty), it also suggests a by - product of that picture's commercial failure and the Gen - X panic Stiller portrayed so adeptly in Noah Baumbach's While We're Young.
The fire keeps burning, even though the winds of critical and commercial failure keep trying to blow it out.
«Lemon» is a lot of things: a dark comedy about failure, a brilliant cultural treatise on the dumb white male comedy trope, and the warming story of Bravo and Gelman's off - screen relationship, as their marriage is reflected in a relationship that Isaac starts with Cleo, a woman (Nia Long) he meets on a commercial shoot.
The writer - director's career over the last dozen years has been like an exercise in entropy: from the critical and commercial success of The Sixth Sense; to the underrated Unbreakable; to the bold but ill - conceived Signs; to the escalating idiocies of The Village; to the risible Lady in the Water (a failure notable enough to occasion an entire book); to The Happening, a picture so terrible that it defied conventional criticism.
The 1989 hit came along as Disney had just suffered a string of critical and commercial failures (The Black Cauldron, The Great Mouse Detective).
Rocketing to superstardom with Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Carrey rode a steady stream of massive hits for the first half of the 1990s (including The Mask and Dumb and Dumber) until The Cable Guy, a dark comedy that commanded Carrey his $ 20 million pay day (the biggest at the time) but also made for his first commercial failure.
The period of Eddie Murphy's career between Coming to America in 1987 and The Nutty Professor in 1996 has always been considered a darker period, with Murphy struggling to retain his superstar status only to find commercial failure.
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