If the case for continuing to hold the investment is weak, a taxable event is a secondary concern.

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The upstart or young pretender KRW (South Korean won) is currently weak against the USD on event risk, but the market anticipates the currency to trade back to pre-crisis strength against the JPY.

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It allows you to hand-wave weak sales or bad reviews and blame outside factors like pirates or server failures in the event the game struggles.

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Francesco Garzarelli from Goldman Sachs said that in the event of a massive write-down "a systemic danger in the eurozone which comes from the weak link that is Greece will be removed".

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