THQ Stock Price Crashes

[gigastar]

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Oh Christ, I completely forgot about the mess that was the uDraw thing. Who the bloody hell though that was a good idea? XD

I'm beginning to think a buy-out will be the best case scenario for THQ at this point.

Which is not really a comforting thought, considering who the primary buy-out'ers might be.

I don't want to think about it

Let us all pray that Valve could perhaps find some of the stuff interesting enough to make sure it doesn't fall into EA's grubby mitts.

Quite frankly Valve isnt in the habit of purchasing companies. I think Take Two would be best suited to buy them, if only for thier remaining quality developers.

Hmm...Take Two could work quite well. I just completely forgot about them.

Anyone besides EA or Activision would be preferable.

To be honest i dont think they would take interest in a publisher that deals exclusively in non-generic games with a mediocre sales history.

EA might if they felt like owning the IPs of yet more MMFPS's, but i doubt THQ would sell out to them if they could avoid it. Its well known what happens to developers at EA when they think you underperform, and what happens to franchises when they think you could do better.

Also i think Relic would sooner perform collective seppuku rather than be forced to release games exclusively on Origin.

 

[2fish]

I hope that if they go under the good games (the ones I like ) get picked up by another group. They did make some risky games and I guess it has come back to get them.

 

[AzrealMaximillion]

Well Volition shouldn't have played Russian Roulette with an automatic when it came to the Red Faction and Saints Row franchises.

Seriously they pulled the same BS twice. RF:Guerrilla was great, then they took out anything that made the game great and made RF:Armageddon. Did the same thing with Saints Row 2 to SR3. AND they tried to use it as a DLC money machine. They can die for all I care, Relic and Vigil needs to stay running though. They actually make decent games.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Well that didn't take long. They split on their investors, now their investors are splitting on them.

Tell that to Relic Entertainment, Vigil Games and Volition, who are all genuinely talented developers that will be affected by THQ's mismanagement.

But that'd take empathy. Don't have time to have empathy when you have smartass comments to make! Everyone knows that.

Oh I've got empathy, I just prefer not to waste it on people who make mediocre games.

So Homeworld, the Dawn of War Series, Company of Heroes, Darksiders and the Metro Franchise are all mediocre to you? Or are you just being petty for the sake of it?

 

[Worgen]

This sucks, THQ was one of the last big publishers who seemed willing to make games that weren't just modern military shooters. Ill bet the lesson that the industry will learn from this is that they didn't copy call of duty enough.

 

[JarinArenos]

Trying not to feel schadenfreude over Volition after Saints Row 3 (i.e. replacing everything good about SR2 with purple dildos)... trying... trying...

Failed. I'm a bad person.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Well that didn't take long. They split on their investors, now their investors are splitting on them.

Tell that to Relic Entertainment, Vigil Games and Volition, who are all genuinely talented developers that will be affected by THQ's mismanagement.

But that'd take empathy. Don't have time to have empathy when you have smartass comments to make! Everyone knows that.

Oh I've got empathy, I just prefer not to waste it on people who make mediocre games.

So Homeworld, the Dawn of War Series, Company of Heroes, Darksiders and the Metro Franchise are all mediocre to you? Or are you just being petty for the sake of it?

Well Darksiders was yes, I'm not saying that they haven't made good games but you shouldn't be surprised when your stock does poorly after your games do poorly. There were bad business decisions that were out of their hands and I still feel sorry for Relic, Vigil and even Volition, but not THQ.

Then throw your bile at the people who deserve it, not the guys getting fucked over because of someone else's incompetence. THQ doesn't make the games (most of the time), but they make the publishing decisions.

 

[Blazing Steel]

I know THQ wasn't all that 'good', but it's always sad to see developers and publishers suffer.

I wish all the employees the best of luck cause it looks like there's gonna be hell of a lot of people out of work.

Captcha: Move over. Damn captcha you're heatless, almost as much as that 'no fucks' guy...

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

Honestly, I really don't care about THQ. That company can burn for pushing just as hard as EA with their Project $10 equivalent, not to mention all the shovelware they made on the GBA.

Seriously, am I the only one around here whose main experience with THQ has been shovelware? I know they have some real games, but it doesn't seem to be at the core of their business plan.

 

[flarty]

Well that didn't take long. They split on their investors, now their investors are splitting on them.

Tell that to Relic Entertainment, Vigil Games and Volition, who are all genuinely talented developers that will be affected by THQ's mismanagement.

But that'd take empathy. Don't have time to have empathy when you have smartass comments to make! Everyone knows that.

Oh I've got empathy, I just prefer not to waste it on people who make mediocre games.

Unfortunately thats subjective, not a fact.

 

[Something Amyss]

Having trouble thinking of a nicer group of people for it to happen to.

And while I have nothing against Relic or Vigil, I can't say I'll shed a tear for Voliton.

 

[Something Amyss]

Unfortunately thats subjective, not a fact.

Unfortunately, that's irrelevant, since they only have to be mediocre in his opinion.

 

[Elijah Newton]

:/ I was looking forward to Dawn of War 3 someday, with the idea that it'd undo what I didn't care for with DoW2. Here's hoping someone is mad enough to tackle the WH40k setting with an RTS, if only so I can stop playing the first one.

 

[hatseflats]

That's a real shame. They've made some of the most enjoyable games of the past few years. I enjoyed Red Faction Guerilla, Metro 2033 and Saint's Row tremendously.

 

[Nouw]

Well fuck. I know virtually nothing about economics so I'd like to know what's next for THQ? What are their options?

 

[Starke]

Seriously, am I the only one around here whose main experience with THQ has been shovelware? I know they have some real games, but it doesn't seem to be at the core of their business plan.

It kinda depends which platform you encountered them on. On the PC (and I assume 360 and PS3), Shovelware seemed to be in the minority. If you went to the the GBA and (I think) the PSPwhatever, most of what the turned out was shovelware.

 

[Treblaine]

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Well that didn't take long. They split on their investors, now their investors are splitting on them.

Someone hasn't played Saints Row the Third.

That game was everything GTA4 was supposed to be but wasn't, and then some. God damnit, it was the only genuinely fun single-player game of 2011 and so much was promised still for Saints Row Goes Forth.

FUUUUUUCK!! Why are publishers behind such great studios like THQ failing while Activision pops out a COD4 clone every 12 months making billions upon billions!?!? Why does EA exist at ALL!!?!?

Company of Heroes 2 is ALMOST HERE?!?!

The only way you cannot give a fuck is if you are one of those rare breed of gamers who don't play games. Or at least not any of the games relevant to the topic at hand.

Darksiders
Metro: last Light
Company of Heroes

This is a GOOD PUBLISHER! One of the better ones around.

 

[flarty]

Unfortunately thats subjective, not a fact.

Unfortunately, that's irrelevant, since they only have to be mediocre in his opinion.

erm not when he appears to be stating it as fact. I enjoyed a few games from THQ and just because he feels the games they've published were not up to his standard, doesn't mean he should think it was OK for people to lose their jobs. In fact that's the worst reason to think anyone is deserving of losing their job. "I didn't like your game, hope you get fired!" is a good mentality?

Besides i think DVS BSTrD is more than capable of defending his own comments from criticisms.

 

[chiefohara]

Im sorry to see this.

Loved Dawn of war, got into the lore and the books thanks to the games.

Loved Metro 2033, Also read and loved the book thanks to the game.

Thoroughly enjoyed Company of Heroes....

THQ deserved better than this

 

[Treblaine]

You also forgot to mention "Saints Row the Turd".

That awful pun is as bad as your taste in games.

Be honest now, have you even played Saints Row the Third?

I have and I haven't played any other game like it, it is BRILLIANT! It's everything GTA was supposed to be but had spent too much time with its head up it's ass with heavy handed un-funny satire.

Also the Saints Row 3's PC version was wonderful, so good. Did everything right. Maybe that's why console gamers shat on it, no lock-on aim like in GTA4. Well it was refreshing on PC with mouse aim.

The game scaled wonderfully, constantly upping the ante and giving more and more abilities yet always raising the challenge. The customisation was everything I hoped for from character creation to vehicles. Making my own character and styling her as a badass militant revolutionary... I got attached to that game.