THQ sales, losses nearly double

Assuming that THQ is meaning that the phrase "core" means "money-making", I suppose that the possibilities for the "one more exciting core title" are: Possibility #1: The next WWE All-Stars game (if THQ is modest about its definition of money-making - all of its versions supposedly sold a few hundred thousand copies combined, though I can only surmise this from VGChartz, which is only good for very rough figures. Possibility #2: The next WWE Smackdown VS Raw game - typically the one for 2012. the 2011 version (released in 2010) is no slouch in sales, as are the previous games. UPDATE: Apparently WWE '12 will be the next game. Pardon me for not knowing much about the wrestling entertainment business. :P Possibility #3: Some variant of video game UFC, with a different title other than "Undisputed".

Darksiders 2? any one?

People keep thinking I'm knocking SR3, when all I say is that I'm not going to praise the greatness of a game that isn't even out, yet. If it turns out to be all that, then great, but come on. I'm just saying we don't know yet, so it shouldn't be an example of how well THQ is doing.

THQ is banking on Saints Row, a mediocre WWE series game and a periphreal game/device to create a solid 4th quarter sales figure? I am not hating on any game here, but from a business perspective (and with the eye of a gamer with common sense), I think THQ needs to reevaluate its future ambitions, licenses and prospects, less they go the way of other studios which became lost in the mediocre and obscure. They have done great work with the 40K license, and it has grown immensely from days of Firewarrior on PS2 to the RTS to Space Marine, and I hope to see more of the like. I think it should also be noted that aside from solid license names, what garners praise, awards and primarily investors is a unique, original game that creates a new "world" full of future possibilities, characters and sequels.

These guy seriously need to start making/publishing better games. I haven't enjoyed playing one of their games in a long time. The only THQ game I bought recently is Metro 2033 for $5 on Steam to use as a benchmark.

There have never been sooo many awesome games out at one time. We only have so much money and time to spend on video games.

@vforvitiello "with gta v coming out. who cares about saints row?" People who prefer saint row over GTA, and people who wants both games (like me).

I blame Homefront. That game was written PHAIL all over it.

@j0abell Saints Row alone has been handled very well by THQ. Saints Row 2 had many of it's predecessors faults fixed, and the amount of added features made a more deserving and well made game. If even HALF the stuff in SRTT is true, than it shows they are a very competent company and can make a real, true game franchise out of what was essentially just a GTA clone to begin with but has now become it's own personal entity.

To be honest I'm surprised it sold decently, I thought it was very much an obscure game in front of the other big hitters coming out. Still glad to see other games doing well.

@KoLBEH @squidshoggoth @Meteor7 Agreed, and while even though Space Marines lacked the budget the mainstream games have (CoD, Battlefield, Gears, Uncharted, Halo, Killzone, etc.) it held up pretty well. Most review were 8's, promting people to invest into an enjoyable game and it shows. I honestly didn't think 1.2 million was gonna be possible for this game. Don't get me wrong, I was hyped as hell about the game, and still have my copy and play it often, but that's just because I'm a huge 40k fan, and I honestly thought this game was gonna bomb, because all I ever heard for months watching the demos, reading articles, and consistently checking for updates on forums was nothing but Gears fans bashing, and hating on the game for NO reason, and when the game released they were shocked to find out it was NOTHING like Gears, and Epic games themselves had to post online that W40k was their inspiration to begin with and that their fans are being ridiculous. The fanboys aside, and my love of the series, the game on it's own is a pretty decent one, worth a purchase, if only people would stop worshiping mainstream. :)

@xHOJUx ha ha wow really. you think Metro 2033 is good? ha ha also what about all the bad games they have put out Homefront, 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand, Red Faction: Battlegrounds, and all the WWE games ha ha the company need to get bankrupt.

I support THQ with some of its franchises, mainly W40k, or anything Relic, but they have waaay too many crap games that for some reason continue to get produced. If they at least break even on these franchises, cartoon movies and kids network games, then fine. If not, its time to cut them out. What exactly are their losses?

i just dont like how THQ supports cloud gaming.

I wanna play this!

@loopy_101 - If milking WWE pays for more stuff like Saints Row and Space Marine, then they should keep it up. At least they're investing in projects that aren't just cookie-cutter sequels of their big hits (even though I quite like them, and I wouldn't call SRTT exactly cookie-cutter.)

Space Marine is a cool game and I wanted to play more of it, but it pulled the whole online pass thing and that turned me off.

with gta v coming out. who cares about saints row?

thq needs to sell already. ea, take two, activision, ubisoft. one of these has to buy them out. thq needs to die.

@loopy_101 they call it ufc now

I have a suggestion THQ: Stop milking WWE! :roll:

@jcbullen sales have been down this year so it is sort of worrying for all those involved in gaming. As a gamer I think it's obviously because devs have started shoveling junk and throw away games at us expecting us to snap them up, when we really don't give care. Nobody can say games aren't selling when all the well thought out games are doing great and all the bad games are failing. Most of the good games this year are only coming out since September.

I love Warhammer 40k.

good. THQ is not a very good company any way. when is the last good game they made?

Saints Row The Third: So much content, it doubled our losses!

could be Dawn of War 3, because relic said it's been in production since a while now. Sure they confirmed the rumors about Dow3 being in production, but they didn't really officially announce it with trailer/ release date and so on.

I fully support Space Marine, I had a fabulously fun time with it.

Homeworld 3 I hope

Maybe they should stop making crap sequels and trying to suck the life out of IPs that deserve a more serious effort. Now everyone's going on about SR3, but it's all hype and with THQ's track record lately, I don't know. It could just be another huge letdown.

Space Marine was great, glad it shipped over a million copies. I love 40k, so here's to a sequel!

Bum. Bum. BUUUUUUUMMMM! :P And I love how everyone thinks this is Ubisoft :P Read the title guys

Dang, I like those guys, got some fond memories of some of their games.

Played homefront demo all summer on PS3 because of dismal economy, once they announced demo was ending joined Gamefly just to get it. Despite all the negativity f***ing love this game. Maybe its just for us old dudes that appreciate a decent well thought out scenario & appreciate getting to play in our own back yards.

@jer_1 - You realize this article has nothing to do with Ubisoft, right?

I loved Warhammer 40k: Space Marine and I can't wait for Saints Row: The Third!

DoW3? Nothing official yet, right? Dont fudge this one up relic.

Meh, THQ (redacted the ubisoft bit, it was unintended) has completely lost their touch, I'm hardly surprised they are taking a hard hit in this economy.

Core title info next month ! Can you say homefront 2 !

seems like everyone is experiencing huge losses... that is, until activision releases their sales numbers for mw3 next month

i'd definitely like to see a sequel to space marine, it was great and definitely proved that wh40k is very profitable on consoles.

@KoLBEH agreed I rather enjoy Space Marine's online, get us some map packs and it'll be great. Here's hoping they keep supporting it as well as investing in a sequel

Isn't Valhalla Game Studios a in-house dev for THQ? Hopefully Devils Third can save them.

dnt worry thq saints row is here cheers!!

I know Space Marine received pretty average reactions from reviewers, but it has been one of the only wholesome game I have played this year. I hope this kind of financial situation wont repel THQ from investing in a sequel!

That's a big loss, hopefully this will be a lesson. Publish more Stalker games and less COD clones i.e Homefront.

@jcbullen Generally towards the end of the year/quarter yes. You can expect it to going towards more game news rather than game business news in a couple of weeks... Or at least I hope so.

Don't worry. Saints Row and WWE will bring the sales right back up

Has video game news always been this sales report heavy?