Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
The company that made de Blob (Blue Tongue) got shut down last year.
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THQ abandon kids market; 3.8 million for Saints Row 3 [Stealth Company Of Heroes Rev]
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The company that made de Blob (Blue Tongue) got shut down last year.
Yeah but that was Danny Bilson talking, I think this man's mind is a bit nebulous.
At least his division doesn't bring the company down.
Neuromancer
Member
Saints Row, bitches!
That's true, core is doing fine.
fabricated backlash
Member
Why differentiate? bad core games don't earn money, good casual games do. Who'd have thought?
I guess in THQs case to limit themselves on one market is better since they obviously had no idea how to bring quality content to multiple audiences. It's not even the fault of developers either, since games like De Blob were amazing, but with this kind of idiotic management...
They were obviously spread too thin and they decided to go for a specialized market instead of one they never really understood.
Yes, hell definitely yes. When the helis/planes came in SR3, my first instinct was to grapple -> awesome button -> hijack the heli. Then I realised LB was just the awesome button. Aww.
Congrats to Volition for the SR success, certainly enjoyed The Third a lot.
NintendoGal
Member
I had no idea. THQ owns the name and everything that goes with it though I assume?
Guerrillas in the Mist
Member
Just like how Capcom owns Megaman.
NintendoGal
Member
I figured, but just checking. So we really won't be getting another it seems. (I assumed they could simply throw it to another developer if they really cared, which with this announcement seems unlikely.)
schragnasher
Neo Member
So who is the winner? DoW or CoH??
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
And fuck THQ for this. deBlob 2 is a really good game.
Joseph Merrick
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toys headquarters 
Nice to hear Saints Row did well. Hope THQ pulls through.
To be honest if they could incorporate the geo-mod stuff in Saints Row, it would pretty much make Red Faction obsolete.
The
section in Saints Row the Third made me realise how similar Red Faction: Guerilla and Saints Row the Third already are.
To be honest if they could incorporate the geo-mod stuff in Saints Row, it would pretty much make Red Faction obsolete.
The
Space
Which is their only quality franchise...Red Faction shit all over itself and Homefront was shit.
bigtroyjon
Member
Of course they do
walking fiend
Member
Sounds like WiiU to me
Grats Volition. Saint's Row is an awesome series and at times all the details and nice touches made me feel like the game was made specifically for me. Really looking forward to the next one.
Their Punisher game was the only one that I thought was even close to worthy of the license.
The VTOL in Saint's renewed my burning desire for a new Freespace.
Their Punisher game was the only one that I thought was even close to worthy of the license.
The VTOL in Saint's renewed my burning desire for a new Freespace.
Huh, are you speaking about THQ franchises or are you mixing up the Homefrnt dev with Volition?
Yeah..no.
Metro 2033, Darksiders, Dawn of war, Company of Heroes etc
Plus they have a bunch promising upcoming stuff like Devil's Third, the Turtle Rock game, Patrice Désilets game, inSANE.
I loved the scene where you burst out of the coffin and mow down all the unarmed gangsters. Underrated game.
THQ owns both the now defunct Kaos Studios and Volition but I am referring to THQ's weak stable of titles other than Saints Row. I am still pissed they butchered Red Faction and hope they stick around long enough to redeem themselves for Red Faction: Armageddon.
Yeah, you named some quality titles.
THQ has a lot of good franchises, I have no idea what you are talking about.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Wow, that's a crazy number for Saints Row
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Armageddon was not a bad game, certainly in the top 25% of games released last year, but I agree that it was a poor fit for the franchise, it wasn't well promoted, and obviously based on its performance failed to meet expectations. It's hard for me to say whether the issue was Volition's creative direction or constraints placed on them in terms of budget/development time/direction by management.
bigtroyjon
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Criminal Upper
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B-B-B-B-BRO FIST
I had a sudden vision of grading games based on one of those school charts that places entrants in percentiles
crimsonheadGCN
Banned
Overall? I would guess Dawn of War II, since Relic wasn't given that big of a budget for the titles and they've sold like 3 million. Company of Heroes didn't sell all too well if I remember what Relic said correctly.
They made the mistake of thinking 360 version Kinect was a prettier Wii version, so naturally everyone will pick it up.
The Wii version has been successful, people just didn't want to buy it again.
Kinect does not sell the same levels of software the Wii does. The franchise itself is fine and will likely be cheaper to produce on WiiU and updated Kinect.
EYEL1NER
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So you want world-building that is set underground?
Anyway, I had hoped that Saints Row 3 would be doing better than that, but those aren't bad at all I suppose.
But UFC 3 is about to come out and disappoint the hell out of THQ, so let's see in a couple months how the company is looking then.
Guerrillas in the Mist
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It must have sold alright, seeing as two expansions were made for it, both of them developed in-house.
someguyinahat
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But now who will make those licensed video games for kids?
Won't somebody PLEASE think of the children?
Won't somebody PLEASE think of the children?
bigtroyjon
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Dick Justice
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My only fear is that they caught lightning in a bottle on this one, and when striving to achieve the same level of success for SR4 will misinterpret most of what made SR3 fun and make another game with a city that's basically an animated background full of activities.
My opinion: Take SR3, make the city more interactive with more secrets and more visually distinct districts, halve the number of activities, double the number of missions, keep the missions as wacky and varied as in 3, allow the missions to be replayed for cash and respect, and allow custom soundtracks (on PS3 I mean
They already misinterpreted what made SR2 great (hint: it wasn't a game that focused entirely on being "wacky"). Really hope they bring back the substance, like a long, memorable story, good characters that don't get killed off a few missions in, and all the little things they took out.
This.
It was their own damn fault to begin with to think that they could capture a market that wasn't there to begin with.
Seriously there's an ecosystem for products like uDraw on Move?
How they managed to shit upon themselves when they had the next Just Dance (or even a new platform to provide cheap software) is stupid beyond belief.
Sarcasm? Because those are quality...
east of eastside
Banned
so are they going mobile?
The 360/PS3 version put them in bankruptcy. The Wii version helped them and was out at least a full year early.
It's true the execs may be stupid enough to not put 2+2 together on that, but there is clearly a market for that type of product.
The Lamonster
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Bad. Ass.
I was new to the franchise but now eagerly anticipating SR4. I don't play any other THQ games but I might check out Darksiders II.
I was new to the franchise but now eagerly anticipating SR4. I don't play any other THQ games but I might check out Darksiders II.