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[Grymm]

You're forgetting about Lionhead.

Lionhead Molyneauxed themselves.

 

[magash]

This assumes a competing publisher doesn't pick up that talent first.

That is also true.

 

[TheOddOne]

You're forgetting about Lionhead.

Fable mainline will still be controller based and XBLA thing is also controller based.

 

[Tawney Bomb]

Square Enix should pick up both Vigil and Relic.

This would be a pretty good outcome in the worst case scenario of THQ going away.

 

[scosher]

Considering NBA 2K series has trounced NBA Live in quality the past 2 years, I'm surprised about T2's comments over licensing deals. I wonder if there's been a road block in renegotiating their license with the NBA. Or perhaps EA, feeling that their game is becoming more irrelevant, is trying to secure an exclusive license with the NBA.

 

[ShinobiFist]

Online Pass, lol.

 

[sephi22]

Nooooo

Saints Row

;_;

 

[Ridley327]

Considering NBA 2K series has trounced NBA Live in quality the past 2 years, I'm surprised about T2's comments over licensing deals. I wonder if there's been a road block in renegotiating their license with the NBA. Or perhaps EA, feeling that their game is becoming more irrelevant, is trying to secure an exclusive license with the NBA.

Is this post from before 2009?

 

[Aklamarth]

The TakeTwo guy should shut his piehole and see to its own business...

 

[Neuromancer]

My heart is filled with sadness. Hopefully he's wrong.

 

[Corto]

The TakeTwo guy should shut his piehole and see to its own business...

What annoys me a bit is that he will be one of the vultures on the front line ripping THQ corpse for the good bits.

 

[Man God]

Sad to say that this thread title almost deserves the SHOCKING NEWS tag.

They are in Acclaim style trouble here and have been for some time.

 

[Saty]

THQ responds:

THQ's corporate communications vice president Angela Emery offered Eurogamer the following response:

"Obviously, Mr. Zelnick's perception of THQ is outdated and inaccurate. His comments are irresponsible and false. Perhaps he would be better off commenting on his own business."

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-04-05-take-two-boss-thq-wont-be-around-in-six-months

 

[Freshmaker]

Talk about kicking them when they are down.

It wasn't much of a statement really.

"They couldn't buy review scores like we could since we didn't waste money on licensed properties."

 

[Forsaken82]

What annoys me a bit is that he will be one of the vultures on the front line ripping THQ corpse for the good bits.

I doubt Take2 will be one of the front runners if/when IPs are up for sale.

 

[Tokubetsu]

Hope Vigil and Relic make it out okay!

 

[codhand]

Tough love, Zelnick was a hated man by wall street for refusing to let EA buy Take-Two, now he looks smart for that decision and has earned the right to make these observations.

 

[inky]

Doesn't Take Two despite having some of the best selling and most acclaimed series bleeds money every year? I mean, it's not like they are on the top of the world themselves. That said, any company who greenlits RDR is fine by me.

 

[The Grim Heaper]

I hope Volition gets a good home.

 

[GamerSoul]

Nooooo

Saints Row

;_;

;_; I need my Saints Row: Fourth Coming.

 

[Haint]

One.

Just off the top of my head FASA, Ensemble, Rare, Lionhead, and Bungie--all of which were closed, turned into shells of their former selves, or jumped ship. Clearly MS is one of the last buyers we should be wishing upon Vigil, Volition, or Relic.

 

[Corto]

I doubt Take2 will be one of the front runners if/when IPs are up for sale.

I was thinking more of the studio talent. But even that now that I think of it will fragment and be absorbed by other companies.

 

[Valnen]

Nooooo

Saints Row

;_;

Hoping those developers are snatched up by someone else. Saints Row is WAY better than GTA, if Saints Row goes away than the video game industry will be worse off for it.

 

[walking fiend]

What kind of douchebag is he?

And I believe THQ games with high budget/marketing aren't licensed? Udraw, etc.

 

[Wazzim]

What would this mean for Itagaki's game?

oh shit


How about the new Metro game, it's still coming out right?

 

[Neuromancer]

THQ responds:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-04-05-take-two-boss-thq-wont-be-around-in-six-months

OH SNAP

He got told

 

[Doffen]

Just off the top of my head FASA, Ensemble, Rare, Lionhead, and Bungie--all of which were closed, turned into shells of their former selves, or jumped ship. Clearly MS is one of the last buyers we should be wishing upon Vigil, Volition, or Relic.

Now that is a vague accusation.

 

[walking fiend]

oh shit


How about the new Metro game, it's still coming out right?

Guess depends on how good they were going to sell.

I would say unlike studios which are quite likely to stay somehow intact and be bough wholly, many games can get slashed.

 

[Goro Majima]

I hope the following survive:

Warhammer 40k (I loved Space Marine!)
Red Faction (more like Guerrilla!)
Saints Row
Darksiders

Everything else is meh.

 

[Oddduck]

Darksiders, Metro, Saints Row, Red Faction, Warhammer would be neat franchises for Nintendo.

Nintendo should gobble them up.

 

[thiscoldblack]

Who's gonna make my WWE games?

AKI/syn Sophia

 

[Seventy_X_Seven]

Only reason I'd somewhat care about this is because Volition, and I'm still not too sure if I even care looking at the way they took their masterpiece in in Red Faction: Guerrilla and just shat on it in the sequel.

But if they survive and find a new home they better drop this ridiculous Saints Row style stuff and return to making something fun with that destruction engine they got or go back to making something like Descent or FreeSpace. Damn, we don't have enough good space flight combat games.

 

[IrishNinja]

Nintendo needs mismanaged sub par game developers? Outside of Vigil of course, Darksiders is a better Zelda than Zelda.

yes just yes. There hasn't been a truly great Zelda game since OOT. Windwaker almost but the end fetch quest ruined it. Maybe if I played the GC version of Twilight Princess ?

It's all my fault.

I never bought deBlob.

me either, i genuinely feel bad there cause it was a good game too.

 

[RPGamer92]

Hey Itagaki and Patrice: Nintendo is always looking for devs!

 

[Box]

Aside from console warrior greed, is there any reason to want THQ's developers to be swallowed up by MS or Nintendo? (Or Sony for that matter)

 

[IrishNinja]

Aside from console warrior greed, is there any reason to want THQ's developers to be swallowed up by MS or Nintendo? (Or Sony for that matter)

for me, UFC is the only standout property there - it's really popular, and i think that's still growing (was said earlier that it now has a presence on live as well).

 

[The Dutch Slayer]

That would be very bad, but at least darksiders 2 will be out by than.
And Saints Row 4 will be published I can bet you that .

 

[Jarlaxle]

Nintendo needs mismanaged sub par game developers? Outside of Vigil of course, Darksiders is a better Zelda than Zelda.

Wrong. I played Darksiders and I played Skyward Sword. The latter is the better game.

 

[Durante]

Square Enix should pick up both Vigil and Relic.

I thought about it a bit, and out of all the remotely realistic possibilities this is actually my favourite. All the western development studios SE has picked up seem to have done well.

 

[AzureNightmare]

Darksiders was a mediocre Zelda game at best.

 

[Combichristoffersen]

As long as the Saints Row franchise is safe and I get SR4, I'm good.

 

[Shiggy]

me either, i genuinely feel bad there cause it was a good game too.

It was one reason why I bought so few of the much hyped 3rd party titles on the Wii. It was boring and repetitive. 3rd parties should not wonder about their sales when Nintendo's titles are just so much better.
In the end, THQ saw what happens when a game is hyped but does not deliver: The sequel flopped.

Wrong. I played Darksiders and I played Skyward Sword. The latter is the better game.

Haven't played Darksiders, and now I probably won't. I enjoyed the core gameplay mechanics in Skyward Sword and the bosses, the rest felt archaic and lifeless.

I know, my standards are high. But usually, Nintendo knows how to satisfy my needs.

 

[Mdk7]

My god, what an arrogant prick.

THQ might not be living its best moments, yet these words are terribly harsh and indelicate.
It's just too bad that Devil's Third will never come out (cuz we all know it's pretty much vaporware at this point).
i'd LOVE to be proven wrong by Itagaki though!

 

[B_Rik_Schitthaus]

Aside from console warrior greed, is there any reason to want THQ's developers to be swallowed up by MS or Nintendo? (Or Sony for that matter)

Not wanting people to loose their jobs is now being played as some console war shit?
Fuck that.

 

[dreamfall]

I don't think Zelnick is completely wrong. Sure, it's a crass statement, and it is pretty frustrating to hear one company rip another when they're financially unstable, but the lack of unlicensed games probably helps their revenue.

I don't like his idea that THQ's IP's are not of the same quality. I think Saints Row (while derivative and maybe even uninspired in the first game) has proved to be it's own crazy, awesome franchise. I think deBlob (which I bought on DAY ONE!) is fucking fantastic. I'm a sucker that buys annual releases of WWE games every year, and I love their improvements to the UFC franchise. I bought Darksiders after a huge price drop, and am trying to begin it soon.

But in this economy, I'm not the typical consumer. These titles are all great games, but their sales are no where near the Rockstar IP's (I'm a Rockstar fangirl by heart!), and I don't think the company has that one go-to title for revenue. I'm so excited about Itagaki's project (but that still seems niche) and I'm always ready for anything Volition related. Hell, I just want to see some casual updates for the WWE and I'm more than satisfied. But their sales are suffering, and I hope they make it out alright.

 

[maquiladora]

A Darksiders game with an MS budget worthy of challenging Zelda for real?

yesplz

Kinectsiders.

 

[speedpop]

No redballoonsinwater.jpg?

 

[Lime]

Square Enix-Eidos is the best possible match for the healthy studios at THQ.

If it's Nintendo/MS/Sony, the games will be platform exclusives

If it's EA/Activision/Ubisoft/etc., the studios will either be destroyed (EA), relegated to CoD DLC maps (Activision), or set to built modules for the next AssCreed.

 

[Lactose_Intolerant]

He's just happy that there's a relatively large publisher that's doing a worse job than him.

 

[Nirolak]

Given their burn rate this isn't wholly unrealistic.