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The Saints Row franchise has been a beacon of light for THQ through recent tumultuous times, and it's still going strong.

The publisher has confirmed today that the franchise has sold over 11 million units worldwide.

This number has been given a major boost with the success of the latest game in the series, Saints Row: The Third, which has sold 4.25 million and has "generated the highest digital revenue of any console title in the company's history".

"Saints Row is firmly established as THQ's most successful owned-IP franchise," said the firm in its Q4 Fiscal 2012 financial report.

This has helped the company exceed targets for the quarter. "We exceeded our initial fourth quarter guidance for net sales, earnings and cash position, driven by high quality core games with a significant digital component, which is the blueprint for our future," said THQ President and CEO Brian Farrell.

"We have made significant changes to our business, and are on track to execute our strategy of delivering quality connected core gaming experiences, beginning with the sequel to the award-winning Darksiders in August."

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/347802/saints-row-franchise-hits-11-million-sales-globally/

THQ: Thanks for keeping our company above water (barely). We love you guys.

Saints Row is a awesome series.

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Great franchise, even though SR3 was a step backwards from SR2. When (not if) they make another, I hope they take it a bit more seriously and make a more polished game with tons of content.

Never actually played one, things like the purple dildo keep me away

Having said that, it is probably good that THQ survive so we can have a bit of extra competition in the marketplace and not just leave everything to EA, Activision and Ubisoft

your missing out. at least give it a try.

Well I did try it actually. I was trying out OnLive and the demo of 3 was one of the options, which was quite fun, just nothing hugely special, especailly when I have about 10 games sitting on my shelf which need to be played

Why GTA clones never did well compared to COD clones? I mean 11m for 3 games?

Great series. Dare I say it's starting to be more enjoyable that GTA. Johnny Gat will most likely be my next avi, or possibly Genki Manapult.