| Degausser said:
Spells bad for a company when they're relying on an MMO to turn things around. Homefront 2 is scheduled for like 2014 too isn't it? Can't see that helping them for a while... And yeah I get they're trying to establish their own brands, that's pretty much EA's focus for the past 4 or 5 years and they bled pretty bad from it. EA are a big enough giant to cope with that though, I don't think THQ are. Typically with new IP's the first game is lucky and considered successful to break even, most companies would take a small loss in all honesty, by the time stuff like Devil's Third and InSane is potentially profitable it'll be too late. |
40k is risky but it has a dedicted fanbase so it should do decently and supply the company with a steady income stream.
Until then and later Homefornt 2 they do have a pretty strong lineup with Saint's Row the third (aparently has 4x the preorders of 2) and WWE 10 to help them during the holidays, then they have UFC Undisputed 3 early next year, followed by Metro: Last Light (which should be more profitable than the first game as it's building off the same tech and has a PS3 SKU), then Darksiders 2 and also maybe Dawn Of War 3 if it doesn't slip to next year. They also have the Wii U late 2012 which they will launch Metro: Last Light and Darksiders 2 on.
Then for 2013 they have InSane and Devil's third, the 40k MMO and whatever the Montreal studio is working on.
There will also be some smaller games to round out the lineup, barring a massive bomb they should be in a much stronger position, they just have to get through they have cut costs a lot by cutting studios so they should be more profitable in the future.
Of couse they are in a risky position and they can't afford 2 big games to bomb so it's not all good and they are currently in a bad position taking losses while they restructure, they could try looking to sell out to a bigger company like EA but in this econnomy I am not sure there is anyone doing well enough to buy them.
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