THQ sold: buyers include Ubisoft, SEGA, Cytek, Koch, T2

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Kresnik said:

Wow. Ubisoft got an absolute steal, surprised there weren't more bids driving up the price of that South Park game. It's basically free money for that price and I suspect a few more million dollars above that.

Can't help but feel SEGA overpaid for Relic, though. I'd have thought Volition were worth a lot more than them. Glad they're going to a decent publisher though.

Is that it for Vigil then? No chance of a behind-closed-doors sale?

Must admit, I'm a little surprised not seeing Nintendo in all this, but there you go.

I feel sorry for Jason Rubin in all this. He's really the kind of person THQ needed at the helm to help turn them around. He just needed 3 or so years to do it, not the amount of time he actually had.

the successor of one of the best rated games ever released for pc is maybe already done and will release anytime soon. people here underestimate pc game sales through digital distribution and i think it will sell some nice amounts over the months and even years after release if it is any good (which the bidding companies could probably check before). since it will sell nicely through digital distribution the profit per sold unit will be also much better as retail only games.

they don't even have to advertise much for it because everyone who owns a pc and is interested in those games knows about it.

so yeah, i think it was not expensive.