THQ delays release schedule

Seems odd to me. If it was Ubisoft, why would they want to back THQ and support them? If they're going bankrupt, Ubisoft should move in and swipe their assets for cheap, and call it good. You don't fund and support a rival, you demonize them and attack them until they collapse then acquire their assets in a firesale and continue to do what they were doing! That's capitalism!

Unless it';s really really poor terminology in the article, and by "alternate financing sources" it really means "selling out part/all of our assets to avoid chapter 13".
 
They might do to THQ/Volition like Zenimax/Bethesda did to Interplay with the Fallout franchise.

Ubi could buy the IP from THQ and then license it back to them.
 
True... and much like the Zenimax/2K/Bethesda thing, Ubisoft could be waiting for THQ to finally self-destruct and actually have to sell off the rights when they do have to 'restructure'. That way they can buy the rights for dirt cheap because THQ is desperate, they get a game out of it in theory and thus help their own profit margin, and when THQ falls apart they continue on with the rights they bought instead of having to bid openly during a chapter 13 fire sale, as a few of them (the Saints Row franchise, for instance) are probably actually profitable and might be wanted by others.


We'll see I guess. I suppose that is also dirty capitalism... is it evident I don't approve of it? :rolleyes:
 
THQ just entered a new desperate posistion. Even worse than last week's position.
 
how depressing

stay the fuck away from them, EA and Activision!

Better them than Take-Two or Microsoft.

Well so much for the mysterious backer... I wish Square Enix would take Saints Row off THQ's hands. Despite them being a japanese company, they make some of the best games out there. And heck, they managed to turn True Crime around, if a few years ago someone had told me this was possible I'd have said they're out of their damn mind.
 
Please not Microsoft. I don't want SR to be a game for shitty Windows LIVE.
EDIT: If SR ever gets to be a Windows LIVE game I quit the entire series. Having a Windows LIVE account is even worse than having an account on the official Saints Row forum. Windows LIVE servers always have problems and you can't even create your own nickname, unless you upgrade to a premium account which costs a stupid amount of cash per month.
 
So THQ is bankrupt... LOL.

I've been thinking recently that the Saints Row franchise needs to go big or go bust. I would really like it to continue but I don't see much point it just hobbling along, either make it a serious project or just kill it. From what I heard the enter dominatrix DLC is the basis for this new game. Chances are that will mean an even shorter story with more padding than SR3, similar gameplay mechanics and stupid gangs/characters.

Apparently GTA4 and its related expansion packs have sold over 25 million copies or something, while SR3 is around 4-5 million? Granted SR3 came out in 2011 while GTA back in 2008 but according to the wiki GTA4 sold 3.6 million copies on release day... Problem is that a lot of the GTA playerbase are likely fan boys who don't care for anything else or simply don't want to try saints row because it "looks" crap.

IMO if Saints row is to survive it needs to make a big impact, currently it's always behind GTA, never leading it. SR2 and GTA4 were released within a year of each other I think but a GTA fan boy is going to take one look at Saints Row and laugh. The character customization and gang customization/control are for me one of the biggest selling points for SR, so maybe they can improve on that. The driving mechanics are still a bit naff, the guns look,sound and react unrealistically and cars still blow up when you shoot them in the door.

Saints Row is never going to make it big while it is living under GTA's shadow... Not to mention the new GTA game incoming that could potentially eclipse SR4 completely. Unless SR4 gets a massive kick up the arse I can't see the franchise really going anywhere, and personally I want to see it gravitate back towards SR2 style gameplay not a continuation on SR3 "wacky" style.
 
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