THQ Cuts Deep to Survive

[Anti-Robot Man]

the principle thing is just a lousy excuse not to buy games from ea or who ever

You need an "excuse" not buy videogames from EA? And here I thought consumers had choice in where they spend their hard-earned money.

that's why i said it was lousy

So you do think that people need an excuse not buy games from EA? And that it must be a really compelling one?

Do you work for EA?

no i don't and i do think they need a real reason not ea is the devil or anything along those lines.

work for ea is the the best reason you can come up with for someone not to despise them

You seem to be arguing with someone else, I didn't call EA the devil (I'm not religious, and they're just a videogame publisher), nor did I say I despise them.

I don't like a lot of their buisness practices: I don't like that they have a terrible track record with destroying really good developers.
I don't like their use of microtransactions, I don't like that they sell cheats codes, weapon unlocks and other on disc content as DLC. I don't like that they seem to be trying to incorporate free-to-play style microtransactions into full priced retail games.
I don't like that they sell overpriced broken games on iOS (and break games that used to work like their £5 iOS version of Tetris).
I don't like that the strong-armed Microsoft into letting them run their own game servers (which are not as good) and then shut them down whenever they feel like, usually to try and force the playerbase on to their next instalment.
I don't like that they rush their development cycles to an excessive degree.
I don't like that they equate used game sales to piracy (for the record I buy almost all my games new).

Do you need more "excuses" for why one might choose not to purchase games from EA in the future? You seem very reactionary and defensive about a corporation that you apparently have no stake in. Don't worry I've forked over a small fortune to EA over the years, and even now that I've stopped buying games from them, guess what? They're doing fine, which is a shame as they're pretty objectively bad for the game industry and it's future. As a consumer all I can do when a company doesn't behave or provide the service I expect is take my buisness elsewhere - that's my right because EA is not my feudal lord.

 

[Chunga the Great]

No THQ no! why do they of all publishers have to go under? They've always been there with great games and no DRM or digital distribution BS.

ME NO WANT

 

[Tony2077]

the principle thing is just a lousy excuse not to buy games from ea or who ever

You need an "excuse" not buy videogames from EA? And here I thought consumers had choice in where they spend their hard-earned money.

that's why i said it was lousy

So you do think that people need an excuse not buy games from EA? And that it must be a really compelling one?

Do you work for EA?

no i don't and i do think they need a real reason not ea is the devil or anything along those lines.

work for ea is the the best reason you can come up with for someone not to despise them

You seem to be arguing with someone else, I didn't call EA the devil (I'm not religious, and they're just a videogame publisher), nor did I say I despise them.

I don't like a lot of their buisness practices: I don't like that they have a terrible track record with destroying really good developers.
I don't like their use of microtransactions, I don't like that they sell cheats codes, weapon unlocks and other on disc content as DLC. I don't like that they seem to be trying to incorporate free-to-play style microtransactions into full priced retail games.
I don't like that they sell overpriced broken games on iOS (and break games that used to work like their £5 iOS version of Tetris).
I don't like that the strong-armed Microsoft into letting them run their own game servers (which are not as good) and then shut them down whenever they feel like, usually to try and force the playerbase on to their next instalment.
I don't like that they rush their development cycles to an excessive degree.
I don't like that they equate used game sales to piracy (for the record I buy almost all my games new).

Do you need more "excuses" for why one might choose not to purchase games from EA in the future? You seem very reactionary and defensive about a corporation that you apparently have no stake in. Don't worry I've forked over a small fortune to EA over the years, and even now that I've stopped buying games from them, guess what? They're doing fine, which is a shame as they're pretty objectively bad for the game industry and it's future. As a consumer all I can do when a company doesn't behave or provide the service I expect is take my buisness elsewhere - that's my right because EA is not my feudal lord.

i thinks thats a bit better then that principle bs

when it comes to gaming principle means very little

 

[Anti-Robot Man]

i thinks thats a bit better then that principle bs

when it comes to gaming principle means very little

I see, that explains why you're evidently an EA fanboy.

 

[Tony2077]

i thinks thats a bit better then that principle bs

when it comes to gaming principle means very little

I see, that explains why you're evidently an EA fanboy.

not really i just play games i enjoy what does it matter who makes them

 

[Something Amyss]

Sad really, I wish EA had gone first.

EA is actually on a race with THQ to the bottom. Granted EA still has a healthier stock price, but they're getting hit hard, too.

 

[Something Amyss]

No THQ no! why do they of all publishers have to go under? They've always been there with great games and no DRM or digital distribution BS.

ME NO WANT

THQ is big on online passes and on-disc DLC and focused on a lot of shitty titles of late. I think that probably explains it.

 

[Chunga the Great]

No THQ no! why do they of all publishers have to go under? They've always been there with great games and no DRM or digital distribution BS.

ME NO WANT

THQ is big on online passes and on-disc DLC and focused on a lot of shitty titles of late. I think that probably explains it.

Good point, but I still would rather have Activision or EA go down instead.

 

[Something Amyss]

Good point, but I still would rather have Activision or EA go down instead.

Scary thing is Activision's stock is actually going up.

 

[Nouw]

Help Relic make Dawn of War 3, Company of Heroes 2 and Homeworld 3...rise to the top again. Seriously, there are heaps of RTS fans waiting for sequels to three fantastic franchises.

Blizzard!
Disregard Heart of the Swarm!
Acquire Relic!

Fuck that, I don't want Blizzard style RTSs infesting Dawn of War xD.

 

[Chunga the Great]

Good point, but I still would rather have Activision or EA go down instead.

Scary thing is Activision's stock is actually going up.

Then the End Times have truly begun my friend. I must begin stockpiling the beans for the day when they unleash their shitstorm of mediocrity.

Seriously though, if THQ goes under and Activision picks up Relic, horrible things will happen. Yearly Dawn of War releases with less and less difference anyone?

 

[Seanfall]

Who holds the 40k licence Relic or THQ? Obsidian is in a nose-dive, is Volition their only developer still going strong?


I don't think it'll be long before Activision and EA are picking over the carcass (or just trying to grab the various licences like WWE). A shame for me as I don't buy EA games anymore on principle.

i'm pretty sure Relic has the 40K rights.

and bite your tongue!! I'd rather see Relic go down with THQ then have EA or Activsion totally ruin them and making me hate them

as much as I want that Warhammer 40K RPG I have to agree with you. What's that line, "You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." From the Dark knight. If their gonna go down let them go down with dignity.

 

[80Maxwell08]

Help Relic make Dawn of War 3, Company of Heroes 2 and Homeworld 3...rise to the top again. Seriously, there are heaps of RTS fans waiting for sequels to three fantastic franchises.

Blizzard!
Disregard Heart of the Swarm!
Acquire Relic!

Fuck that, I don't want Blizzard style RTSs infesting Dawn of War xD.

Well this is going to be a little funny to me. You don't want Blizzard infesting Relic's work. Want to guess who actually owns the IP rights to Homeworld?

 

[Tony2077]

Help Relic make Dawn of War 3, Company of Heroes 2 and Homeworld 3...rise to the top again. Seriously, there are heaps of RTS fans waiting for sequels to three fantastic franchises.

Blizzard!
Disregard Heart of the Swarm!
Acquire Relic!

Fuck that, I don't want Blizzard style RTSs infesting Dawn of War xD.

Well this is going to be a little funny to me. You don't want Blizzard infesting Relic's work. Want to guess who actually owns the IP rights to Homeworld?

someone too stupid to release it digital?

 

[Nouw]

Help Relic make Dawn of War 3, Company of Heroes 2 and Homeworld 3...rise to the top again. Seriously, there are heaps of RTS fans waiting for sequels to three fantastic franchises.

Blizzard!
Disregard Heart of the Swarm!
Acquire Relic!

Fuck that, I don't want Blizzard style RTSs infesting Dawn of War xD.

Well this is going to be a little funny to me. You don't want Blizzard infesting Relic's work. Want to guess who actually owns the IP rights to Homeworld?

Go ahead, laugh then . What's stopping them from creating another Homeworld then?

 

[80Maxwell08]

Help Relic make Dawn of War 3, Company of Heroes 2 and Homeworld 3...rise to the top again. Seriously, there are heaps of RTS fans waiting for sequels to three fantastic franchises.

Blizzard!
Disregard Heart of the Swarm!
Acquire Relic!

Fuck that, I don't want Blizzard style RTSs infesting Dawn of War xD.

Well this is going to be a little funny to me. You don't want Blizzard infesting Relic's work. Want to guess who actually owns the IP rights to Homeworld?

someone too stupid to release it digital?

Go look at my post up there. It's number 13.

 

[80Maxwell08]

Help Relic make Dawn of War 3, Company of Heroes 2 and Homeworld 3...rise to the top again. Seriously, there are heaps of RTS fans waiting for sequels to three fantastic franchises.

Blizzard!
Disregard Heart of the Swarm!
Acquire Relic!

Fuck that, I don't want Blizzard style RTSs infesting Dawn of War xD.

Well this is going to be a little funny to me. You don't want Blizzard infesting Relic's work. Want to guess who actually owns the IP rights to Homeworld?

Go ahead, laugh then . What's stopping them from creating another Homeworld then?

Nothing but why would they? They already have Starcraft. No need to waste resources on an IP that they don't need to do anything with. Especially since with how old Homeworld is it would take a ton of marketing to get it's sales to anything they would want.

 

[Tony2077]

Help Relic make Dawn of War 3, Company of Heroes 2 and Homeworld 3...rise to the top again. Seriously, there are heaps of RTS fans waiting for sequels to three fantastic franchises.

Blizzard!
Disregard Heart of the Swarm!
Acquire Relic!

Fuck that, I don't want Blizzard style RTSs infesting Dawn of War xD.

Well this is going to be a little funny to me. You don't want Blizzard infesting Relic's work. Want to guess who actually owns the IP rights to Homeworld?

someone too stupid to release it digital?

Go look at my post up there. It's number 13.

i know who it is i just wish they release it digital. i must me a masochist since i defend them and they still whip me.

 

[80Maxwell08]

Help Relic make Dawn of War 3, Company of Heroes 2 and Homeworld 3...rise to the top again. Seriously, there are heaps of RTS fans waiting for sequels to three fantastic franchises.

Blizzard!
Disregard Heart of the Swarm!
Acquire Relic!

Fuck that, I don't want Blizzard style RTSs infesting Dawn of War xD.

Well this is going to be a little funny to me. You don't want Blizzard infesting Relic's work. Want to guess who actually owns the IP rights to Homeworld?

someone too stupid to release it digital?

Go look at my post up there. It's number 13.

i know who it is i just wish they release it digital

Oh I would too. I guess they haven't since no one has asked them because no one realizes that Relic doesn't own the IP just because they made it. Pity that's how publishers work.

 

[Nouw]

Help Relic make Dawn of War 3, Company of Heroes 2 and Homeworld 3...rise to the top again. Seriously, there are heaps of RTS fans waiting for sequels to three fantastic franchises.

Blizzard!
Disregard Heart of the Swarm!
Acquire Relic!

Fuck that, I don't want Blizzard style RTSs infesting Dawn of War xD.

Well this is going to be a little funny to me. You don't want Blizzard infesting Relic's work. Want to guess who actually owns the IP rights to Homeworld?

Go ahead, laugh then . What's stopping them from creating another Homeworld then?

Nothing but why would they? They already have Starcraft. No need to waste resources on an IP that they don't need to do anything with. Especially since with how old Homeworld is it would take a ton of marketing to get it's sales to anything they would want.

Good. As long as they have Starcraft, which is probably going to be a very long time, they won't touch Homeworld. I haven't played it anyway so it wouldn't be as shocking as the Warhammer 40K or CoH license. Still, I'm saddened that Relic can't make another one or at least release the older ones digital.