Post by: WindyMan on April 17, 2007, 07:29:31 AM
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=13338
THQ CEO Brian Farrell has made it known that going forward, his company's strategy is to ease up on broad multiplatform releases, instead focusing on each platform's particular strengths.
"In the past a lot of publishers - including us - would say, 'Okay, let's make a game and get it across every system,'" said Farrell in an interview with GamesIndustry.biz. "That's not our strategy going forward; there are going to be different gamers for the different systems. So our strategy is different types of content, segmented on who the users of the systems are."
Farrell said that with each console bringing something different to the table, the market will become segmented. That is, there will be the hardcore group and the mainstream group. THQ is, unsurprisingly, betting the 360 and PS3 will cater more to the core gamer crowd, while the Wii will have more of the mainstream set. By focusing more on a particular platform with each release, the company is looking to "compete at the highest level of quality."
This new way of thinking for THQ won't change the fact that its biggest game, Smackdown vs. Raw 2008, will be coming to all platforms later this year, as it will likely continue to do so in the years following.
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Post by: Crimm on April 17, 2007, 09:27:42 AM
That would be fun.
Post by: Arbok on April 17, 2007, 09:43:08 AM
Or at least that's how I read it.
Post by: MaryJane on April 17, 2007, 10:43:58 AM
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All "Bratz" and "SpongeBob SquarePants" games now exclusive to the Wii and DS! While all worthwhile THQ games can now be found on the 360/PS3 (all 2 or 3 of them...).Or at least that's how I read it.
Ditto
Post by: Ian Sane on April 17, 2007, 11:00:25 AM
The seperation of hardcore and mainstream with the Wii being the clear mainstream console sounds kinda scary. It sounds an awfully lot like my fear of hardcore gamers being squeezed out, at least on Nintendo consoles.
Somehow it figures that even when a Nintendo console sells like hotcakes it still doesn't get the "good" third party support. It's like Nintendo fans can just never catch a break. "Sorry crappy games don't sell on your console so no support for you!" "Oh now crappy games sell on your console? Okay we'll just give you crappy games then. No point giving you the good games if all we have to do is give you crappy ones. If you didn't want crappy games you shouldn't have bought them in the first place." It's like every time we pull ahead they change the rules.
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Post by: ShyGuy on April 17, 2007, 11:27:13 AM
On the Subject, Does THQ have any titles besides WWE wrestling and licensed cartoon games?
Post by: Arbok on April 17, 2007, 11:51:44 AM
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On the Subject, Does THQ have any titles besides WWE wrestling and licensed cartoon games?
Conan
Stuntman
Frontlines
Juiced 2
STALKER
Post by: UncleBob on April 17, 2007, 01:15:41 PM
However, there is a drawback to this. Customers get upset when a game they want isn't released on the system they have. Granted, it's simply a fact of life that a system will have its own exclusive titles - but customers would just be in a tizzy if every game was "exclusive" to a system.
However, the bright side to this is that most customers don't understand how all of this works and they blame Nintendo because there's no GTA on the GCN or Microsoft because they don't have a Mario game on the 360... So I guess while the customers get aggervated and mad at the hardware companies, they don't know anything about the people who actually make the decisions, so they can't be mad at them.
Post by: ShyGuy on April 17, 2007, 01:43:16 PM
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On the Subject, Does THQ have any titles besides WWE wrestling and licensed cartoon games?
Conan
Stuntman
Frontlines
Juiced 2
STALKER
Something tells me none of those are coming to the DS or Wii
Post by: Arbok on April 17, 2007, 01:48:00 PM
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Something tells me none of those are coming to the DS or Wii
Not a one, they have all been slated for the PS3/360/PC.
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Post by: Smash_Brother on April 18, 2007, 11:12:46 AM
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This is like finding out a prostitute wants a serious relationship. They're still a prostitute, but you have to cheer them on for the effort.
Win.
It's good to see someone realizing this. I've always said that spreading dev resources across three consoles is a terrible idea and results in crappier games overall with a few rare exceptions. Now if Ubisoft would only follow suit and give us BG&E2 on the Wii...
As for Ian's comments, I'll complain when I actually see a lack of gamer games on the Wii, but seeing as how I can count the number of non-games on one hand and the gamer games keep piling up, I can't see it being a concern yet.
