Author Topic: THQ is Number Two... Again (Read 5460 times)

WindyMan · « **on:** July 22, 2004, 05:55:13 AM »

This month's "we're number two!" press release explains the success about their hit Xbox title, but here it is anyway in case you forgot how to spell THQ.

THQ Posts #2 Independent Videogame Software Publisher Ranking for the First Half of 2004

Original Franchise Full Spectrum Warrior Ranked #1 on Xbox and #2 Overall

CALABASAS HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 21, 2004--THQ Inc. today announced its ranking as the #2 independent videogame software publisher for the year-to-date ended June 30, 2004, according to The NPD Group, Inc.

The successful launch of original title Full Spectrum Warrior(TM), developed by Pandemic studio for the Xbox(R) videogame system from Microsoft, drove THQ's positive results.

"Full Spectrum Warrior has raised the popular military gaming genre to a new level of reality and entertainment," said Brian Farrell, president and CEO, THQ. "We are thrilled to have expanded our product portfolio with an original game franchise boasting Full Spectrum Warrior's critical and commercial achievements."

The NPD Group is an independent leading market information provider which evaluates companies in a wide range of industries. Since 1967, NPD has supplied reliable and comprehensive sales and marketing information in order to help manufacturers and retailers better understand their customers, product categories, distribution channels and competition in order to help guide their business and positively impact sales and revenues.

THQ (R) Inc. is a leading independent publisher of interactive entertainment software for a variety of hardware platforms including those manufactured by Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., Nintendo and Microsoft as well as PC CD-ROM and wireless devices. The THQ web site is located at www.thq.com. THQ and the THQ logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of THQ Inc.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #1 on:** July 22, 2004, 07:17:57 AM »

WTF? They surpassed Ubisoft?

(note that they state "independant publisher", this allows them to not count Nintendo, which would probably place them 3rd, no. 1 is of course EA)

Vrgin X1 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 22, 2004, 07:19:44 AM »

WOW. One great game out of 100 that isn't WWE or a crappy kiddie licence.

*yawns*

Ian Sane · « **Reply #3 on:** July 22, 2004, 07:20:31 AM »

THQ, Dick Cheney, and a steaming pile of dog crap.

Name three number twos.

Flames_of_chaos · « **Reply #4 on:** July 22, 2004, 03:01:35 PM »

/\ agreed

Djunknown · « **Reply #5 on:** July 22, 2004, 05:16:41 PM »

I hate to ask teh dumB questions but, what does THQ stand for anyway?

Infernal Monkey · « **Reply #6 on:** July 22, 2004, 08:15:28 PM »

THQ = Toy Head Quarters, I believe. Good to see they're doing well, I 'spose. I mean, this is the same company that spewed out Ren and Stimpy Veediots and Wayne's World on SNES. Two of the crappiest games ever made. Not to mention Home Alone. Oh, and Super Battleships. That game got 2/100 in Nintendo Magazine System.

*Thumbs up*

KDR_11k · « **Reply #7 on:** July 22, 2004, 09:38:48 PM »

I recall THQ publishing some rather good titles on various platforms. Whatever, they'll lose their number 2 spot once Doom 3 comes out.

joeamis · « **Reply #8 on:** July 23, 2004, 12:01:25 AM »

THQ games I've played/owned that don't suck: Summoner 2, Red Faction, Red Faction 2, Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior, Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy, SplashDown Rides Gone Wild, MX Unleashed. They've also released alot of great gba games, I think they've either codeveloped/published just about every Sega gba title. They're publishing Rare games for gba too, I'm still looking forward to Banjo Pilot.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #9 on:** July 23, 2004, 03:47:34 AM »

Red Faction 2? Don't suck? They should be lined up on a wall for including botmatches but no multiplayer! The level design is so bad it's on par with Turok, the weapons are so utterly redundant you can throw out half of them and not notice a difference and in singleplayer the mouselook feels sluggish (somehow it feels better in botmatches...). They should have given that to ValuSoft, it's definitely on par quality wise.

Also, THQ owns ValuSoft, enough of a reasn to wipe them out for the good of humanity.

joeamis · « **Reply #10 on:** July 23, 2004, 05:27:38 PM »

what!!!??? Red Faction 2 was a great game. It has 4 person multiplayer.... even on the PS2 version with 40 different maps... The weapons were some of the most satisfying, and the gunship, submarine, and battle armor parts were awesome. (quote from Game Informer "the secondary features on your weapons complement their primary abilities perfectly")

I found nothing wrong with the freelook using the controller and on PS2 it had usb keyboard and mouse support... It was my favorite fps game so far this generation for single player, TS2 being best for multi. You must be raised on a strict PC FPS heritage I guess or just hatred of Red Faction 2.

Scores for Red Faction 2:

Gamespot 8.3/10
Gamepro 4.5/5
O.Playstation M. 4/5
IGN 9.2/10
Game Informer 8.75/10

Windrunner · « **Reply #11 on:** July 23, 2004, 05:57:07 PM »

Not sure how this ended up on Planet Gamecube, since it involves an XBox game...

Also not sure about all this THQ hatred. Geez... Full Spectrum Warrior is an amazing game, and deserves it's sales. I'm sure it'll drop far down the charts this month, thanks to ESPN NFL, NCAA, and Tales, but the game is truly great, and deserves the #1 spot... 2 will have to do.

Infernal Monkey · « **Reply #12 on:** July 23, 2004, 07:44:10 PM »

Red Faction II was pretty alright, but it hardly put the Geo-Mod engine to any use at all. Most walls just got a black texture if you shot a rocket at them. At least in the original, you could keep digging through walls with rockets. Not that it lead anywhere...

KDR_11k · « **Reply #13 on:** July 23, 2004, 11:07:50 PM »

joe: I have the PC version which I got for 5 euros bundled with a ValuSoft game. The sad thing is the ValuSoft game was more fun than Red Faction 2...

Uncle Rich AiAi · « **Reply #14 on:** July 24, 2004, 12:13:59 AM »

Red Faction is rubbish. Period.

Infernal Monkey · « **Reply #15 on:** July 24, 2004, 03:22:30 AM »

More like Shenmue is rubbish am I right.

joeamis · « **Reply #16 on:** July 24, 2004, 12:46:17 PM »

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Originally posted by: KDR_11k
joe: I have the PC version which I got for 5 euros bundled with a ValuSoft game. The sad thing is the ValuSoft game was more fun than Red Faction 2...

Thats unfortunate, atleast they threw in the bot matches for extra replay value rather than just give you the single player. Strange the PC version did not include multi in that version because RF 1 on the pc had it, and it was popular. I'm looking at a review of RF 2 PC and it did much worse than the console versions. You got the worst version. Another thing is if you got it bundled with another game for 5 euros you must've got it recently, and afterall it is a 2+ year old fps in the PC world where technology keeps pushing FPS to a new level each year so I'm not surprised you weren't impressed, I know I was 3 close to 3 years ago when the home console version debuted which the PC ver was ported from.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #17 on:** July 24, 2004, 09:11:04 PM »

I wasn't even expecting it to live up to the graphics of, say, Unreal 2 or Doom 3 or something, but it should at least measure up to the original Red Faction or Quake 3 Arena or something. It wasn't originally released on the N64, was it? What do you have to do to make a mouse control feel laggy??? The only reasons I could find for lacking multiplayer was idiocy or lazyness, but that must have been some REALLY extreme lazyness there.

Jonnyboy117 · « **Reply #18 on:** July 25, 2004, 06:12:40 AM »

THQ co-publishes and distributes all of Sega's GBA titles, which makes up a significant portion of THQ's sales. Their Nickelodeon games also sell very well, quality aside.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #19 on:** July 25, 2004, 10:53:38 AM »

Gah, there are kids that can stand Nickelodeon? I always hated jokes involving body fluids and Nickelodeon was even worse than Disney in that area.

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