Says who? Even at the time it was announced it was theorized that THQ was throwing a Hail Mary for immediate funds (perhaps they had loans due on Dec 31?) - we already know from Reckoning that Steam money can take months to show up, so that was out.
Uh... you know the money goes straight to Humble Bundle right? Pretty sure THQ only gets the developer portion of the money...Says who? Even at the time it was announced it was theorized that THQ was throwing a Hail Mary for immediate funds (perhaps they had loans due on Dec 31?) - we already know from Reckoning that Steam money can take months to show up, so that was out.
As to the charity aspect, I admit I am not a tax lawyer, but who knows the specifics there. It's worth pointing out that you could set it so that not all the money went to charity (and by default, I don't think it did), and even then, who says THQ couldn't spend the charity portion to pay immediate bills and make a donation later, or even if that eventual donation wasn't a charitable tax deduction anyway...
As for the games, Metro, South Park, and Company of Heroes all sound far enough along that they will definitely come out. Saints Row 4, who knows - I could see EA buying the IP, some of the leads, and now its on Frostbite 2. Darksiders, on the other hand, I wouldn't put any money on.
(That may be the ugliest part of the mess - finding out Darksiders 2 has estimated sales of ~2.4 million and still didn't break even. All hail our only two dozen megafranchises on disc future (though XBLA/PSN should be even better next gen.
To be honest, I'm not worried in the least about the various popular franchises THQ publishes not being able to continue. What I am worried about is having either EA or Activision scoop them up and running them into the ground a la Mass Effect and Diablo.
THQ is already in the hands of someone else, that's part of the bankruptcy. If EA or Activision had wanted them, they could have easily bought them.Article_sl said:
Even if this proves to be the case, do you think they (devs) care?Pretty sure their creditors disagree, and so will bankruptcy courts
THQ never made the WWE games, they were developed by Yuke's in Japan and published by THQ. As has already been said, they aren't going out of business, they were purchased as part of the bankruptcy.
Well, losing Disney led to the first big THQ share crash, but the decision to bank so heavily on the uDraw was the wtf moment that bankrupted the company. The company has been a case study in incompetence for years now though. I mean it wasn't even a year ago that they announced they were going to stop development of licensed kids games, something that has been the bread and butter of the company for years now, to focus on their so-called core franchises. Lo and behold, a lukewarm Darksiders sequel apparently failed to sell enough to keep them out of bankruptcy. Aside from Saints Row, their core franchises are a fucking joke anyway. UFC Undisputed is beyond terrible, Darksiders 2 was a pale horse compared to the first one, and while I love Dawn of War and Company of Heroes, PC RTS is not exactly a big selling genre.
