MÁS MEDIDAS DE THQ

Cada vez hay menos tela para fabricar las camisetas y las faldas. Es devastador, lo sé.

Aparte de despedir gente y cerrar estudios, hoy THQ hace públicas sus ideas para capear los malos resultados obtenidos últimamente (y en última instancia para hacer frente a la que se avecina):

«The quality bar for core gamers continues to be set higher and the cost to deliver this quality has increased significantly. As a result we have reduced the number of core gamer games in our pipeline but will increase our developer budgets where appropriate to compete at the highest levels.»

«More gamers are buying and playing games online, our strategy is to make targeting investments in extending key brands including company of heroes online , WWE online, and our Warhammer 40,000 MMO,» he said.

«This week we discontinued a number of titles in our product pipeline that did not meet our strategic objectives,» he said, «as a result we have closed five of our studios and reduced staff at two others.»

«These actions resulted in a headcount reduction of approximately 250 people which is approximately 17 per cent of our studio staff… Over the next several weeks we plan to reduce both cost and headcount in our corporate and global publishing organisations.»

Resumen Ajare: Menos títulos al mercado pero con mayor pasta invertida, inversión en títulos con online y moroporogos, y por último reducir estudios, personal y pelarse los proyectos que no cumplan estos objetivos estratégicos.

Vamos, THQ, tú puedes, más Stalker y menos Saints Row 2. ¿O será al revés?

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