THQ's Survival Rests on UFC 2009 Undisputed

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THQ reported its fifth-straight quarterly loss today.

"THQ needs a hit title to break back into profitability," said Colin Sebastian, a San Francisco-based analyst with Lazard Capital Markets LLC, who has a "hold" rating on the stock and doesn’t own it. The UFC game is "definitely being looked at by investors as an important milestone."

"UFC 2009 Undisputed" with St-Pierre on the cover simulates the sport’s mix of jujitsu, karate, kickboxing and wrestling, with its choke holds and flying arm bars. Buxom ring girls and excited ringside announcers add color to lure men to stores.

UFC’s male fan base is a main reason Todd Mitchell, a technology analyst with Kaufman Bros. in New York, projects the game will sell more than 2 million copies in nine months.

 

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lol, I think it's actually Mike Swick that's being strangled. And I have no idea about the creature ;)

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Krusty the Clown unlockable character IMO.

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SCARY

 

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So does this mean EA will likely be making UFC's from now on?

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Afaik EA has their own MMA game coming with Randy Couture as the figurehead.

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 Nope^





It's all about the Gameplay that keeps it going.  EA is top notch when it comes to gameplay. 

Me & my friends have been playing EA's Fightnight for MONTHS now and we still go at it every chance we get.



Gameplay has put EA where it is today.

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EA just posted a 1 billion dollar loss

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 ^hmmm... alot of that might have to do with Lackluster PS3 sales.

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LIVE Activity for week of April 27th



Xbox 360 Top Live Titles (based on UU’s)


1 Halo 3

2 Call of Duty: WaW

3 Call of Duty 4

4 Gears of War 2

5 UFC® 2009 Undisputed Demo

6 GTA IV

7 Left 4 Dead

8 FIFA 09

9 RESIDENT EVIL 5

10 Bionic Commando Multiplayer Demo


HT: Major Nelson of Xbox LIVE

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the game is good, itll sell!

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 lol at fight night having good gameplay.



maybe for n00bs.



anyone with skill will tell you the game is fundamentally broken in a bunch of ways.

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CRE - I bought a 360 specifically for this

Same here.

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 Looks like Koscheck. 



I wasn't expecting much from the game, but it's pretty awesome. I think THQ is safe.

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Kuroi Kaze -  lol at fight night having good gameplay.



maybe for n00bs.



anyone with skill will tell you the game is fundamentally broken in a bunch of ways.



 Well since you're using fancy mechanical jargon, why don't you tell us in what bunch of ways FN is fundamentally broken?



FN has better game play than any boxing game before it.



Please enlighten us.

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fight night round 3 was most definitely NOT the game you are all making it out to be ... the parrying/blocking system sucked donkey cock ... the invisible force field in between characters was a "WTF" moment .. the punches going through heads ... the phantom punches ... with all that being said, I'll still beat the dog piss out of anyone on xbox live with Jermain Taylor

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southsidesti - fight night round 3 was most definitely NOT the game you are all making it out to be ... the parrying/blocking system sucked donkey cock ... the invisible force field in between characters was a "WTF" moment .. the punches going through heads ... the phantom punches ... with all that being said, I'll still beat the dog piss out of anyone on xbox live with Jermain Taylor


 I agree that the parrying really sucks.  FN4 is supposed to do away with that.  I'll take your Taylor on with Jones. 

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Crazy Zimmerman -  I'll take your Taylor on with Jones. 

nice !! we'll do this, this weekend

send me a private message so we can exchange xbox live tags

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PTM2020 -  ^hmmm... alot of that might have to do with Lackluster PS3 sales.

lol

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 Definite hit. The buzz from the demo is off the charts. People who don't even like MMA are loving it.