Major THQ franchises KIA

Why did they have to cancel frontlines for the ps3. I really wanted to get it on the ps3 but now I'll probably buy it for the pc.

why the hell would ANYONE buy a system just for big willy unleashed is beyond me...

In response to bombfanatic's comment the reason THQ probably didn't want to develop a PS3 version of Frontlines simply because it takes too long. A lot of companies are still having trouble with developing PS3 games in a timely manner. 360 games are just easier and faster to make. For now at least. THQ probably figured it would be easier to just finish and release the 360 versions and save the man hours and money it would take porting games to the PS3. That will change eventually but for now many games are taking longer to be released simply because of the PS3 versions take longer and companies force everyone to wait so they can release the 360 and PS3 versions simoultaneously.

BS frontlines on PS3 doesn't need to be canceled. if they are making it for 360 and PC why are they canceling PS3 version. It's called Microsoft buying out the franchise. I get pretty annoyed when they do that. THQ makes mostly terrible games except for destroy all humans. not surprised they coward out of making the PS3 version of frontlines

SCREW THQ.

I could see Stuntman not doing well from a mile away. I played the demo for about 5 mins and was ready to chuck my controller in disgust. Its like if they wanted to make a game that was like the movie Groundhog Day...you get to do the same thing over...andover....and over...

No Big Willy Unleashed for PS2?!

what the hell i was looking forward to Big willy unleashed

thq is one of, no the best pc publisher, they bring out all the rts games we love, and a fist full of great shooters. thq publishes reliq's games.

It's about time these lame franchises were dropped. What they need to do is get to work on Red Faction 3.

Yeah Stuntman that could of been better if it weren't JUST stunts...

Yeah thanks alot ThQ now the people have to play BWU only on the wii and psp. You just lost a bigger profit then what you could of lost if you only cancelled for the psp. Also I'm annoyed the psp bwu has less missions! Because of the disc size! So again again thanks Thq...........Now I have to buy a 200 dollar game system vs a $90 ps2....

THQ are forgiven, but only because they published Dawn of War.

so frontlines ps3 and destroy all humans ps2 are both canceled!!!!
THAT SUCKS!!!
I was waiting 4 those games!
Screw THQ

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@mload
Robutussen?

WOW A BUNCH OF GAMES I NEVER CARED ABOUT GOT CANCELLED FOR TWO SYSTEMS I OWN!!! ....Oh, wait... I don't care. *Cough *Metal Gear 4 *cough *Killzone 2 *cough *LittleBigPlanet *Cough *Home *cough *PS Eye *cough *Blu ray *cough *Gran Turismo *cough *Final Fantasy IIIX *cough *Resistance 2 *cough *God of War III *cough *Heavenly Sword 2 *cough *The Agency *cough *Borderlands *COUGH *COUGH *COUGH!!! Sorry about that I think I'm sick with GREATNESS!!! Okay, people don't get me wrong THQ taking a hit sux, but it's not the end of the world. 360 has good games. WII has good games. PS3 is just where it's at for me. If I wanted a system with the shinniest graphics and blue blood that comes out of killing cute little aliens I would have bought a 360. If I wanted a system that had the largest collection of mini-games I would have bought a WII. I'll admit if I had the money I would have all three. I said it before and I'll say it again. PS3 is where it's at for me. AMEN!

noooooo. i wanted the new destroy all humans game on ps2.wth man!

nahh..i don't care about games cancelled or not..i even don't care if MS games go multipaltform with sony and nintendo...i just want to play all types of games with all types of gamers in this world...

nahh..i don't care about games cancelled or not..i even don't care if MS games go multipaltform with sony and nintendo...i just want to play all types of games with all types of gamers in this world...

ouch, yet another blow to sony's already seriously under-good-gamed and crippled ps3

I'm sad to see the PS2 isn't getting Destroy All Humans: Big Willy Unleashed. A name like that has so many possiblities. A John Holmes game.....finally.

From reading the article the reason for the cancellation of Frontlines for the ps3, is the online component as it would incur the same costs as the PC due to it being a free online service as well. Which is significant if there having to use money they haven't earned yet (" THQ also plans to defer $10 million in revenues "due to the significant online-play component" of the PC edition of Frontlines: Fuel of War."), and they haven't stated how much is already being spent. I would say the 360 is being kept due to live subscribers footing most (if not all) the bill for there online component, and its easy to port a pc game to it as well.

NO!!! How dare they cancel Stuntman!!! That was an awesome game...I actually love the Ignition game...I didnt play the first one but I would probably have liked it as well...COME ON THQ!!!...cancel the rest for all I care but don't kill off Stuntman!

d3r7y stop spamming, yes i agree gamespot moderator are not the "best you can get" but PS3 isn't that bad, is still better then the 360 and for wii we have like a hand full of games, people only buy xbox because they buddy has that too other wise xbox-fever would go under like the titanic.. considering that rip off $50/y live joke... as for THQ maybe they should make good games and not panic when they failures they create wont sale, i'm beta for FoW what a disappointment once again, game play is just boring because game makes dont gave the GUTS to make innovative games... this is what they get playing safe

darkfox101 wrote Awesome, ditch that peice of junk ps3 ------- Why did this comment get moderated? I think there's a PS3 fanboy moderater lurking in here? Gamespot pick your moderaters more wisely or look into whats being moderated cause your destroying the freedom of speech for others. I dont see any PS3 fanboys being moderated? Why?

smsmith1978 The news that they are ditching the PS3 version of the multiplatform games is going to open the floodgates of other developers doing it, and it makes sense. Where is the business sense of creating a game for a system with a smaller fan base, smaller attach rate and is also an absolute dog to program for (as reported by many developers) and thus would not look as good as the 360 version? THQ are smart, they're trimming the fat and sticking to the real money maker, the Xbox 360.
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This is very good news Juiced had to go.

And once stuntman became multi-platform it went right down the tube, so or well.

Oh Stuntman! I will save youuuuuuuuU!

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nebacadneezer:

Dude....your one funny fanboy.
Go cry on top of your ps3...While i hang with my 3 friends Nintendo, Microsoft & sony.
We have drinks and talk about exclusives, downloads..and how awesome we all really are...

KIA= Killed In Action
In other words, they've been canceled

whats KIA?

If they cancel the release of the other Destroy All Humans games due out this year then I am going to be seriously ticked with THQ !!!

I think THQ wont be around much they are doing some stupid things by cancelling PS3 addtions to games due to the PS3 is picking up steam. I was at a local store and I heard lots of people saying they are buying the systed due to it has nicer graphics and the Blu ray player. One day game developers will learn never turn your back on a console be it PS3 or the 360.

wow..it seem ps3 fanboys got rage....why don't you buy a xbox 360...problem settle...

That's too bad about Stuntman; I liked the 360 game, thought it was fun and a real improvement over the PS2 game. Would have liked to seen where a sequal would have gone.

Another company suffering as video games level out or in the case of PC, decline..... Certainly when you look at PS3 sales and how little the 360 has sold over the original XBox and then of course, PC games sales declines, it is not difficult to see how anything connected to hardcore gaming is going the way of the dodo, in exactly the same way as anything connected with casual gaming (the Wii and DS along with casual PC games sales rocketing) is going through the roof! A sea change is taking place in video gaming, and hardly anyone is noticing or admitting to it (even if they know it!) THQ's situation is just one symptom of an illness spreading across hardcore gaming.

shows that the consumers do influence what game developers make. I wish people would stop renting games and just own them to show that they do support their favorite franchises!

Weird & Funny too!.

no more Destroy all humans?, I Like that game it was fun

I'd like to see them release a Summoner 3, I really enjoyed the first two games. I would be fine even if it was a PS2 game, but it would be awesome if they made it for PS3.

Whoa. Some serious fanboyism going down. Take a breath and count backwards from ten. I am a PS3 owner myself, and of course I wanted to play this game too. But gamespots job is to report news in the gaming industry. They aren't biased towards making anybody look bad, just doing their job. As for the PS3, we've still got a strong lineup coming(eventually) everything will be OK

seriously. calm down fanboys, i've been hearing that the ps3 version of frontlines was going to be canned since tuesday, calm down, this isn't gamespot trying to make the ps3 look bad...geez

You are some of the dumbest fanboys I have ever...ever seen what do you want gamespot to do not publish the news, or maybe finance the game for the PS3 themselves. Instead of being stupid just roll with the news and remember that the only reason the PS3 is becoming cheaper for you to buy is that the Xbos 360 and WII exist

Well Gamespot is back at it. Amazing how fast they post bad news for the PS3....i'm cancelling. over a year of having to put up with this crap and then finding out about Jeff and then you continue to do this...good job. You lost a 5 year customer.

YES! I can't describe how happy this makes me. Seeing THQ punished for being the lap dog for any film studio hoping to make a quick buck on a movie-game adaptation is the best news I've seen all week. Maybe they'll go under, or maybe they'll actually put some better work into the titles they develop, but either way, they shouldn't be allowing the film industry to walk all over the game industry like that.

I hate it when the game industry creates great games but turned into awful movies...Uwe...you will die by my hand...

David Reeves, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE), has gone on record to state that the company’s PlayStation 3 console will overtake current lifetime sales of the Xbox 360 in Europe by summer 2008.

Speaking to trade website MCV, Reeves claimed that sales of the PS3 have already surpassed those of Microsoft Corp’s next-generation console in territories including France, Spain, Italy and Germany.

“In December we sold just over a million PlayStation 3s during the month”, he said. "That’s across all PAL territories and that’s a sell-through figure.

“About 20-22 per cent of that figure was sold in the UK alone. We’re very happy with the performance of PS3 in the UK.”

“We don’t often mention the competition, but I will give you some interesting data: In terms of installed base in some of our major markets, such as France, Spain, Germany and Italy " plus some distributor territories in smaller markets like Switzerland " our current cumulative installed base is now higher than Xbox 360”, added Reeves.

“It has not yet reached that in the UK. But the team here expect to overtake the installed base of Xbox 360 across all PAL territories in late summer. It’s also worth mentioning that last week we outsold Xbox 360 in PAL territories by a ratio of three to one.”

The PS3 launched across Europe in March 2007, with Xbox 360 releasing over a year in advance in November 2005.

David Reeves, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE), has gone on record to state that the company’s PlayStation 3 console will overtake current lifetime sales of the Xbox 360 in Europe by summer 2008.

Speaking to trade website MCV, Reeves claimed that sales of the PS3 have already surpassed those of Microsoft Corp’s next-generation console in territories including France, Spain, Italy and Germany.

“In December we sold just over a million PlayStation 3s during the month”, he said. "That’s across all PAL territories and that’s a sell-through figure.

“About 20-22 per cent of that figure was sold in the UK alone. We’re very happy with the performance of PS3 in the UK.”

“We don’t often mention the competition, but I will give you some interesting data: In terms of installed base in some of our major markets, such as France, Spain, Germany and Italy " plus some distributor territories in smaller markets like Switzerland " our current cumulative installed base is now higher than Xbox 360”, added Reeves.

“It has not yet reached that in the UK. But the team here expect to overtake the installed base of Xbox 360 across all PAL territories in late summer. It’s also worth mentioning that last week we outsold Xbox 360 in PAL territories by a ratio of three to one.”

The PS3 launched across Europe in March 2007, with Xbox 360 releasing over a year in advance in November 2005.

"Terran499

WTF! Why was the PS3 version cancelled but not the 360?"

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Simple. Market share and development costs. The PS3 has the smallest market share of the current 3 consoles, as well as the highest cost of development. To simplify it, there's less of a margin of profit. The more systems sold results in more potential buyers of a game, which means more money. Lower cost to produce a game means less money spent on a system. The PS3 is heavily trailing behind the XB360 and the Wii, which is why developers are cancelling their PS3 projects/ports before the other systems.

The danger factor for the PS3 here is that you need games to sell consoles. If there's not a strong enough library of games to sell consoles, its harder to get developers to make games for the system. This is what eventually hurt the GameCube.