Darksiders ships 1.2 million as THQ posts small profit

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I was trying to decide on whether I would buy Darksiders or Bayonetta. I chose Darksiders because I thought the art style was great and it looked like something I could get into. The main character in Bayonetta looks retarded to me and I was amazed by how badly designed she was. Then I realized that SEGA was publishing the game and it was being developed in Japan and it all made sense to me.

Darksiders was dull so dull it was such a shame :(

Darksiders was great. The game reminded of such great games such as ZELDA, GOD OF WAR,etc( yes I know that the game borrowed some elements from the said titles) hope Vigil works for the second one and lets hope they do not rush the game.

I hope this is a trend that continues throughout 2010. Let us wipe the stank of 09 off us, right fellas?

@GamemasterX & Krystyan68 I see Katra's point. It is an expansive game, full of incredible amounts of action and story, and the only way that story can progress is with a great main character. A protagonist makes the game what it is. I don't see a real problem with either game, as both of them have tons of enemies to kill, and lots of action to be had.

@Katra I agree entirely, the character is what really put me off of Bayonetta. Story based games NEED good characters, and to me that one does not.

@Katra: Yeah, I thought the creativity in Bayonetta was great, levels, enemy design. But Bayonetta herself, while a interesting looking character, tried too hard to be overtly sexual, making her seem silly.

dont let them get to you thq!!!! climb the hill slow n steady. quality>quantity, the rest of gamers will bite soon!

Darksiders is friggin amazing.

Darksiders make pc version pls pls

@Krystyan68 Too bad people can't see how good of a game Bayonetta is because they can't accept the protagonist. Developers learn your lesson and come up with a cooler and less sex for sales character and maybe you would of had more sales. Such great game play but the over sexualized nature of the character gets annoying. The story was rather lame as well.

THQ did a good job with the new Darksiders game! really enjoying that game for my beloved ps3.

I like THQ, I'm glad th're getting out of trouble.

Hey THQ - make sure you hook up relic and let's hurry it up with the Dawn of War Console game...I've been waiting forever !!!

"Ships"...not sold

Gotta give it up for Joe Mad.

Good to hear that THQ games are selling well because there were on a losing streak for the last 3 years.

I'll be playing Darksiders this weekend, can't wait.

im sorry but darksiders did nothing for me.i was really disappointed

Loved Darksiders so much,probably will be picking the sequel up,i just hope they add more weapons and more moves to the game

i really enjoyed darksiders it just need some more polish like animation and a better counter system. UFC i found way better to play. i used to to like wwe games back in the day no mercy and the early smackdowns but i wont be wasting my money on another game as it is going no where.

not bad, i enjoyed the game but i enjoyed bayonetta more though.

Great.....this game should have scored moar than bayonata

i think this is one of the 'few' games that didn't do any (including release date) huge wrong decisions..looking forward to hear about ds2. gg vigil & thq!

Good games like this and Dante's Inferno deserve good sales. Its sad that they are overshadowed by the more popular games even though those popular games sometimes end up really bad.

Glad to see this game doing well. That's pretty good for a new IP. I really had a lot of fun with Darksiders. Happy to see a sequel is confirmed now.

Loving Darksiders. Glad to see they're gonna make a followup.

good

yea, THQ published some nice games recently...Darksiders certianly looks like a new franchise and Vigil looks like promising developer as well.

THQ is definitely on a roll and they are getting the public response they deserve.. They've brought original ideas to light and I'm glad the people have been there to appreciate that. I just hope they reconstruct Mars soon enough before everything gets demolished to the ground again..

bring Darksiders 2 on!!!

Darksiders was great, and considering this has been kind of a sleeper hit, (I'd never heard of it till I seen it in store, and not really much advertising for it), it's nice to see people are buying.

@ Bigbudd0045 Ummmmmmm that is why they are one to watch.....if they were HUGE it wouldn't matter...........Watch THQ grow and develop great games in the future.

lol..who the hell is buying those WWE games? There so boring now it's sad. I stopped playing wrestling games long ago because they are so repetitious.

@taylormadederek i wouldnt call this company one to watch, they arent exactly a new player for one. red faction, ufc, and darksiders are all good games, but they lack the polish to be upper tier (ufc could get there through iterational improvements) Hopefully they can push the quality dial up a little and turn these good/great games into just plain great games. still, at least they took a chance on a new ip in darksiders, hopefully that shipped number will be a sales figure soon....personally i dont know anyone who bought it.

That's really cool.

That's good news. Happy for 'em.

i liked darksiders.

A de Blob sequel. Nice.

Very impressive about THQ´s Darksiders. I hope that reach 2 million copies at the end of this ficscal year (2009-2010). "Keep up the good work THQ"!

This is the company to watch in the next few years.......you are going to see lots of NEW IP's........and you are going to love what they make. \ \ I am responsible for 4 or 5 of those sales........Still haven't beat it though.....put it on the backburner for school and Mass Effect.

Great

hopefully it sells more than 1.2 million

Darksiders 2 confirmed, yey! :)

Sweet... from all accounts this is a really solid game. Congrats THQ.

Darksiders was a definate buy for me (needed a excuse to play a god of war style game :P)

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Cheers to Joe Made and Vigil. They made Darksiders into a solid game and it easily became an all-time favorite for me. Bring on the Four Horsemen!

Glad to see the Darksiders is doing so well. Happy to see a part 2 already in the works. I have to be honest, I had my doubts about it but when I bought it I couldn't put the controller down.