...and i am less than surprised.

I found the below article, which you can see here on Game Uk's site.

"A failure of certain titles from the THQ range to meet their sales expectations could lead to the publisher failing to break even for the second half of its financial year, it has been stated. Analysts Cowen and Company has made the prediction of faltering sales in titles including WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2009 and Saints Row 2. Doug Creutz of the analysts stated that US sales of the wrestling title were particularly damaging because older titles of the franchise have sold well in the past.He said: "The WWE decline is particularly concerning since that franchise had been one of THQ's last bastions of strength". Mr Creutz added that it had been expected that Saints Row 2 would surpass one million sales in the US following its dual-platform release, but the figure is likely to be nearer 900,000. WWE fans may also be interested to know that the Royal Rumble is fast approaching on January 25th, with the winner headlining the main event at Wrestlemania"

To be honest if THQ actually made some good games i'd buy more and i'm sure this goes the same with everyone else. I usually buy the WWE titles but to be honest the last few were disappointing even for a fan. The roster for one was at least 6 months out of date, compare this with other sports games which are released after the start of a new season, for example fifa09 is up to date with what has happened in the real world just weeks before its release. So it can;t be too difficult to keep up. Also the fact the THQ don't even promote titles they have which are actually awesome. I've been enjoying Lock's Quest for example which i heard about by word of mouth, i didnt even know it had been released.

I work for a company who distribute all of THQ's products and the amount of crap that comes through here is ridiculous. To be honest we also do disney games and that's way worse. But still I see numourous amounts of new titles come through and I think, how are they going to sell all of them?

We've recently got in the Dawn of War II titles and i have a friend playing the beta who is enjoying it very much, butas good as this game may be for someone who enjoys this genre of game I really can't see it being something to get THQ back on the ladder. Also Deadly Creatures is gettin gmy attention as a game worth playing on the Wii.

If they don't mess up Red Faction 3 in some way i will be very very shocked as it's the only upcoming THQ game i'm really looking forward to. They did such a good job with the previous in the series and i loved it clearly.

Without a big multi-platform game to bolster it's sales and rake in the cash will THQ survive or will it be forced to sell off and close more studios. Will we see more of the gaming industry owned by EA?