It's not getting any prettier at Midway Games, as the publisher has announced it lost $34.8 million this quarter -- over double its losses the same quarter last year. This also follows Q1 losses of $34 million for the company, bringing this red-soaked mess of a year to almost $69 million in losses.
Matt Booty, Midway's interim president and CEO, believes that Midway's lineup later this year, consisting of Blitz: The League II and Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, will "expand the audience beyond their core fan bases." We know it's sweet to try and make quotes from the Nintendo playbook, but we just don't have the heart to tell him that Midway isn't Nintendo. The financial rivers will continue to flow red as Midway expects another multi-million loss during Q3.
Reader Comments (10)
Posted: Aug 4th 2008 8:42PM (Unverified) said
Its not about the money its about sending a message.
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Posted: Aug 4th 2008 10:33PM (Unverified) said
There should have been a picture of a MK uppercut and blood gushing everywhere. The falling blood droplets will then show $34.8 million.
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Posted: Aug 5th 2008 12:49AM burn1n9m4n said
Maybe if Midway started to make some good games they wouldn't see losses. Instead they have a great line-up of a crappy MK game and Vin Diesel. THANKS MIDWAY!!!
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Posted: Aug 5th 2008 11:14AM (Unverified) said
As a former Midway employee that was caught up in one of their many layoffs, they can burn in hell, and it looks like they are well on their way. Good job Midway!
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