THQ: Quality of current titles enhanced by recent mass layoffs
by Alexander Sliwinski 
on Jun 29th 2009 9:00AM
Danny Bilson, who is now the executive VP of Core Games at THQ following
last week's shuffle, says that
shutting down several studios and dismissing 550 employees was necessary to create the "new THQ." He explains to
GI.biz that the surviving studios were given more money to enhance the "quality" (another
buzzword around THQ lately) of the titles in development. Bilson notes
Red Faction: Guerrilla was given four extra months and millions in cash, which he believes was "worth every penny" --
reviewers apparently agree.
The full interview with Bilson is quite notable for how frankly the executive discusses the prior state of the company, which lost
$431 million last year. He explains that convincing executives that change was necessary wasn't difficult because THQ was in a "failure state." He also continues to drum home the point that the company is invested in focusing on the quality of its future core titles.
