THQ recently unloaded its earnings for its first fiscal quarter ending June 30, and with strong sales of
UFC 2009 Undisputed and
Red Faction: Guerrilla (it's all about the ostriches, baby!), the company is, uh, very much not operating like THQ. It reports that net profits climbed a whopping
77% to $243.5 million (from $137.6 million last year) and that net sales (non-GAAP) for the three months ending June 30 was $233.9 million, up 93% from $121.1 million last year.
And, again, it's all due to strong showings of Red Faction: Guerrilla and UFC 2009 Undisputed. Both titles shipped over a million units (the latter shipping almost three) and made huge profits for THQ during Q2 of this year, the company's first fiscal quarter of 2010. 
{ Jul 28th 2009 at 5:45PM } 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
MystileArmor @ Jul 28th 2009 5:50PM
For those who haven't picked up RF:G yet, I highly recommend it. One of the best games this year, IMO.
JXCgunrunna @ Jul 28th 2009 5:53PM
Played it at a buddies house and i have to agree. Altho I will be picking it up for the PC when it finally hits.
Von Dozier @ Jul 28th 2009 7:46PM
Agree. I knew nothing about RF:G before going into it, only remembering how awesome RF1 was because you could make your own tunnels with the rocket launcher.
RF:G is definitely awesome, and also one of my favorite surprise games of the year.
JXCgunrunna @ Jul 28th 2009 5:52PM
Good job THQ. This should be proof enough that it does not take a big name like gears of war or Halo to profit on the 360 and PS3. All you need are well put together games at a dead time of the year and companies like THQ can get by.
Jordan Biffle @ Jul 28th 2009 5:56PM
It also shows that they can just drop WWE and focus on UFC as their fighting franchise, it worked for Spike, and it works as well with THQ.