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THQ could be struggling to break even
26.01.2009
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.
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