Yesterday, we learned that the video game publisher THQ is sitting on 1.4 million unsold copies of uDraw, a hugely unsuccessful game designed around a tablet peripheral. uDraw was such a disastrous investment—it cost the publisher around $100 Million on production and lost revenue—that it is almost singlehandedly…
Blaming the poor sales of the uDraw tablet on a dismal third quarter of 2012, THQ has officially halted production on the device and has plans to eliminate existing stock through retail channels. Hey, isn't Valentine's Day coming up?
Though THQ recently beat back rumors it was readying itself for sale, all is not happy within its house. Earlier today the company restated that it's done with the kidstuff, blaming the commercial failure of its uDraw tablet, among other things, for its poor performance of late. The company's stock closed at 70 cents…
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Ever since I played the Wii U last month at E3, I've been running through my memories of the surprisingly abundant Wii U-ish experiences I've had with other gaming hardware, some of which I've written about.
uDraw is THQ's...drawing platform. This past May, an HD version was mentioned, and at this year's E3, it's been shown off for the PS3 and the Xbox 360.
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Publisher THQ had some good news and bad news to deliver today, starting with the not-so-great results from its last financial year. The publisher lost a cool $136 million USD. But it had some good news for fans of Metro 2033, Homefront and the very successful uDraw gaming tablet that hit the Wii last year.
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With the arrival of fall comes the arrival of expensive shopping decisions. You can shell out for games, but what about game hardware? Do you need the Kinect? The Move? One of the new video game guitars? Or even a new console?
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Do you look at the Wii Remote and see the potential for an advanced fishing rod or bowling ball? Imagine it as part of a drawing tablet. I tested that set-up this week. It's what Mario Paint Wii could've been.
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