<![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> @Sabash: Just because a bunch of people are aware of a title doesn't mean it's going to sell. I mean, I looked at the trailer because I didn't BELIEVE it, not that I was interested in BUYING it.

Visibility is important, but there's a big difference between gathering interest and gathering attention.

boopadoo

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> I thought Midway was going in casual games too? Or were games like Cruisin' supposed to be their casual approach?

I always thought of Midway as in the same league as say Acclaim. When I'm looking at what they published/developed I don't think I'm that far off and I might even prefer Acclaim.

And publishing 1 game in 3 months is not really impressive for a company that calls itself a publisher, now is it?

TrekVogel

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> @Seiven: It's always fun to see the uninformed tell people how things work.

@CARBOMB: TNA Impact isn't even out, so I don't see how it could be suffering from poor sales yet. Maybe it will when it comes out, but it's not yet.

@FunkyJ: Booty is currently the interim CEO while the company searches for a permanent replacement (for Zucker). The search process usually takes a while, so it's common to make someone internal the temporary CEO until the search is complete.

@boopadoo: FYI, there is a correlation between awareness and sales, and page views on a major game website are an indicator of awareness.

"the troubled publisher is clearly hoping it, along with This is Vegas, TNA Impact!, The Wheelman Unreal Tournament 3 for the Xbox 360, and Blitz: The League II."

Hoping it what, Leigh?

Sabash

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> So they think that the number of downloads of MK vs DC symbolizes interest in SALES? If this is the mindset that they're taking, they're going to be in for a huge disappointment when they start to release more details about the game.

boopadoo

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> Maybe Midway should try to create a successful game instead of shovel-ware rubbish. Try hiring a talented designer.

I loved MK when I was 13 but there's nothing there in terms of gameplay and depth. The only way to resurrect that franchise is to add naked tits.

wallapuctus

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> Their profits will go up when they make San Francisco Rush 2050.

MrLister

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> The part I find most interesting is that they actually expect to sell "NBA Ballers: Chosen One". With solid reviews in thr 5-7 of 10 range, and glowing recomendations like "This game is just not fun." surely Midway will turn their act around.

Midway didn't create Shadow Hearts, they just published it in the USA and Europe. Which is probably why most of the series is so unusual and quirky.

Balius

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> Their problem is there is no real excitement generated for any of their titles. Marketing needs to be ramped up gradually, and they need to make stuff that doesn't appear to be very also ran. Who is going to want to play the wheelman with something like grand theft auto 4 out in the marketplace. Midway needs to put a colossal amount of detail and work into their titles to garner the hardcore crowds attention.

On another point I would say that they didn't have to really do MK vs DC but would have been fine making a dc only fighting game.

Kounji

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> I have the plan to save the MK franchise and they don't need to change the upcoming game much: MK v DC v Seinfeld!

Midway, you can thank me later.

AverageJoes

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> Well, you put out games like Cruisin' and announce the next Mortal Kombat has no fatalities, you're bound to lose money...

chemical_eng_mx

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> @billzombie : Does Midway still own MK? Do you really think anyone would buy that failure of a franchise? And no, MK VS DC is not the answer. It is the last cry from the beating of a long dead horse.

Sir Chrissy Poo

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> My bad, I should have read the full article. -_-

billzombie

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> Does midway still own Mortal Kombat?? If so... this might bring in some bucks.

+ Watch video

billzombie

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> It's been a steady downhill plunge for Midway ever since they abandoned coin-op & pinball.

Nightmare management too.

sandwiches

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> Do you think they are a buy?

The stock's at $2.34...I mean it can't get worse right?

Who am I kidding? Did you see their lineup for 08?

Dr.Chocobo

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> Well, quality was a problem with Stranglehold on the PC. I would have like to purchase it if it ran better and was a bit more polished.

homernoy

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> everytime I think of midway... I think of.....

HYDRO THUNDER!!!!

*sorry I haaaad to do it X3*

hrabbit

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> I have the answer to all of Midway's problems. Stop making crappy games. MK vs. DC is not the answer.

Remember 4 years ago when Midway came out of nowhere with awesome games like The Suffering and PSI-Ops? What the hell happened? Was it just dumb luck that they came out with a bunch of great games at one time?

skullivan

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> So, instead of choosing someone from outside the company who may bring the clear vision and clarity to bring Midway back to it's formal glory, you instead promote someone from within the company, someone who is mired in the years of Midway's corporate shenanigans...

Yeah, great going Midway!

FunkyJ

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> @Sir Chrissy Poo: You don't think MK v DC is the answer?!?!?!?!

I'm pretty sure a hundred monkeys in a room flinging shit at ideas on the walls is how Midway operates.

AverageJoes

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> Wow, I would've expected Cruis'N to save the day. Shocking.

Quilt

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> Midway is probably going to be the next company to go bankrupt. They just don't have enough quality titles to keep them running. I mean, Mortal Kombat is their flagship title, and when was the last really good MK game? MKII?

Sir Chrissy Poo

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> Midway doesn't really have, well, any titles. It's quite sad at this point.

Samos42

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> love the tag =P

(俗・ ) Grey Gecko

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> These people made Cruis'n for the Wii.

Show no mercy.

MoFuzz

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> It's a real shame...I want midway to succeed. But they haven't made any games I want to play. And I'm already not buying NBA Baller:chosen one or whatever they call it...just not interested in it.

karateka

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> Someone mentioned it earlier: Psi-Ops. Midway must be so gun-shy about sales that they won't give a Psi-Ops sequel a chance. Rez-up the original, pack it in with a PS3/Xbox sequel, add a *good* multiplayer or co-op mode, and they're golden.

The thing that worries me is the apparent lack of worry over quality. If Blacksite actually ran smooth and glitch free they would have sold some units easy.

crashlanding

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> Yeah, pretty much if they wanna make money, stop releasing shit.

Although UT3 is awesome, pretty much everything else they've attached their names to is utter garbage.

Case in point: the half-assed ports the PS store got of "classic" games.

AverageJoes

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> They're losing money because their product lineup is old and unexciting. Mortal Kombat hasn't been exciting for a LONG time. Cruis'n, sheesh, I swear I only see this game in movie theater arcades and it's always a different version and it always looks the same. Unreal is probably losing serious ground to Halo and COD4. TNA Impact! is probably suffering due to the rise in popularity of MMA and the UFC. They're really in need of some new IP's.

The whole DC vs. Mortal Kombat thing, yeah, when I heard about that I watched the trailer, but only because I couldn't believe it was real not because it really got me excited. It made me laugh =] I can't remember the last time I bought a Midway title.

CARBOMB

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> well, with such quality tittles, how can they not be made of awesome and win?

KosherInfidel

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> Meh. I'm gonna go out and say Midway's keeps trying to stay in an overcrowded niche and have thus far failed miserably.

As much as I abhor MK for gameplay reasons, there's no denying signs like when they slashed prices on Armageddon within a month or so of the game's release.

Now they're gonna come back with MK vs DC. Thanks, but I've seen flash vids on youtube made by users for free that look a hellavulot more impressive, some that even involve MK characters, that manage to evoke nostalgia and even better gameplay in a sense.

I don't mean to bash all the games they're counting on this year, but I sincerely cannot remember the last Midway game I bought, much less enjoyed. Part of that is that I'm already comfortable with other offerings with the genres they're going for (look at all the people still swearing by WWF No Mercy, for N64, including me). The other part is that none of their games seem to get that much attention paid on.

Hate me for this, but at times Midway seems like the poor man's EA.

Truvill

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> Go disruptive, guys! Be the first(???) company to manufacture and mass-market pachinko machines to the USA!

(hey... couldn't hurt at this point, right?)

fuchikoma

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> Midways problem is upper management. These days, instead of going for things that are new or innovative, they're trying to rehash their old games as much as possible.

/I remember when mortal kombat 1 first came out. You know, when "finish him" was innovative.

lordargent

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> @Candlejack: Well, I was trying to wittily point out how Midway has no particularly great games, but my post got cu

Adrock4

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> @Candlejack: Shadow Hearts: Covenant was the last Midway game I bought, I think. Of course, that undersold and they dropped the rights, but I liked that game a lot.

Stormrider

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> I think it is time to think about downsizing this company. When was the last time they made a profit.

ghnvt

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> @Adrock4: Oh stop bullying me because of my name! You're scaring the children! Nobody disappears when you say Candlejack. It's jus

Candlejack

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> This is why they need to get back in Pinball manufacturing.

I know it wont help them, but it would help me ;)

yashichi8bit

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> @Adrock4: LOL! That never gets old :) I loved the bit they did on him on TheGiantBombBombcastDotCom (love that name too :D ).

okenny :)

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> @Candlejack: I think you're a bit too hard on Midway. I mean, look at all of the great games they've released in the p

Adrock4

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> I didnt know they were even around anymore really. They should just combine with the other average dev/pubs and put some heads together and give us something good.

and forget that DC crap. Just because Capcom vs Marvel is kick ass doesnt mean MK vs DC will be good. Dont get me wrong, I love me some Mortal Kombat. And Batman kicks ass. But no. Just no.

Maybe it's cause I am not a DC fan, to me that universe is so freaking one sided and unbalanced that I dont know how it would work in a fighting game. I mean Superman is overpowered. Thats because he is friggin written that way. sigh... Next we gunna find out that Scorpion has kryptonite spears and thats why he can "GET OVER HERE!!!" Supes ass.

Merge with Interplay and give me Mortal Kombat vs Earth Worm Jim with a cameo from MDK. Make the MDK suit the new Reptile. I'd play that.

Derigor

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> Yea, I'm trying hard to remember a game from Midway of the past, say, 4 years, that I thoroughly enjoyed. Or even bought.

...Nope. Zip. Nothing. Nada. Niente. Zilch. Eh...you get the picture. :D

Candlejack

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> New Psi-Ops please (try not to make a shit story this time though).

liquid_kore

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> Man oh man that's rough.

But I can see why, DC vs. MK without gore. Not appealing to the mainstream in the least.

HotFootMcCook

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> Announcements like these are heralding an overall decrease in developer and programmer salaries. I also see more volunteer and free testing positions in the future...no more are the days of paid tester positions.

Seiven

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> Heheheh. Booty.

Adrock4

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> They picked the stinky IPs from the tooth fairy :( They need to compete in a neglected market like RPGs or 2.5D Platformers... something... their past line-up puts me to sleep just reading it.

okenny :)

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> I think the only reason that DC vs MK knocked GTA off the top stop at Gamespot is because no one believed it. Hell, if you say that the next game is going to be Looney Toons vs Disney in an all out deathmatch that game would get heavily talked about. Doesn't mean people want to play it.

Ryadic

]]> <![CDATA[Midway Sees $34 Million Loss in First Quarter]]> If quality is any measure, Stranglehold and Blacksite were both average titles at best. I'm really not all that sad that I traded both in to get the World Ends with You and GTA IV.

AndrewG009

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