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Technology Stocks : THQ,Inc. (THQI) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sigmund who wrote (3209)	1/24/1998 11:23:00 PM
From: Lowtek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14266

Still don't understand why you would think I have alternate intentions...especially when I still have a sizeable investment in this company. Thank you for the clarification though. Sorry for being so sensitive...here is what I posted on Motley Fool: Here are the main points that have been discussed directly from the mmwire release...There were other points also made regarding tough competition from other titles at the time and thoughts about how the high price may have impacted sales at launch, but I believe these are the issues that have been discussed here the last couple days. TITLE: THQ LEARNS PRICE LESSON WITH SOMEWHAT LACKLUSTER LAUNCH FOR PAX IMPERIA "Publishers who price their titles at the high end of the market may want to give those price tags a second look, following the experience THQ [THQI] had launching its first PC title." "Pax Imperia: Eminent Domain sold just 18,600 units in the U.S. from its launch in the fall through Jan. 3, according to PC Data." "Pax is now priced at $39.95 and that is likely to drop later this year to $29.95. THQ will be "more aggressive" in pricing future PC titles, [Alison Locke] adds." "Still, THQ is pleased with the product's progress.ÿ "We're just getting ourselves familiar with the PC market," Locke says.ÿ "This has been a great start for us."" "[DFC Intelligence Analyst] Cole agrees with the assessment of Andrew Sispoidis, president of Pax developer Heliotrope Studios, that the game appeals to hardcore gamers whose buying is less tied to the holidays than are consumers generally.ÿ If the game can maintain even its current level of 8,000-9,000 units sold/month, it can be successful in the U.S. over time, Sispoidis says." "Despite a somewhat lackluster U.S. performance, Pax has sold better internationally, particularly in Germany, than it has domestically, according to Sispoidis.ÿ PC Data does not track international sales.ÿ Factoring in international sales, Pax is a profitable title, he says."ÿ Pax has sold better internationally, particularly in Germany, than it has domestically, according to Sispoidis. This statement alone, taken at face value as published, would tend to support what Hainesda is saying. It tells me that the product has sold at least (and probably more than) 37,201 copies through January 3.