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To: Zeev Hed who wrote (3871)	3/11/1998 6:15:00 PM
From: Tor Van Dyke	Respond to of 14266

I don't know what ECW(sp?) is, but it sounds good. What sells in the game industry is the violence. I used to watch Ultimate Fighting Championships(UFC) which were on pay-per-view. In contrast to wrestling, it is REAL fighting and anything goes except eye-gouging. It is very fun to watch. If THQ could make a game about UFC, that would be a hot-seller. The only drawback is that not too many people have heard of it. But that shouldn't matter very much. Games like Mortal Combat aren't based on real-life characters and it used to sell very well. Would it be difficult to find out how much the WCW license was bought for?

To: Zeev Hed who wrote (3871)	3/11/1998 11:30:00 PM
From: wolfdog2	Respond to of 14266

Zeev, I don't think that THQ controls the genre at all. How many people know that THQ produces the WCW games when they go to buy them? Not many I'm sure. Any new wrestling titles that THQ produces will have to be judged on their own merits. But having the WCW license gave THQ an enormous boost in sales. I agree, however, that the loss of the license is being blow out of proportion. Problem is that analysts now have trouble getting a handle on THQ's future earnings since recently so much depended on WCW.