Looks like the stock holders had high hopes in Homefront.   Metascores must be giving game execs nightmares.
 
 http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-03-15-homefront-scores-cause-thq-stock-crash
 
 http://www.google.com/finance?client=ob&q=NASDAQ:THQI
 
 http://www.thestreet.com/story/11046223/1/thq-stock-falls-on-unusually-high-volume-thqi.html  

Scary thing is, a 70 average rating is not really something I would call bad, especially not for a title like Homefront which never looked amazing, interesting yes, but not amazing.

That's pretty crazy. I mean, about half the reviews are positive, so they must've really believed in this game...

Medal of Honor had a 70% rating and sold 5 mil, so either THQ aren't as good liars as EA, or something.

i'm still picking it up as i do not let reviews dictate my purchasing decisions.

" That's pretty crazy. I mean, about half the reviews are positive, so they must've really believed in this game... "

" i'm still picking it up as i do not let reviews dictate my purchasing decisions. "

" i'm still picking it up as i do not let reviews dictate my purchasing decisions. "

" @Icemael said:

" That's pretty crazy. I mean, about half the reviews are positive, so they must've really believed in this game... "

Yeah :S maybe they don't really have anything else lined up for the rest of the year?  

@DarkTravesty said:

" i'm still picking it up as i do not let reviews dictate my purchasing decisions. "

FIGHT THE POWER!! "

" But investors tend to be 55 years old and know nothing about games except that the ones where you shoot people are popular.  This industry can be stupid. "

" @borodin @Slaker117:   whatever happed to it looks fun to me? isn't that what fucking games are for.  can i not be belittled by the fact it looks good to me. jesus christ "

Ouch, that sucks. I haven't bought a THQ game in ages. Hell, I don't even remember what games they do anymore besides this and Red Faction.

I guess that is why you don't make people work 60 days strait for 10 hours a day without a day off.

That is incredibly reactionary.  THQ has published a good number of great games and I'm still waiting for a proper sequel to Company of Heroes which I still play to this day. I really hope this doesn't cause them to overreact and do something drastic to the studio.

I almost considered investing in THQ, not for Homefront, but good thing I waited.

Strap it on.

" @borodin said:

" @Icemael said:

" That's pretty crazy. I mean, about half the reviews are positive, so they must've really believed in this game... "

Yeah :S maybe they don't really have anything else lined up for the rest of the year?  

@DarkTravesty said:

" i'm still picking it up as i do not let reviews dictate my purchasing decisions. "

FIGHT THE POWER!! "

THQ has red faction, saints row, Smackdown, Warhammer... "

MoH got around 7s and still manage to push 2mil sales. 
 
So I guess saleswise Homefront should do ok. 
 
Wonder whats gonna happen to Kaos though. 
They were kinda the darling developer story since they started out doing mods for BF1942 and turning into a full fledge developer.

I think the reason it dropped so much is that THQ put an insane amount of marketing dollars behind a mediocre product. Who knows, it might still sell well, look at Medal of Honor, but if it doesn't, then stockholders have a good reason to ditch the stock.

" @DarkTravesty:  Not trying to get on your back about it, I just fail to see what makes it appealing, especially now that reviews are out, other then the marketing push THQ gave it. If you have to money to be less discerning, good for you I guess? "

Well that's sadly how the business side of the industry works, all they care about is sales numbers and their metacritic score. If a game gets anything less than a 90% and/or doesn't sell a huge number of copies in the first week of release then they consider it a failure and are much less likely to continue funding that developer. 
 
Personally this was of those games that I had a bad feeling about and after reading the reviews I'm glad I held back from getting it myself.

Now I guess THQ is really hoping de Blob 2 is a hit or we're not as jaded about review scores. 
 
Because Homefront doesn't look that great.

" @DivineCC:  xxx game and still have some what of an interest in it and its not a rent it first mentality more of a that warrants a purchase in my eyes? "

" its just crazy to completely dismiss reviews from swaying your purchases. "

" @JudgeDread: This is actual game journalism, and is really fucking interesting. Thanks for bringing this to our attention, duder. 
 
Like someone said above me, 70 really isn't awful, but I guess in terms of market performance it'll have a pretty drastic effect. 
 
I'd like to see a larger view of the relationship between stock prices, sales and critical reception.  
 
Surely it can't have that large an effect, can it? "

70 is not a bad score. People have really high expectations for video games.  It is the first game of a possible franchise now thq needs to build from this.

Jesus, that's crazy.  THQ has been doing some great shit lately.  Homefront really isn't bad, I in fact like it. 

Maybe the stockmarket actually played it?
 
Whatever, I too am shocked since I was betting on a resurgence of anti-communist paranoia.
 
Looks like I need to move my money back into anti-muslim paranoia. That's mostly pork belly futures.

I cant understand how anyone expected this game to equate to anything more than it is. Whoever did PR for this game did it really really well. 
 
@rottendevice said:

" Homefront seemed like a bad idea from the start.   But investors tend to be 55 years old and know nothing about games except that the ones where you shoot people are popular.  This industry can be stupid. "

Oh, the power of words and opinions....    and money.

I'm surprised they dropped as much as that, sucks to be THQ I guess.

" @borodin @Slaker117:   whatever happed to it looks fun to me? i've got a handful of games in my library that people shit on that i think are fun; isn't that what fucking games are for?  can i not be belittled for the fact it looks good to me. jesus christ "

Now's the time to buy shares... this game will sell okay guys.

Wierd.
Did shareholders believe it was going to be their CoD or something?

You'd think that someone, somewhere, in any of the entertainment industries would look over the past X years and think that maybe if they put out a product of quality then made an attempt to sell it to people, it might actually do OK.