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Which company is worth more: Zynga or THQ?

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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THQ and Zynga have both been giants in their time, and both are worth almost nothing now. THQ’s revenues peaked at $1.03 billion in its 2008 fiscal year. Zynga’s sales last year were above $1 billion. But times have changed, and now the stock market values both companies at virtually zero. Comparing the two makes for an interesting study in how the market values game companies.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.