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Three games keep Activision-Blizzard afloat

Posted on Tuesday, 2 March 2010 by Speed, source: Kotaku

Activision still around thanks to only three games?

Following the current crisis at Infinity Ward, an interesting note came out of Activision - Blizzard SEC filing: it seems the entire business of the company is being kept afloat by only three games!

"A significant portion of our revenues has historically been derived from products based on a relatively small number of popular franchises and these products are responsible for a disproportionately high percentage of our profits,"

The filing states that in 2009, 68% of net revenue for the company was received from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Guitar Hero and World of Warcraft.

When we look at the total revenue for Blizzard, 98% of it came from World of Warcraft accounts. If WoW suddenly gets a major drop in intrest from gamers, there's little to keep Blizzard up & running.

And for Activision? Well, just imagine what would happen if Call of Duty, WoW or Guitar Hero don't pull off their usual huge sales? Disaster!

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BalsaintheBox

When diablo 3 is completed and gets a release date,blizzard should escape the crisis in gaming..i hope..

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Posted on 22:33, March 02nd 2010

daffeh

SC2 will be huge, trust me.
That beta is already better and more polished than 2/3 of the games out there when they go gold.

SC2 will be huge, trust me. That beta is already better and more polished than 2/3 of the games out there when they go gold.

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Posted on 10:18, March 03rd 2010

BogeyMan

That explains why they mentioned wow was a risk.

It also explains why they are happy to put release dates but by months, they don't want to take any chances.

I agree that SC2 and D3 will both be big releases for blizzard, no second guessing the sales there!

That explains why they mentioned wow was a risk. It also explains why they are happy to put release dates but by months, they don't want to take any chances. I agree that SC2 and D3 will both be big releases for blizzard, no second guessing the sales there!

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Posted on 18:02, March 03rd 2010

Anonymous

after cod mw 2 on pc -wont be buying any activision games in the forseeable future.

COD is dead to me especially after what IW did to mw 2 ,p2p (iw.net)please,from a global perspective the worse possible format for a FPS.

after cod mw 2 on pc -wont be buying any activision games in the forseeable future. COD is dead to me especially after what IW did to mw 2 ,p2p (iw.net)please,from a global perspective the worse possible format for a FPS.

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Posted on 22:42, March 03rd 2010

Anonymous

Many online shops have started to promote Diablo 3 for pre-order here in the UK. They are suggesting that it'll be out during the Spring of 2010. I suppose we'll just to wait and see.

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Posted on 15:48, March 04th 2010