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[remember_spinal]

 

[JimRyanGOAT]

Jim Ryan Bless

 

[Mr Moose]

Vanguard is dog shit, happily skipped it after the betas.
Can't wait for MW2.

 

[killatopak]

Will probably come up again when Dragonflight gets released but it won’t be back from peak Shadowlands.

 

[reksveks]

MAUs didn't halve btw.

Might want to fix that.

https://venturebeat.com/2022/08/01/...-financial-targets-with-q2-bookings-of-1-64b/

Weirdly King actually got them to hit analysts targets. Kings 6% growth in comparison to the rest of the mobile market is a weird outlier. Vanguard did shit the bed, Mw2 needs to hit for them.

 

[mansoor1980]

phil dont care at all

 

[March Climber]

I think we will continue to see this if WoW starts to die. It's been nearly 2 decades.

 

[Captain Toad]

Nice

 

[Chittagong]

 

[adamsapple]

 

[Chittagong]

 

[remember_spinal]

Im a 3 and a 1

 

[saturnalian]

Edit, wrong quote

 

[adamsapple]

btw MAU dropped 3% compared to last quarter and 12% YoY.

Not half.

 

[Kagey K]

btw MAU dropped 3% compared to last quarter and 12% YoY.

Not half.

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

COVID push has ended.

Will probably come up again when Dragonflight gets released but it won’t be back from peak Shadowlands.

Probably not not COVID level but aside Dragonflight the new COD MW will be big and also Warzone 2 / Zombie might bring some MAU

 

[adamsapple]

COVID push has ended.

OP:

 

[Roufianos]

Good. The Activision side deserves to fail for putting all its eggs in the COD basket.

Give us Tony Hawk you cunts.

 

[remember_spinal]

i mean to say revenues halved, mods can please fix the title

 

[Jaybe]

Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, in a statement. “…. Of course, we look forward to completing our pending $95 per share all-cash transaction with Microsoft as soon as possible.”

My CEO translator: “Please please don’t tank the stock price for us fucking up something awful, also don’t fire me”

 

[ManaByte]

The day that closes is going to be fun.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

btw MAU dropped 3% compared to last quarter and 12% YoY.

Not half.

It doesn't matter.

 

[Godot25]

I mean... Duh?
Blizzard haven't released new game in eternity and Wow got bad expansion.
Vanguard is bad by commercial metrics.

So I don't know what people expected.

If this will continue after OW 2, MW2 and Dragonflight then it is time to panic, but I have strong feeling that it will get way better

 

[Ezekiel_]

 

[Sosokrates]

Pretty good timing for Microsoft.

 

[remember_spinal]

Pretty good timing for Microsoft.

No, if they bought them now it would be good timing.

 

[Sosokrates]

Whey don't it include in-game revenue, this makes it look like the total revenue is $304 million. When there total revenue is like $1.6 billion

inaccurate information, this shit needs to be fixed.

 

[Sosokrates]

No, if they bought them now it would be good timing.

No I meant with all eyes looking on them actiblizz having less revenue is better then it being really strong.

 

[adamsapple]

It doesn't matter.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

 

[Hari Seldon]

Seems like it was all COD related since Blizzard was saved by Diablo Immortal.

 

[Flutta]

Hope they crash and burn

 

[Bernd Lauert]

No, if they bought them now it would be good timing.

No, if they bought them now, it'd take until 2024 for the deal to go through.

 

[yazenov]

No, if they bought them now it would be good timing.

Yeah could have bought them at a discount now. I guess they did benefit from the headlines since they didnt have anything to offer currently so they needed something to push the potential consumers to buy the products based on future promises.

 

[Kiraly]

Operating Income
Sony PlayStation: 401m
Activision Blizzard: 338m

 

[harry mason 1989]

Sony fans are happy with this news
And Microsoft fans are angry with this news

 

[Three]

MAUs didn't halve btw.

Might want to fix that.

Was there a title change? I don't see a claim MAU halved.

 

[nkarafo]

Yeah, i hope they crash and burn.

 

[drganon]

They deserve to go bankrupt for that alone.

 

[Rivet]

 

[Black_Stride]

Their YoY next year is gonna look like these guys found gold or something.

 

[Valt7786]

Good, well deserved. Vanguard sucked fucking balls and all the new Blizzard staff are doing their best to kill WoW.

 

[AV]

Not really a surprise. WoW is about to get Wrath Classic and the new retail expansion, Diablo 4 isn't quite out, OW2 as shit as it looks isn't out yet, Modern Warfare 2 isn't out yet, etc.

 

[SJRB]

Good. Fuck em. Acti-Blizzard fucking sucks.

 

[AJUMP23]

Maybe they will focus on making good games again.

 

[onesvenus]

Operating Income
Sony PlayStation: 401m
Activision Blizzard: 338m

How many releases did Sony have?
How many Activision?

 

[Black_Stride]

Not really a surprise. WoW is about to get Wrath Classic and the new retail expansion, Diablo 4 isn't quite out, OW2 as shit as it looks isn't out yet, Modern Warfare 2 isn't out yet, etc.

Yup next year.
Diablo Immortal Chinese money.
Diablo 4.
Overwatch 2.
Call of Duty MW2.
Whatever the new Warzone is gonna be.

Theyve got a good year coming.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

How many releases did Sony have?
How many Activision?

Sony had one release. Activision Blizzard had one release.

 

[oldergamer]

yet another reason activation wanted to sell. Increasing headcount by 25% is huge!

 

[akaFullmetal]

Not surprising, most things reelong back from COVID boost. Doesn't help vanguard isn't their best cod, hopefully mw2 turns that around.