Following Ubisoft, Take-Two and Electronic Arts, Activision Blizzard also shared the report, boasting about the success of its games.
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According to the company, the second quarter of 2019brought $1.4 billion to the treasury, which is 15% less compared to last year. At the same time, this is more than Activision Blizzard itself expected after parting with Bungie. Traditionally, the majority of profits came from the digital market, and in the case of AB it was 78%.
As for player activity, “online”The company's earnings have dropped noticeably. If previously 352 million players per month were missing from Activision games, now the number of active users does not rise above 327 million per month.
In turn, Black Ops 4 performed betterWWII, surpassing the project by 50% in terms of average playing time and microtransactions. In May, the number of subscribers in World of Warcraft also increased, but the Overwatch audience remained at the same level.
In terms of revenue, King won with its mobile game CandyCrush, earning $499 million, of which $171 million went into operating profit. Activision is also pleased with the sales of Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, and plans to make more remasters of popular games. In addition, the company wants to develop Call of Duty, Candy Crush, Warcraft, Hearthstone, Overwatch and Diablo, but not a word about Starcraft. As for Modern Warfare, Activision is confident that the game will influence the industry and the company itself.