Activision Increases Quarterly Profits As Online Revenue Grows - Gamasutra

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Activision Increases Quarterly Profits As Online Revenue GrowsGamasutraBlizzard was also cited as a top performer, with its catalogue titles World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, World of Warcraft Battle Chest, …Activision Blizzard sees online revenues exceed retail game sales for first time VentureBeatActivision Blizzard Q2 2010 Earnings Call Transcript TheStreet.com2Q Sales Weak at Activision Morningstar.com Wall Street Pit (blog)  - TopNews Singapore (press release)  - beefjack.comall 445 news articles »

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Activision Blizzard Announces Second Quarter CY 2010 Financial Results - MarketWatch (press release)

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Activision Blizzard Announces Second Quarter CY 2010 Financial ResultsMarketWatch (press release)We are, of course, enthusiastic about Blizzard Entertainment’s upcoming release of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm(TM), which began a closed beta test on June …Activision Blizzard sees online revenues exceed retail game sales for first time VentureBeatActivision (ATVI) Q2 Sales and Outlook Fall Short, Shares Slump StreetInsider.com (subscription)Activision 2Q Net Up 12% On Deferred Rev Impacts; 3Q View Weak Wall Street Journal Reutersall 148 news articles »

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Nearly Half of PC Game Purchases in 2009 Were Online Downloads - DailyTech

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Nearly Half of PC Game Purchases in 2009 Were Online DownloadsDailyTech… most popular download service, followed by Direct2Drive, Blizzard’s direct download system, EA’s direct download system, and the World of Warcraft MMO. …Digital downloads catch up with PC boxed game sales IndependentPC games surge in digital download VarietyIs digital distribution the saviour of PC gaming? PC Authority Shacknewsall 43 news articles »

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PC games surge in digital download - Variety

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PC games surge in digital downloadVarietyIn April, for example, the company began selling a virtual horse in its “World of Warcraft” game. Within eight hours, the queue to buy one was 80000 players …Digital downloads catch up with PC boxed game sales IndependentIs digital distribution the saviour of PC gaming? PC Authorityall 36 news articles »

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Digital downloads catch up with PC boxed game sales - Independent

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Digital downloads catch up with PC boxed game salesIndependentDeeply discounted sales at Steam, Direct 2 Drive and EA help attract customers in the first place, while Blizzard and World Of Warcraft are both boosted by …and more »

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Activision Blizzard CEO: 70 percent of profits come from non-console products

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Filed under: Biz , MMO , World of Warcraft Even with the massive console sales success of the Call of Duty shooter franchise, Activision Blizzard ’s main revenue source comes from games that are not from traditional disk based console products. In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, Activision Blizzard’s CEO Bobby Kotick says he doesn’t worry that the overall console game sales are …

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Activision less dependant on console game sales than you think - Neoseeker

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Activision less dependant on console game sales than you thinkNeoseeker… particularly its online gaming business encompassing (you guessed it) the juggernaut that is World of Warcraft. “I care a lot less. It used to be, …Tippl: Social Game Investments Take Backseat To Major Franchise Expansion GamasutraActivision: Business Is Good, And Getting Better Gamasutraall 14 news articles »

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