Activision bathing in the sea of ​​American dollars, and in between she deigned to summarize for the third quarter of the current financial year. The company’s net profit amounted to $ 691 million, which is 18% less than in the same period last year. The positions of digital sales channels continue to strengthen – 59% of the total profit fell to them.

Not to a small gamblingsitesnotongamstop.co.uk extent, this is facilitated by popularity World of Warcraft, which nevertheless continues to decline. As of September 30, 7 lived on official servers.6 million users, in the second quarter – 7.7 million, and in the first – 8.3 million. But despite this, Vera Bosses Activision-Blizzard The game is still strong, so significant investments will be directed to its development.

Meanwhile, sales Diablo 3 on PC, Mac, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 overcame the mark of 14 million copies. We remind you that users of the computer version expect big changes-in March next year auction houses will be canceled, and everyone will finally be able to breathe in full chest. In addition, at the end of the week, the BlizzCon event will die, at which new details about Addon will be announced Reaper of Souls. Moba Heroes of the Storm and free -frying card game Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft will also not be left without attention.

In general, the company is satisfied with current financial indicators and looks into the future with constant optimism. As the main trump cards for the 2014 financial year Cat In his statement he called Reaper of Souls, version Diablo 3 for PlayStation 4 and "New Amazing Content" for World of Warcraft (Really he implies Warlords of Draenor?). Among other things, next year it is expected to exit the continuation Skylanders And – a surprise! – New part Call of Duty.

As for shipments Call of Duty: Ghosts for a total of 1 billion dollars, then Activision admitted that her sales were lower than Black OPS 2 for the same period last year. The publishing house sacredly believes that a decrease in sales dynamics is not by no means depressing the quality of the project or the fatigue of users from the series, but with an imminent output of new consoles Sony And Microsoft. Like, many people have not yet decided what they will play on.

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