Activision dethrones EA as largest game maker
Monday, December 17th, 2007 at 4:00pm by Press Release
SANTA MONICA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATVI) was the #1 U.S. console and handheld publisher for the first eleven months of calendar 2007, according to The NPD Group. The company increased its market share for the eleven month period to a record 16.8%, a 7.9% increase over the same period last year.
For the month of November, Guitar Hero® III: Legends of Rock and Call of Duty 4™: Modern Warfare™ were the #1 and #2 best-selling titles respectively in dollars across all platforms, according to The NPD Group. Activision also had five of the top-10 best-selling games in dollars, including Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system and the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock for the PlayStation® 2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system and the Wii™ home video game system. Additionally, Guitar Hero has remained the #1 best-selling franchise in the U.S. since January, according to The NPD Group.
“We continue to see strong consumer response to our wholly owned and internally developed titles — Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare,” said Robert Kotick, Chairman and CEO, Activision, Inc. “We are well positioned to continue our leadership position through the remainder of the year and are on track to delivering another record year of revenue growth and the most profitable year in our history.”
Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products. Founded in 1979, Activision posted net revenues of $1.5 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007.
Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, the Netherlands, Australia, Japan and South Korea. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company’s World Wide Web site, which is located at www.activision.com.
December 17th, 2007 at 5:52 pm
i get it… king of the mountain.
December 17th, 2007 at 6:08 pm
Activision in Japan? Are there a japanese Guitar Hero?
December 17th, 2007 at 9:13 pm
Serves them bastards right, GO BACK TO MAKING INCREMENTAL ANNUAL IMPROVEMENTS, YOU COOKIE CUTTER FACTORY
December 18th, 2007 at 9:03 am
[...] seems like Activision has dethroned EA and assumed the title of “king of the game-maker mountain.” This past November, Call of [...]
December 18th, 2007 at 11:06 am
Great! So when will Activision finally make a good* Wii game? Shovelling out more licensed crap than any other company isn’t an impressive feat in my mind.
*Guitar Hero 3 isn’t bad, but shows a complete lack of polish and testing. The Wii is capable of more than rushed PS2 ports - and that would be a generous description of GH3 if you ask me. All other Activision games on the Wii have been garbage.
December 18th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
CoD 4 360 was awesome, and now they’ve merged with Blizzard, things HAVE to get better, hopefully for the Wii
December 18th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
“CoD 4 360 was awesome…”
But that’s the rub - we KNOW they are capable of great things, they just choose not to produce anything of consequence on the Wii… Hopefully this will change, and Activision will prove me wrong in the coming year.