It’s our first episode in 2019 and man is there a lot to talk about.
Activision Publishing has finally filled the role vacated by Eric Hirshberg in March 2018.
Chief corporate officer Dennis Durkin takes his post. As Activision Blizzard’s monthly active users continue to decline, Neumann heads to Netflix.
New CEO J. Allen Brack cites ‘tough choices’ that have similarly helped Blizzard grow in the past.
Activision had high expectations for Destiny 2: Forsaken revenue, but revealed it’s less than impressed with actual revenue generated by the title as the game ‘under-performed expectations’ according to the Q3 2018 earnings call.
Big caveat: if the Chinese government doesn’t start approving game licenses, that Chinese mobile market is going to remain under-served from triple-A Western companies.
Blizzard expands its NetEase partnership with a new Diablo game that is poised to be big in Asia
Thanks to a focus on a continuing revenue model, Activision Blizzard’s market value has grown by over $50 billion since 2012.
Activision triumphs digital sales, but UK boxed sales hit a new low.
With so many games competing with Fortnite and PUBG, giant franchises can still make a mark.
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