Activision 2014 yearly report - Destiny, Hearthstone, WOW + more

DriedMangoes

We The North 🦖🍁
Sep 12, 2013
26,527
9,081
3,930
>16m registered users for Destiny. Pretty good for new IP.

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http://files.shareholder.com/downloa...ss_Release.pdf

Full year revenue split by platform

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Full year revenue split by distribution channel:

48% Retail channels
43% Digital
9% Distribution*

Full year revenue split by company:

Activation 2,686M
Blizzard 1,720M
Distribution* 407M

*Activision Blizzard Distribution (“Distribution”) — distributes interactive entertainment software and hardware products.

Company Outlook:

On January 11, 2015, Activision Publishing and Tencent launched a public open beta for Call
of DutyÂŽ Online, making the game available to millions of Chinese gamers. The open beta marks a
historic first for the Call of Duty series as it expands into the world’s largest gaming market.

On January 13, 2015, Blizzard Entertainment began the closed beta test for Heroes of the
Storm™, its upcoming free‐to‐play online team brawler featuring iconic heroes from more than 20
years of Blizzard gaming history. To date, more than nine million players have signed up to beta test
the game.


On January 27, 2015, Activision Publishing launched the first DLC for Call of DutyÂŽ:
Advanced Warfare – Havoc, available first on the Xbox Live online entertainment network from
Microsoft for Xbox One and Xbox 360. The DLC offers four new multi‐player maps, exclusive
weapon, custom weapon variant and a new zombies cooperative mode called Exo Zombies.
 
>16m registered users for Destiny. Pretty good for new IP.

iWzfg6vvYH8Jn.png


iiXXUNxpyYBqB.png


http://files.shareholder.com/downloa...ss_Release.pdf

Full year revenue split by platform

ibt4pkungHRVnA.png


Full year revenue split by distribution channel:

48% Retail channels
43% Digital
9% Distribution*

Full year revenue split by company:

Activation 2,686M
Blizzard 1,720M
Distribution* 407M

*Activision Blizzard Distribution (“Distribution”) — distributes interactive entertainment software and hardware products.

Company Outlook:

On January 11, 2015, Activision Publishing and Tencent launched a public open beta for Call
of DutyÂŽ Online, making the game available to millions of Chinese gamers. The open beta marks a
historic first for the Call of Duty series as it expands into the world’s largest gaming market.

On January 13, 2015, Blizzard Entertainment began the closed beta test for Heroes of the
Storm™, its upcoming free‐to‐play online team brawler featuring iconic heroes from more than 20
years of Blizzard gaming history. To date, more than nine million players have signed up to beta test
the game.


On January 27, 2015, Activision Publishing launched the first DLC for Call of DutyÂŽ:
Advanced Warfare – Havoc, available first on the Xbox Live online entertainment network from
Microsoft for Xbox One and Xbox 360. The DLC offers four new multi‐player maps, exclusive
weapon, custom weapon variant and a new zombies cooperative mode called Exo Zombies.
Wow. That's pretty impressive. I wonder if the 16 million registered users translates into total number of sales for Destiny?
 
Wow. That's pretty impressive. I wonder if the 16 million registered users translates into total number of sales for Destiny?
Give & take, I say close. Can you have more than one user for a single game?