Activision Blizzard: better than expected financials

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Activision Blizzard has announced “better-than-expected” financial results fro the first quarter of 2009. For the quarter ended March 31, 2009, Activision Blizzard’s net revenues were $981 million.

Robert Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, stated: “Our better-than-expected first quarter results were driven by strong global consumer response to the Call of Duty and Guitar Hero franchises and Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft, despite challenging economic times. For the quarter, we were the #1 third-party console and handheld publisher in North America and the #1 third-party publisher for the Nintendo Wii platform worldwide, according to The NPD Group, Charttrack and Gfk.”

For the quarter according to The NPD Group, Charttrack and Gfk, Call of Duty and Guitar Hero remained two of the top-five best-selling franchises in the U.S. and Europe. Additionally, Activision Blizzard had two of the top-five best-selling titles across all platforms in the U.S. and Europe.

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