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Activision Blizzard: 2022 Results See Profits Melt Despite Big End Of Year, Awaiting Microsoft Green Light

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A busy end of the year

The impact of this hectic end of the year is also obvious on the results of the last quarter of 2022, during which the group taped a turnover of 3.3 billion euros against 2.3 billion euros In the last quarter of 2021. Not a surprise here: Modern Warfare 2 was quite, far better sold than Vanguard (and any other Half, anyhow) This quarter also sounded the wake-up of Blizzard with Overwatch 2, Diablo Immortal, as well as the World of Warcraft Dragon flight extension, even if sales of these are down compared to the launch of previous extensions, confesses Activision Blizzard And with the location given to free-to-play (let's not forget War zone 2.0), it is most likely no coincidence that the purchases at stake in the last quarter 2022 increased dramatically to reach 1.7 billion euros, versus 1.1 billion euros the previous year Specifically given that at King, the Sweet Crush franchise is also credited with record efficiency in the last quarter As frequently at Activision Blizzard, the start of the year guarantees to be fairly calm, but a double issue is looming for the month of June The highly prepared for launch of Diablo 4, obviously, however above all the deadline to get the thumbs-up from the acquisition task by Microsoft, the announcement of which is now more than a year-old Activision Blizzard takes the chance to emphasize that its development workforce climbed up 25% in 2022, a way of saying that the company remains attractive, including for ladies and ethnic minorities whose proportion has increased, despite the many cases devastating internal for its image Particularly also →

Still waiting for a green light to join Microsoft, Activision Blizzard presented its outcomes for the entire year 2022. A year which struggles to support the contrast with the record exercise of 2021, in spite of mass success From Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and the beginnings of Overwatch 2, to name a couple of Turnover and profits are in clear decrease compared to the historic level of 2021. Activision Blizzard generated 7 billion euros last year (8.2 billion euros in 2021) while its operational revenue Record of 3 billion euros in 2021 merely melted in half (1.5 billion euros in 2022) With such figures, it can not be stated that completion of abundance is looming for Bobby Kick, but it is clear that the end of the confinement impact and the macroeconomic conditions of the moment are certainly felt, because Activision Blizzard released a few large cartridges at the end of 2022. Beginning with Call of Task: Modern Warfare 2, which made the most significant launch in the history of the franchise Activision Blizzard results Period | Turnover | Operational advantage | Net profit ---|---|---|---- January 2021-December 2021 | 8.2 billion euros | 3.0 billion euros | 2.5 billion euros January 2022-December 2022 | 7.0 billion euros | 1.5 billion euros | 1.4 billion euros.

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