Today, Activision Blizzard shared its financial report for the first quarter of the year. Although there were a couple of good news, such as the release date of Díablo Immortal, The profits were less than expected , the number of users fell, and the units of Call of Duty: Vanguard were lower than expected.
For the quarter ending March 31, Activision Blizzard had revenues of $ 1.7 billion, compared to $ 2.2 billion during the same period last year . In terms of players, the general monthly active users of Activision Blizzard arrived at 372 million in the quarter. This is below 435 million during the same period last year. That is, this is a fall of around 63 million players in a year.
In this regard, Activision mentioned that Call of Duty: Vanguard had worse sales at the _Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War _ . In addition, warzone had a "lower commitment". On the other hand, this was what Blizzard said for poor performance:
"The financial results of the first trimester of Blizzard were lower year after year, which mainly reflects the synchronization of the product cycle for the Warcraft franchise. The Blizzard teams reached important milestones in their key franchises in recent months, and the second quarter represents the beginning of a period of important launches planned in the Blizzard portfolio. "
These are bad news for the company, who have been involved in various controversies throughout the last year . Along with this, outside the annual call of duty, we did not see many games by Activision Blizzard, which is reflected in the reduction of active users.
On related topics, Activision has revealed the first details about Warzone 2. In the same way, Blizzard has revealed the release date of Ivil Immortal.
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