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Rösti

Unconfirmed Member

• Aug 1, 2013

• #1

Announced today:

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Source: http://files.shareholder.com/downlo...8/ATVI Q2 Press Release with Tables FINAL.pdf

More at the link above.

The conference call:

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) intends to release its second quarter 2013 results after the close of the market on Thursday, August 1, 2013. In conjunction with this release, Activision Blizzard will host a conference call that will be broadcast over the Internet.

Thursday, August 1, 2013

1:30 p.m. Pacific Time (4:30 p.m. Eastern Time)

To listen to the call, please log onto:

http://investor.activision.com/events.cfm

Or dial:

U.S. and Canada: 888-339-3466

International: 719-325-2309

Passcode: 3585535

Anyone planning to dial in to the call should RSVP to Pam Beaver at:

E-mail: PBeaver@activision.com

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jimwhat

Member

• Aug 1, 2013

• #2

ELI5 Please

 

RPGCrazied

Member

• Aug 1, 2013

• #3

will listen for the lols, do game announcements ever come from these things?

 

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Rösti

Unconfirmed Member

• Aug 1, 2013

• #4

RPGCrazied said:

will listen for the lols, do game announcements ever come from these things?

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Very rarely, though there is usually some new information about Blizzard's upcoming plans for World of Warcraft or how it is currently performing.

 

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Quentyn

Member

• Aug 1, 2013

• #5

 

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Rösti

Unconfirmed Member

• Aug 1, 2013

• #6

World of Warcraft Patch 5.4 coming in the next weeks. He's also talking a bit about Titan (unlikely to be subcription model).

 

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Wario64

works for Gamestop (lol)

• Aug 1, 2013

• #7

Mod Edit: This was from their ongoing fiscal call.

new direction for titan. unlikely subscription based mmorpg. no official release date.

http://www.polygon.com/2013/8/1/458...ew-direction-for-titan-project-unlikely-to-be

 

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Quentyn

Member

• Aug 1, 2013

• #8

I must misheard it then, I was pretty sure he said it was unlikely to be subscription based.

 

RPGCrazied

Member

• Aug 1, 2013

• #9

Quentyn said:

I must misheard it then, I was pretty sure he said it was unlikely to be subscription based.

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This is what I heard as well.

 

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kswiston

Member

• Aug 1, 2013

• #10

Is 12M shipments for Diablo 3 a new update?

2M in 6 months seems pretty good for a dead game.

 

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Cat in the Hat

Member

• Aug 1, 2013

• #11

Is Blizzard All Stars a MOBA?

 

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Wario64

works for Gamestop (lol)

• Aug 1, 2013

• #12

You're right, he said "unlikely" to be subscription based

 

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skynidas

Banned

• Aug 1, 2013

• #13

action rts sounds like a moba

 

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Frostinferno

Member

• Aug 1, 2013

• #14

Cat in the Hat said:

Is Blizzard All Stars a MOBA?

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Yes, it was originally called "Blizzard DOTA".

 

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Cat in the Hat

Member

• Aug 1, 2013

• #15

Frostinferno said:

Yes, it was originally called "Blizzard DOTA".

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Ahh, that's what I suspected.

 

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Gav47

Member

• Aug 1, 2013

• #16

All stars is still a thing? They've been so quiet about it I thought it had been cancelled.

 

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Nirolak

Mrgrgr

• Aug 1, 2013

• #17

Split bump for major ass news.

 

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Wario64

works for Gamestop (lol)

• Aug 1, 2013

• #18

Ah so much post shifting

 

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Syntax

Member

• Aug 1, 2013

• #19

So all new games from Blizzard are F2P? All Stars. Titan. Hearthstone.

 

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Rösti

Unconfirmed Member

• Aug 1, 2013

• #20

What happened to Bobby? In the beginning of the call he sounded quite up and at em. Now he sounds drunk.

 

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Barzul

Member

• Aug 1, 2013

• #21

Make it LoL style with microtransactions that don't affect gameplay. Don't think they can risk a RMAH with this, but if they do, restrict it to commodities and such. I think people could get behind that.

 

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InsaneElite

Member

• Aug 1, 2013

• #22

kswiston said:

Is 12M shipments for Diablo 3 a new update?

2M in 6 months seems pretty good for a dead game.

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12 million sounds a little on the low end, actually. An infographic from Blizzard in May said that 14.5 million unique players have played so far.

They also provided statistics back in March that a million unique players still log in daily. That's far from a dead game.

 

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Aquamarine

Member

• Aug 1, 2013

• #23

I want to hear more about how Activision will manage debt repayments for the next few fiscal years in the conference call.

 

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kswiston

Member

• Aug 1, 2013

• #24

InsaneElite said:

12 million sounds a little on the low end, actually. An infographic from Blizzard in May said that 14.5 million unique players have played so far.

They also provided statistics back in March that a million unique players still log in daily. That's far from a dead game.

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14.5M probably counts people playing the starter edition.

EDIT: Or maybe this 12M doesn't count the annual pass people who got D3 for free with their WoW sub. I think over 1M gamers took advantage of that.

 

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Nirolak

Mrgrgr

• Aug 1, 2013

• #25

Aquamarine said:

I want to hear more about how Activision will manage debt repayments for the next few fiscal years in the conference call.

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I assume they will put aside some of their vast cash flow.

 

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InsaneElite

Member

• Aug 1, 2013

• #26

kswiston said:

14.5M probably counts people playing the starter edition.

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Yeah, they said that number is factored in, but the data here states over 12 million. It's probably lying somewhere between 12 and 13 million sales.