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Brian Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Summary of Activision Blizzard Q4 2018 and full year 2018. pic.twitter.com/Un3WtjpWr5 — Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) February 12, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Really the executives at Activision should be let go. The business model is too old and they failed to reduce their reliance on one franchise to carry them. How is CoD Blackout still locked behind a paywall?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted February 12, 2019 Author Share Posted February 12, 2019 3 minutes ago, ManUtdRedDevils said: Really the executives at Activision should be let go. The business model is too old and they failed to reduce their reliance on one franchise to carry them. Everything that I'm seeing is a case of failure to effectively adapt to changing business models. The fact that they are still charging for CoD maps when there are lots of other monetization paths is clear evidence of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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crispy4000 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 I think times are changing so that even ‘evergreen’ multiplayer games aren’t safe. If you fall on the Twitch charts, less people will proactively play your game. It could be a new fad to take you down. Developers need to have a plan B’s beyond GAAS. Blizzard is a company that historically epitomizes the evergreen approach. I don’t think it’s sustainable. I’d actually side with Activision - they need to publish more games than they do in today’s climate. Riot, Valve, etc should take note. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Sounds like Blizzard wants to double down on its most successful properties. That shortlist doesn’t include Starcraft... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Activision confirmed its releases for 2019 are Call of Duty, Crash Racing (a Remaster) and Sekiro (publishing deal). If that is not a sign of gross negligence on Activision’s management, I don’t know what is. Geez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 They're going to screw up Sekiro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 16 hours ago, crispy4000 said: Sounds like Blizzard wants to double down on its most successful properties. That shortlist doesn’t include Starcraft... The RTS genre is dead, so this makes sense. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Brian Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 How to increase your stock as your business stagnates: 1. Increase the dividend 2. Announce a buy back 3. Lay off 10% of your workforce 4. Up 5%...winning 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Just now, ManUtdRedDevils said: How to increase your stock as your business stagnates: 1. Increase the dividend 2. Announce a buy back 3. Lay off 10% of your workforce 4. Up 5%...winning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 I'm not sure what the right thing for Blizzard to do is. They're still making a ton of money, they're just making less than they'd like to, but that doesn't necessarily mean they should blow up their whole business model. Blizz has always had long dev times and put out really solid games. Making them move to a faster dev cycle to push out more content seems like risking the core reason for the company's success. Activision is a different case, and seems like they're in a better position to adopt existing franchises to evolving business models. Still, I think it's worth pointing out that Fortnite has been around for ~18 months. Who knows how much of its popularity Apex will be able to take long term. In the meantime, I bet a dozen or more BR games will come and go without gaining a following. So I don't think it's reasonable to chase after that kind of model and expect results. If game dev time is a few years at least, who knows what will be en vogue by then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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