Posted 4 Feb. 2022 at 04:58 PMUpdated 4 Feb. 2022 at 17:29
Never before had so much attention surrounded the annual results of Activision Blizzard, the world heavyweight in video games which owns many flagship franchises (Candy Crush, Call of Duty, World of Warcraft). But the American publisher – which Microsoft will buy for nearly 70 billion dollars in mid-January – did not show its best profile on Thursday evening.
During the last three months of 2021, the group’s net income fell by 10% year on year, to $2.16 billion. A counterperformance explained by the weak results on the pan of home consoles (-31%) and to a lesser extent on PC (-12%), the two historical markets of the company. These declines are much more marked than those recorded by these two segments of the video game industry last year, following a record year in 2020.
