<![CDATA[Activision Announces Record Billion-Dollar Growth In "Breakthrough" Fiscal 08 - Kotaku Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Activision Announces Record Billion-Dollar Growth In "Breakthrough" Fiscal 08 - Kotaku Comments]]> http://kotaku.com Thu, 08 May 2008 23:07:38 MDT Thu, 08 May 2008 23:07:38 MDT http://kotaku.com/388707/activision-announces-record-billion+dollar-growth-in-breakthrough-fiscal-08 <![CDATA[Activision Announces Record Billion-Dollar Growth In "Breakthrough" Fiscal 08]]> http://kotaku.com/388707/activision-announces-record-billion+dollar-growth-in-breakthrough-fiscal-08#c5610060 @MarionBarryHussein:

They were number 1 before Guitar hero took off and at that time EA was worse off financially, although by no means in any trouble, than they are today.

CCCombobreaker

]]> 9:388707:c5610060 Thu, 08 May 2008 23:07:38 MDT <![CDATA[Activision Announces Record Billion-Dollar Growth In "Breakthrough" Fiscal 08]]> http://kotaku.com/388707/activision-announces-record-billion+dollar-growth-in-breakthrough-fiscal-08#c5607710 Really, how many years will go by before people realize that Harmonix took the quality of Guitar Hero with them?

Americo

]]> 9:388707:c5607710 Thu, 08 May 2008 19:46:28 MDT <![CDATA[Activision Announces Record Billion-Dollar Growth In "Breakthrough" Fiscal 08]]> http://kotaku.com/388707/activision-announces-record-billion+dollar-growth-in-breakthrough-fiscal-08#c5607636 "Once the guitar hero fad dies out I have no doubt we will see EA reclaiming its top spot."

That would only be true if EA wasn't in an endless death spiral of billion+ desperate acquisitions, declining margins on evergreen sports titles and incredibly expensive attempts at failure MMOs.

MarionBarryHussein

]]> 9:388707:c5607636 Thu, 08 May 2008 19:40:11 MDT <![CDATA[Activision Announces Record Billion-Dollar Growth In "Breakthrough" Fiscal 08]]> http://kotaku.com/388707/activision-announces-record-billion+dollar-growth-in-breakthrough-fiscal-08#c5605709 Thats one way to ease yourself into the alliance of two evils.

Money make-a tha world go arounda~

Fyren

]]> 9:388707:c5605709 Thu, 08 May 2008 17:19:57 MDT <![CDATA[Activision Announces Record Billion-Dollar Growth In "Breakthrough" Fiscal 08]]> http://kotaku.com/388707/activision-announces-record-billion+dollar-growth-in-breakthrough-fiscal-08#c5605352 It should be noted that a "merger" is really just a nice buyout. If Microsoft had gotten yahoo(without doing a hostile takeover) that would have technically been a merger.

Anyway, its funny how Activision became so big from Guitar hero. Honestly outside of Guitar hero and Call of duty they don't really have any good games. Unless you like Tony hawk which Ive heard the last few games weren't very good.

Once the guitar hero fad dies out I have no doubt we will see EA reclaiming its top spot. Even if activision has World of warcraft.

CCCombobreaker

]]> 9:388707:c5605352 Thu, 08 May 2008 16:58:55 MDT <![CDATA[Activision Announces Record Billion-Dollar Growth In "Breakthrough" Fiscal 08]]> http://kotaku.com/388707/activision-announces-record-billion+dollar-growth-in-breakthrough-fiscal-08#c5605248 keool starwars deathstar :D
shoot em up shoot em up shoot em up woo


WoWpallyGamer

]]> 9:388707:c5605248 Thu, 08 May 2008 16:53:19 MDT <![CDATA[Activision Announces Record Billion-Dollar Growth In "Breakthrough" Fiscal 08]]> http://kotaku.com/388707/activision-announces-record-billion+dollar-growth-in-breakthrough-fiscal-08#c5605078 @psycoking: It's a huge merger, it doesn't happen in a week when the press release hits. I've heard it should be done by the end of summer maybe?

glibby

]]> 9:388707:c5605078 Thu, 08 May 2008 16:44:52 MDT <![CDATA[Activision Announces Record Billion-Dollar Growth In "Breakthrough" Fiscal 08]]> http://kotaku.com/388707/activision-announces-record-billion+dollar-growth-in-breakthrough-fiscal-08#c5604905 Seems like a love hate relationship between the kotaku kommenter and Activision, on the one hand you have GH and COD4 rock!, on the other I hate big business.

Chewbenator

]]> 9:388707:c5604905 Thu, 08 May 2008 16:36:54 MDT <![CDATA[Activision Announces Record Billion-Dollar Growth In "Breakthrough" Fiscal 08]]> http://kotaku.com/388707/activision-announces-record-billion+dollar-growth-in-breakthrough-fiscal-08#c5604857 Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen... *maniacal laugh*

J-Fro

]]> 9:388707:c5604857 Thu, 08 May 2008 16:34:26 MDT <![CDATA[Activision Announces Record Billion-Dollar Growth In "Breakthrough" Fiscal 08]]> http://kotaku.com/388707/activision-announces-record-billion+dollar-growth-in-breakthrough-fiscal-08#c5604721 "2.9 billion dollars?"

"That's enough to buy slaves!!!"

Elbows_of_Fury

]]> 9:388707:c5604721 Thu, 08 May 2008 16:26:47 MDT <![CDATA[Activision Announces Record Billion-Dollar Growth In "Breakthrough" Fiscal 08]]> http://kotaku.com/388707/activision-announces-record-billion+dollar-growth-in-breakthrough-fiscal-08#c5604591 ominous image choice is ominous

BrianD

]]> 9:388707:c5604591 Thu, 08 May 2008 16:19:06 MDT <![CDATA[Activision Announces Record Billion-Dollar Growth In "Breakthrough" Fiscal 08]]> http://kotaku.com/388707/activision-announces-record-billion+dollar-growth-in-breakthrough-fiscal-08#c5604456 wow, thats freaking crazy.

I hope the guys at IW get a fatty bonus for this.

balls187 upside yo head

]]> 9:388707:c5604456 Thu, 08 May 2008 16:11:31 MDT <![CDATA[Activision Announces Record Billion-Dollar Growth In "Breakthrough" Fiscal 08]]> http://kotaku.com/388707/activision-announces-record-billion+dollar-growth-in-breakthrough-fiscal-08#c5604414 It's a shame that half of their games (Spider-Man 3, Bay's bastardised Transformers, Shrek the Turd) were all awful and yet were amongst their best sellers.

photoboy

]]> 9:388707:c5604414 Thu, 08 May 2008 16:09:18 MDT <![CDATA[Activision Announces Record Billion-Dollar Growth In "Breakthrough" Fiscal 08]]> http://kotaku.com/388707/activision-announces-record-billion+dollar-growth-in-breakthrough-fiscal-08#c5604354 No tell me again how it costs so much money for them to make games, that they *need* to charge $60+ for it or they all starve to death?

-itis

]]> 9:388707:c5604354 Thu, 08 May 2008 16:06:22 MDT <![CDATA[Activision Announces Record Billion-Dollar Growth In "Breakthrough" Fiscal 08]]> http://kotaku.com/388707/activision-announces-record-billion+dollar-growth-in-breakthrough-fiscal-08#c5604118 "Primarily, the company looks ahead to the finalization of its merger with Vivendi Games (notably including Blizzard Entertainment and its market-leading World of Warcraft), which still requires stockholder approval and other closing procedures."

Wait!? You mean ActiBlizzaVisionard isn't a reality yet? How much longer do we have to wait until Call of GuitarCraft can become a reality!??!?!!

psycoking

]]> 9:388707:c5604118 Thu, 08 May 2008 15:55:38 MDT <![CDATA[Activision Announces Record Billion-Dollar Growth In "Breakthrough" Fiscal 08]]> http://kotaku.com/388707/activision-announces-record-billion+dollar-growth-in-breakthrough-fiscal-08#c5604014 @CHU BOI: I did thinking it would be as awesome as Spider-man 2 :( but i guess my other fault is the fact that i played spider-man 2 (for free) when it was $15 used.

Zaos

]]> 9:388707:c5604014 Thu, 08 May 2008 15:51:14 MDT <![CDATA[Activision Announces Record Billion-Dollar Growth In "Breakthrough" Fiscal 08]]> http://kotaku.com/388707/activision-announces-record-billion+dollar-growth-in-breakthrough-fiscal-08#c5603989 @badasscat: They also support sucking the life out of games, genres...and well pretty much the whole industry with what they touch.

Sure at one time they were very much $$ in coolness. Now they're like THQ - loved me some wrestling in 1999 - hate me some regurgitated adventure game starring "x" "cool" "guy/girl" character from some movie that sucked in the first place.

Oh <3 IW for CoD4, it was fun while it lasted but im over you now. very fun game indeed though, it kept me occupied for too damn long.

Zaos

]]> 9:388707:c5603989 Thu, 08 May 2008 15:50:19 MDT <![CDATA[Activision Announces Record Billion-Dollar Growth In "Breakthrough" Fiscal 08]]> http://kotaku.com/388707/activision-announces-record-billion+dollar-growth-in-breakthrough-fiscal-08#c5603988 GH3? Understandable
CoD4? Sweet baby jesus, that's understandable.
Spiderman 3?.... Pardon my French, but the fuck bought Spidey 3? *Gives fellow Kotakuite the evil eye* Confess! Confess to your sins!

CHU BOI

]]> 9:388707:c5603988 Thu, 08 May 2008 15:50:15 MDT <![CDATA[Activision Announces Record Billion-Dollar Growth In "Breakthrough" Fiscal 08]]> http://kotaku.com/388707/activision-announces-record-billion+dollar-growth-in-breakthrough-fiscal-08#c5603979 @badasscat:
Unfortunately for all of us, the Activision of then and the Activision of now are very, very different beasts, and the Activision of then would probably be ashamed of what its future self is doing at the moment.

Archaotic

]]> 9:388707:c5603979 Thu, 08 May 2008 15:49:56 MDT <![CDATA[Activision Announces Record Billion-Dollar Growth In "Breakthrough" Fiscal 08]]> http://kotaku.com/388707/activision-announces-record-billion+dollar-growth-in-breakthrough-fiscal-08#c5603971 Congrats Activision, don't let it go to your head and do nothing but sequels.

超外人

]]> 9:388707:c5603971 Thu, 08 May 2008 15:49:31 MDT <![CDATA[Activision Announces Record Billion-Dollar Growth In "Breakthrough" Fiscal 08]]> http://kotaku.com/388707/activision-announces-record-billion+dollar-growth-in-breakthrough-fiscal-08#c5603924 GH3 and COD4 are great games.

Grimmjow Jeagerjaques

]]> 9:388707:c5603924 Thu, 08 May 2008 15:47:35 MDT <![CDATA[Activision Announces Record Billion-Dollar Growth In "Breakthrough" Fiscal 08]]> http://kotaku.com/388707/activision-announces-record-billion+dollar-growth-in-breakthrough-fiscal-08#c5603804 As an old-school guy, it's actually nice to see Activision at the top again. I remember the lean years and I also remember their glory days as the first third-party developer in the history of game consoles, for which they were nearly sued into oblivion by Atari. Luckily they won that suit and cleared the way for every other third-party developer and publisher that came after. All those of you playing GTAIV right now? Yeah, you've really got Activision to thank for that. They gave birth to the entire idea of third-party developers, then saw the concept through the difficult years when console makers viewed them as the enemy.

badasscat

]]> 9:388707:c5603804 Thu, 08 May 2008 15:42:18 MDT <![CDATA[Activision Announces Record Billion-Dollar Growth In "Breakthrough" Fiscal 08]]> http://kotaku.com/388707/activision-announces-record-billion+dollar-growth-in-breakthrough-fiscal-08#c5603780 Treasure Bath!!!!!!!

DugDawg

]]> 9:388707:c5603780 Thu, 08 May 2008 15:41:12 MDT <![CDATA[Activision Announces Record Billion-Dollar Growth In "Breakthrough" Fiscal 08]]> http://kotaku.com/388707/activision-announces-record-billion+dollar-growth-in-breakthrough-fiscal-08#c5603756 It's funny how much money you get when you buy out solid properties and rampantly sequelize your own IPs until they're so tired not even the creators would buy them.

Archaotic

]]> 9:388707:c5603756 Thu, 08 May 2008 15:40:00 MDT <![CDATA[Activision Announces Record Billion-Dollar Growth In "Breakthrough" Fiscal 08]]> http://kotaku.com/388707/activision-announces-record-billion+dollar-growth-in-breakthrough-fiscal-08#c5603732 I hope some of those profits go back to the developers.

gibfather

]]> 9:388707:c5603732 Thu, 08 May 2008 15:39:01 MDT <![CDATA[Activision Announces Record Billion-Dollar Growth In "Breakthrough" Fiscal 08]]> http://kotaku.com/388707/activision-announces-record-billion+dollar-growth-in-breakthrough-fiscal-08#c5603668 "Won't be you fathers Tony Hawk"
We found out what makes skateboarding games good after playing Skate.


NoahIdea

]]> 9:388707:c5603668 Thu, 08 May 2008 15:36:26 MDT <![CDATA[Activision Announces Record Billion-Dollar Growth In "Breakthrough" Fiscal 08]]> http://kotaku.com/388707/activision-announces-record-billion+dollar-growth-in-breakthrough-fiscal-08#c5603657 good4activision :)

steliosco

]]> 9:388707:c5603657 Thu, 08 May 2008 15:35:52 MDT <![CDATA[Activision Announces Record Billion-Dollar Growth In "Breakthrough" Fiscal 08]]> http://kotaku.com/388707/activision-announces-record-billion+dollar-growth-in-breakthrough-fiscal-08#c5603584 Can't stop CoD and Guitar Hero.

DaPress

]]> 9:388707:c5603584 Thu, 08 May 2008 15:32:34 MDT