There’s no question that publisher Activision has been kicking some serious ass this year. A few months back we told you about how they became the top third-party publisher in the US, and now they’ve sent us a press release stating that they were the No. 1 console and handheld publisher for almost all of 2007.
Activision’s recent hits Guitar Hero III and Call of Duty 4 helped to increase market share to a record 16.8 percent. This put them at the top for the first eleven months of the calendar year, according to NPD.
“We continue to see strong consumer response to our wholly owned and internally developed titles — Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare,” said Robert Kotick, Chairman and CEO, Activision, Inc. “We are well positioned to continue our leadership position through the remainder of the year and are on track to delivering another record year of revenue growth and the most profitable year in our history.”
Guitar Hero the best selling franchise in the US this year, and its various titles made up almost half of the top 10 best-selling games in dollars.
I can hear under-breath mutterings coming from the EA camp now.
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Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATVI) was the #1 U.S. console and handheld publisher for the first eleven months of calendar 2007, according to The NPD Group. The company increased its market share for the eleven month period to a record 16.8%, a 7.9% increase over the same period last year.
For the month of November, Guitar Hero(R) III: Legends of Rock and Call of Duty 4(TM): Modern Warfare(TM) were the #1 and #2 best-selling titles respectively in dollars across all platforms, according to The NPD Group.
Activision also had five of the top-10 best-selling games in dollars, including Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for the Xbox 360(TM) video game and entertainment system and the PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system, and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock for the PlayStation(R) 2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system and the Wii(TM) home video game system. Additionally, Guitar Hero has remained the #1 best-selling franchise in the U.S. since January, according to The NPD Group.
“We continue to see strong consumer response to our wholly owned and internally developed titles — Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare,” said Robert Kotick, Chairman and CEO, Activision, Inc. “We are well positioned to continue our leadership position through the remainder of the year and are on track to delivering another record year of revenue growth and the most profitable year in our history.”
Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products. Founded in 1979, Activision posted net revenues of $1.5 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007. Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, the Netherlands, Australia, Japan and South Korea. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company’s World Wide Web site, which is located at www.activision.com.
