Originally Posted by
Ohmai
I realise your figures were random made up numbers but instead of guessing read their annual report for 2011 and see just how much profit the company made as a whole, as well as Operating Segment Results.
In their Consolidated Statements of Operations Data it shows ActivisionBlizzard, at year end 2011, made $1,085 million NET INCOME. The company, as a whole, Total costs and expenses for the year were $3,427 million and of that only $545 million was on sales and marketing for all of their products. (Page 6, 2011 Annual report)
Blizzard's net revenue for the year 2011 was $1,243 million, a loss of $413 million on 2010 (Page 7, 2011 Annual report)