Activision Blizzard Q2 2020 Earnings Call

[Queen of Hamsters]

If Blizzard can go out of their way to condemn police brutality in the US & make new company policies around addressing that issue, they sure as hell should be able to condemn the oppressive human rights violations and literally fucking genocide carried out by a country they want to push their games in. It's straight up hypocrisy on Blizzard's part.

Ah yes, the good old "speaking out on this issue means you should also speak out on these other issues that I am currently aware of and emotionally invested in lest you a HYPOCRITE!"-reasoning.

Jesus on a bike indeed.

Let's start with them paying their workers liveable wages, then we can demand that they shoulder putting China in its place instead of literal governments doing so...

[Velerios]

I know many does not listened to the Q&A because it is quite boring, but one thing i heared there that makes me want to think:

They said that they want to bring brand new experience (of crash bandicoot) to console in october. Does it mean that they knew more than us and it's now fix that the new consoles get released in october? Or that they simply bring out new games, but if they do, why would they do it shortly before a new generation of consoles get released?

Personally i think that they might have been unintentionally splurred out the release date of the consoles (and i'm pretty sure that big gaming companies like atvi does know far more than us); because launching a new game on the last gen consoles seems a bit odd.+

For everyone to hear: https://youtu.be/2YPhwvEwMDc?t=3246

[Milky063]

Is mmo champion going to post anything about the "Bloomberg Report Reveals Blizzard Employees Are Underpaid"?

[Kallisto]

Ho Boy, I sure hope none of these people screeching about "supporting immoral companies" practicing capitalism are supporting other immoral companies...

But they are.

Attacking people for enjoying the game and being glad to see it's in fact not dying because Capitalism functions the way it does, is rather dull. Especially since one can assume that most people here contribute to profits for a number of immoral companies around the world.

I wonder how many of these people are going to vote R in the next election as a means to "Get at the libs." forgetting that every time they vote for a guy with an R next to their name they are basically endorsing immorality when it comes to companies and capitalism.

[Rogalicus]

I know many does not listened to the Q&A because it is quite boring, but one thing i heared there that makes me want to think:

They said that they want to bring brand new experience (of crash bandicoot) to console in october. Does it mean that they knew more than us and it's now fix that the new consoles get released in october? Or that they simply bring out new games, but if they do, why would they do it shortly before a new generation of consoles get released?

Personally i think that they might have been unintentionally splurred out the release date of the consoles (and i'm pretty sure that big gaming companies like atvi does know far more than us); because launching a new game on the last gen consoles seems a bit odd.+

For everyone to hear: https://youtu.be/2YPhwvEwMDc?t=3246

Crash Bandicoot 4 is current gen game.

[Lurker1]

If that's the case, why aren't the employees of the company being paid livable wages?

You white knights disgust me, constant deflection without acknowledging or even accepting that your precious Blizzard is an immoral company that doesn't care about consumers or employees.

Not my problem.

[Doffen]

If I was being pedantic I would said it literally doesn't mean that and Legion was the most recent with an x.3 ending patch and Cata being the last time before that. Plus they separate players and engagement considering their previous earning call had:

You are correct in what you are saying here, they divide it because it's not the same thing. It does not mean there are more WoW subs now compared to other x.3 patches.

Sub/MAU, and engagement/player activity are two different metrics. It's interesting in how they shift with player activity and engagement now and then. I would guess with engagement they can also include Shadowlands sale into this.

Blizzard would actually write "increased MAU" if that was the case. Why would blizzard not say that if that was the truth right. They do it when they can :P

[Cosmic Janitor]

It was to be expected to some degree, pandemic and all. This has been pretty much the same trend of digital entertainment companies. Only exception is mixxer, rofl.

[Ielenia]

By rule:

Whose rule? Yours?

[october breeze]

So, Candy Crush has earned more than WoW??? LOL

[Frosteye]

So basically blizzard is patting themselves on the back despite their numbers being inflated by covid? Okay

[Synros]

Ah yes, the good old "speaking out on this issue means you should also speak out on these other issues that I am currently aware of and emotionally invested in lest you a HYPOCRITE!"-reasoning.

Jesus on a bike indeed.

Let's start with them paying their workers liveable wages, then we can demand that they shoulder putting China in its place instead of literal governments doing so...

You do realize you don't need to be a government to denounce a fucking genocide, right? Blizzard can improve their staff wages, AND also denounce this at the same time. The fact you think these 2 things are mutually exclusive, speaks volumes to your completely and utter ignorance to how the real world works. Making strawman excuses for Blizzard's overt hypocrisy and double standards regarding select social issues they willing insert themselves into, is such an incredibly stupid hill to die on...

[ClassicPeon]

Nobody fucking knows. Blizzard intentionally chooses these vague descriptors for the game's current state as it looks generically positive.

These descriptions are not made for you.

They are made for shareholders who can literally fucking see the gain they get, so empty words would be met with firings.

Its honestly so dumb when people act like these things are written for them-

[Knaar]

Is mmo champion going to post anything about the "Bloomberg Report Reveals Blizzard Employees Are Underpaid"?

Nop because they usually dont post anything overly negative about Blizzard.


About the report, i find it funny that the numbers are still lower compared to Q4 2019 knowing that half the world is stuck at home playing videogames... which mean people are playing other games, not blibli games.
Never seen before quantity of people online yet they fail to attract people... Yep, that's funny.

[ClassicPeon]

So, Candy Crush has earned more than WoW??? LOL

The mobile market has been bigger then the pc market for years. MUCH bigger. Does this suprise you?

[deenman]

Nop because they usually dont post anything overly negative about Blizzard.


About the report, i find it funny that the numbers are still lower compared to Q4 2019 knowing that half the world is stuck at home playing videogames... which mean people are playing other games, not blibli games.
Never seen before quantity of people online yet they fail to attract people... Yep, that's funny.

huh? 99.9% of whats posted on this site is raging blizzard hate boners

[kamuimac]

So, Candy Crush has earned more than WoW??? LOL

why lol ? people love their microtrasactions

[MoanaLisa]

So basically blizzard is patting themselves on the back despite their numbers being inflated by covid? Okay

That's been true ever since Activision/Blizzard acquired King in 2016. LOL...duh.

[Doffen]

That's been true ever since Activision/Blizzard acquired King in 2016. LOL...duh.

Where would they be without Candy Crush!

Sweet and Tasty

[Cavox]

Imagine believing Activision-Blizzard at this point. How does one measure "engagement" anyway? They're not mentioning subs (gee, I wonder why), they're not mentioning people coming back to the game, they're not considering many of the returning players are coming back to Classic for the AQ event.
I repeat: imagine believing Activision-Blizzard in 2020. LMAO.