When Activision falls, who will be the new top publisher in the industry?

After recent events especially, I don't believe that Activision has very much sustainability. After Call of Duty begins its inevitable decline, Activision has ONE franchise to fall back on now. Bungie's unannounced IP. Activision seems to me like it's a company with no long term plan, no goals past its current fiscal year.

So who does SW see as the next 3rd party publisher in line to lead our industry? EA seems to have really stepped up this gen, think they'll take back the lead? ZeniMax is another very good choice. They just bought id Software and a couple other development houses, on top of already having Bethesda. Take Two? They had some money troubles a few years back, are they good now?

What say you?

who said activision was falling and who said they were the top publisher, if you havent noticed nintendo is actually the top publisher and developer so good luck with that one ,

EA has a ton of staying power. They've been in business nearly 30 years - they started out making games for 8-bit computers.

After recent events especially, I don't believe that Activision has very much sustainability. After Call of Duty begins its inevitable decline, Activision has ONE franchise to fall back on now. Bungie's unannounced IP. Activision seems to me like it's a company with no long term plan, no goals past its current fiscal year.

So who does SW see as the next 3rd party publisher in line to lead our industry? EA seems to have really stepped up this gen, think they'll take back the lead? ZeniMax is another very good choice. They just bought id Software and a couple other development houses, on top of already having Bethesda. Take Two? They had some money troubles a few years back, are they good now?

What say you?

Not-A-Stalker

Activision will never fail. Activision owns Blizzard. And Blizzard will never lose money... Ever.

Activision will never fail. Activision owns Blizzard. And Blizzard will never lose money... Ever.

Chyropraise

No, they don't, they're just working together.

If Activision owned Blizzard there'd be StarCraft 6 by now and the monthly subscribtion for WoW would be $50.

After recent events especially, I don't believe that Activision has very much sustainability. After Call of Duty begins its inevitable decline, Activision has ONE franchise to fall back on now. Bungie's unannounced IP.

Not-A-Stalker

i hope activision doesnt die. If they do, they will take blizzard with them, and then i cant get my warcraft 4. :evil:

EA has alota major IP and developer with em so i think its fair to call em out

[QUOTE="Chyropraise"]

Activision will never fail. Activision owns Blizzard. And Blizzard will never lose money... Ever.

coreybg

No, they don't, they're just working together.

If Activision owned Blizzard there'd be StarCraft 6 by now and the monthly subscribtion for WoW would be $50.

They still receive profits as the publisher.

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[QUOTE="Chyropraise"]

Activision will never fail. Activision owns Blizzard. And Blizzard will never lose money... Ever.

Chyropraise

No, they don't, they're just working together.

If Activision owned Blizzard there'd be StarCraft 6 by now and the monthly subscribtion for WoW would be $50.

They still receive profits as the publisher.

Ofcouse they do, but they don't own Blizzard.

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[QUOTE="Chyropraise"]

Activision will never fail. Activision owns Blizzard. And Blizzard will never lose money... Ever.

Chyropraise

No, they don't, they're just working together.

If Activision owned Blizzard there'd be StarCraft 6 by now and the monthly subscribtion for WoW would be $50.

They still receive profits as the publisher.

didn't Black ops sell something like 20 million or something already? with that in mind, there is no way activision is going down under anytime soon, heck the COD franchise alone could keep them afloat on wallstreet

[QUOTE="coreybg"]

No, they don't, they're just working together.

If Activision owned Blizzard there'd be StarCraft 6 by now and the monthly subscribtion for WoW would be $50.

They still receive profits as the publisher.

[QUOTE="Chyropraise"]

[QUOTE="coreybg"]

No, they don't, they're just working together.

If Activision owned Blizzard there'd be StarCraft 6 by now and the monthly subscribtion for WoW would be $50.

Not-A-Stalker

They still receive profits as the publisher.

Activision needs to close its doors. They dared to announce Prototype 2, but they abandoned the original without a single patch.

Activision will never fail. Activision owns Blizzard. And Blizzard will never lose money... Ever.

Chyropraise

Zynga?

who said activision was falling and who said they were the top publisher, if you havent noticed nintendo is actually the top publisher and developer so good luck with that one ,

mariokart64fan

EA and Take-Two are ahead of Nintendo.

EA

[QUOTE="mariokart64fan"]

who said activision was falling and who said they were the top publisher, if you havent noticed nintendo is actually the top publisher and developer so good luck with that one ,

DeckardLee2010

EA and Take-Two are ahead of Nintendo.

They messed up majorly with GH and the Tony Hawk games, but with Blizzard and CoD I don't think they'll "fail" anytime soon. If anything they'll likely fall 2nd place to EA in earnings and quality games but thats still far from failing.

Don't even get a job as a psychic TC.

Zenimax. Mark it.

After recent events especially, I don't believe that Activision has very much sustainability. After Call of Duty begins its inevitable decline, Activision has ONE franchise to fall back on now. Bungie's unannounced IP. Activision seems to me like it's a company with no long term plan, no goals past its current fiscal year.

So who does SW see as the next 3rd party publisher in line to lead our industry? EA seems to have really stepped up this gen, think they'll take back the lead? ZeniMax is another very good choice. They just bought id Software and a couple other development houses, on top of already having Bethesda. Take Two? They had some money troubles a few years back, are they good now?

What say you?

Not-A-Stalker

After recent events especially, I don't believe that Activision has very much sustainability. After Call of Duty begins its inevitable decline, Activision has ONE franchise to fall back on now. Bungie's unannounced IP. Activision seems to me like it's a company with no long term plan, no goals past its current fiscal year.

So who does SW see as the next 3rd party publisher in line to lead our industry? EA seems to have really stepped up this gen, think they'll take back the lead? ZeniMax is another very good choice. They just bought id Software and a couple other development houses, on top of already having Bethesda. Take Two? They had some money troubles a few years back, are they good now?

What say you?

Not-A-Stalker

Well if Activision does buy Take-Two like the rumors say they will... well they will remain on top for a very long time... Call of Duty is a juggernaut, I don't see it declining anytime soon, unfortunately. However, if one publisher replaced Activision as the top dog, it would be EA. I mean who else? No one comes close to the the top two in terms of the number of top-selling games they produce.

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[QUOTE="coreybg"]

No, they don't, they're just working together.

If Activision owned Blizzard there'd be StarCraft 6 by now and the monthly subscribtion for WoW would be $50.

Not-A-Stalker

They still receive profits as the publisher.

They're both owned by Vivendi.

EA

Shoutout to Valve/Steam ;)

Who said anything about Activision being the top publisher at the moment? I'd say either EA or 2K are the top publishers at the moment.

After recent events especially, I don't believe that Activision has very much sustainability. After Call of Duty begins its inevitable decline, Activision has ONE franchise to fall back on now. Bungie's unannounced IP. Activision seems to me like it's a company with no long term plan, no goals past its current fiscal year.

So who does SW see as the next 3rd party publisher in line to lead our industry? EA seems to have really stepped up this gen, think they'll take back the lead? ZeniMax is another very good choice. They just bought id Software and a couple other development houses, on top of already having Bethesda. Take Two? They had some money troubles a few years back, are they good now?

What say you?

Not-A-Stalker

Ha, keep dreaming buddy. I gave up on that feeble hope long ago. CoD aint going anywhere for a long looooong time.

After Call of Duty begins its inevitable decline,Not-A-Stalker

Activision needs to close its doors. They dared to announce Prototype 2, but they abandoned the original without a single patch.

topsemag55

Activision will never fail. Activision owns Blizzard. And Blizzard will never lose money... Ever.

Chyropraise

[QUOTE="coreybg"]

[QUOTE="Chyropraise"]

Activision will never fail. Activision owns Blizzard. And Blizzard will never lose money... Ever.

Chyropraise

No, they don't, they're just working together.

If Activision owned Blizzard there'd be StarCraft 6 by now and the monthly subscribtion for WoW would be $50.

They still receive profits as the publisher.

[QUOTE="Chyropraise"]

[QUOTE="coreybg"]

No, they don't, they're just working together.

If Activision owned Blizzard there'd be StarCraft 6 by now and the monthly subscribtion for WoW would be $50.

-Unreal-

They still receive profits as the publisher.

Semantics. I got their relationship wrong. Blizzard still makes Activision money. Period.

Semantics. I got their relationship wrong. Blizzard still makes Activision money. Period.

Chyropraise

I had to research some stuff after people pointed out my mistake. From what I know.

Activision CEO is still head CEO. Bobby Kotick I think still heads it. Vivendi still owns majority shares though. Blizzard is a basically a stand alone division of Vivendi.

So although Activision cannot affect Blizzard is any way. I'm sure they still receive ridciulous profits from Blizzard. World of Warcraft alone could float any company.

Where is this Activision being the top publisher crap coming from?NeoStar9

[QUOTE="NeoStar9"]Where is this Activision being the top publisher crap coming from?dakan45

who said activision was falling and who said they were the top publisher, if you havent noticed nintendo is actually the top publisher and developer so good luck with that one ,

mariokart64fan

no publisher exclusive to one console is ever going to be the top publisher unless that console completely and utterly dominates its competition

Obviously EA. They have the strongest roster of franchises by far, plus lucrative partnerships with developers.

Not that I expect Activision to be going anyway,(TC needs to do some research if they think that all Activision has in COD) but EA seems to be the most obvious choice since they are also a mega publisher.

[QUOTE="mariokart64fan"]

who said activision was falling and who said they were the top publisher, if you havent noticed nintendo is actually the top publisher and developer so good luck with that one ,

-The-G-Man-

no publisher exclusive to one console is ever going to be the top publisher unless that console completely and utterly dominates its competition

[QUOTE="Chyropraise"]

Activision will never fail. Activision owns Blizzard. And Blizzard will never lose money... Ever.

coreybg

No, they don't, they're just working together.

If Activision owned Blizzard there'd be StarCraft 6 by now and the monthly subscribtion for WoW would be $50.