Blizzard Hoards $1.2 Billion in 2007

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  Does anyone here have any figures about typical RTS development times ? Especially for past Blizzard titl... : Kristian Joensen
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    When it's done. : Psigun
    • But, seriously: Here are some dates for when Blizzard RTS games have been released. Warcraft II 1995 ... : Psigun
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  I'm pretty sure we will see a Q4 2008 release for SC2. The game was announced mid last year and was the m... : thewindcriesmary
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    I'll be surprised if it comes out in 2009. The balancing issues are going to take up a huge amount of tim... : thechunder
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      are you serious? Anyone else think this? : Lionel2b
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        Not me, my bet is on 2010. It's f@#$ing Blizzard, why do people always forget this with them and Valve? : Murdoc.
        • I don't forget, I'm just wondering how many people really think it's going to take that long. I understan... : Lionel2b
        • I love TF2 but it's wrong to put Valves name in the same sentence as Blizzard. Valve sold a bleeding edg... : Pneum0
• Yeh when they unveiled it I initially hoped 2008, but I think I read one of the blizzard guys saying it w... : moneyshot
• We'll know for certain when Blizzcon comes around. And I'm thinking this is the year to go to it no matte... : Sailor of Fortune
• I agree, I'd say summer '09. : razorblade79
• Screw Starcraft 2. Diablo 3, moth3rfuck3r. : ornee

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• Vivendi is a French company... : kungfusquirrel
• Probably has more to do with the fact that Blizzard are owned by a european company. : hamliga
• Vivendi is a French company. : Chris Remo
• Vivendi is a French company. : mittense
• and thanks for showing us that you can't do some simple research before making a stupid post. : stump
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  Don't you mean BU$H? : phate81
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    You mean, Thanks FRANC€. : pigvomit
    • ¥€$. : Izanaki
• The US is a French company. : Geoffrois
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  MAN did i own myself : supercromp
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    Vivendi is a French company : [7]kami
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      supercromp owned himself : ArB
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        himself owned supercromp : Sailor of Fortune
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          Vivendi is a French company. : TheIneffableBob
          • Nice going Bush : jbury
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  Wait, are you sure it's Bush's fault and not... GLOBAL WARMING?!?!!!! : MR 9000
  • This fails on many levels... : Porkasaurus
• Vivendi is a French company. : stevesan
• It is counted in dollar-euros as you all can read.. "$204 million euros" : Erwie
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  well they made more dollars than euros so thats good right? : hobbespanache
  • hahaha : dozerking

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• ^^^ What happened to me... I've not bought a single PC game all last year except WoW. And normally I wou... : Eric Slug

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• Very doubtful. Seems most (not all) editors would rather jump on the "pc market is in trouble" bandwagon ... : samduhman

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• well, no business is in the business of making something new. they're in the business of making cash. ... : stevesan

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• if its a public company on a US market they are required to : gyokuro
• public companies (like Vivendi Universal) reveal all in their "annual reports". VU's 2007 report should b... : stevesan

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  The entire industry was something like $18 Billion last year, so the PC market makes up at least 10%. I w... : re4ctor
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    That included hardware, software was only 9.5 billion. If you include gaming hardware for consoles, then ... : nutcrackr
    • Or at least not so far behind. : hawke
• wait, WoW is gaming ? : TheFatMom
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  At the very very least, I'd say total PC gaming revenue for the entire industry has to be around 5 billio... : unholydonuts
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    Oh, 18 billion, I was way off. Christ. Someone wanna give me a million dollars? Blizzard mayhaps? Sure th... : unholydonuts
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      Revenues don't equal profits...though I imagine WoW has pretty good margins. : Sturm08
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        How the hell wouldn't they? : Toth21
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          Customer support, live update teams, accounting, GMs, testing...it's not cheap to run an MMO. But, I imag... : Sturm08
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            So yeah $520 million in profit... for one game company... who makes one game every like 4 years. Thats pr... : Toth21
            • Oh most definitely. : Sturm08
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        Profits are listed here: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2007/tc2007123_075300_page_... : Porkasaurus
        • Nice, thanks for the link. : Sturm08

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• and how : pyide
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  Good to see someone has the same thought of the Duck Tales room full of money. : the_algor
  • It appeared before that, on Carl Barks stories, and that's the thought I had! *shakes fist* :'( I gues : zehh

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  You mean Blivendivisiondo? : SilverSnake
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    nizzard plz : Dave-A
    • lol, oh shi : kevp
    • We have a winner! : aznboysix
    • haha g1 my nizzah : techx4

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• More ironic when we run stories about MMO gold selling. : Nick Breckon

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• Those were estimates. : Nick Breckon

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• 1.2 billion points. : kungfusquirrel