Activision Blizzard Reports Sales Revenue from Games on PC Outperforming Those on Consoles in Latest Earnings Report

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Activision Blizzard reports that its sales from games on PC have surprisingly continued to surpass its sales for consoles in a nearly year-long trend. Sales revenue for games has historically seen greater numbers on consoles but, at least for Activision Blizzard, that trend seems to be changing as the publisher's latest earning report shows PC maintaining a lead that began in 2022. For the third quarter in a row, sales of PC games have exceeded those for consoles. The latest revenue tally is $666 million for PC versus $639 million for consoles.

Prior to the current 9-month run, the gap between the two had already shrunk to around $100 million earlier in 2022 where PC sales could already be seen gaining traction over the previous lead held by consoles. PC Gamer reports that this change is the first consistent sales revenue shift in roughly two decades of publicly reported sales figures.

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[Grimlakin]

This happens when you take cell phones out of the reporting mix and only focus on PC to Console, then release a well received expansion for your PC only MMO. Suddenly PC sales are better! Ok but this isn't suddenly... It's almost as if PC gamers have a broader affection for Blizzard even in spite of their own bad behavior as of late.

 

[Brian_B]

It's almost as if PC gamers have a broader affection for Blizzard even in spite of their own bad behavior as of late.

It's amazing what can happen when you ship games rather than just milk them.