Activision Blizzard Loses 60 Million Monthly Active Users In Past Year

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Activision Blizzard has released its latest quarterly financial report, and the numbers were not good for the publisher, with revenue, player numbers, and Call of Duty unit sales all coming in lower than before.

For the quarter ending March 31, Activision Blizzard had revenue of $1.77 billion, compared to $2.28 billion during the same period last year. Net bookings, meanwhile, amounted to $1.48 billion, down from $2.07 billion last year. In-game net bookings came in at $1.01 billion, a decrease from $1.34 billion.

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In terms of player numbers, Activision Blizzard's overall monthly active users amounted to 372 million for the quarter. This is down from 435 million during the same period last year--that's a drop of about 63 million players in a year.

So, what happened? Activision said Call of Duty: Vanguard sold worse than Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. Additionally, Warzone had «lower engagement.» Call of Duty Mobile, however, performed about as well as it did the year prior in regards to net bookings. Total net bookings for the Call of Duty series across console and PC, however, declined.

Despite the Call of Duty declines, Activision said it continued to «rapidly expand» its development resources for the entire Call of Duty series during the first quarter of 2022. The next Call of Duty premium game is Modern Warfare 2, while a new Warzone game is on the way. Both are coming this year, with development led by Infinity Ward with assistance from outside