Financially, Activision pulled in $1.57 billion in the third WOTLK Gold quarter of fiscal 2013 which was a record for the time period. Comparatively, Activision made $990 million in the same time frame in the previous year. Digital revenue grew 114 % year-over-year, reaching the all-time high for any period in the amount of $1.34 billion. Net earnings were $199 million, an increase from $127 million in the same time last year.
Activision reported that it had 482 million active monthly gamers in the quarter, across all its games. This includes games developed by Candy Crush developer King, which Activision owns.
In addition, Blizzard had its biggest period in its history, in terms of monthly active players, which stood with 42 million. This is up by 50 percent when compared to the previous season, Blizzard said, calling the game World of Warcraft as top players. Blizzard also broke all-time records for daily and weekly active users, as well playing time during the time. Furthermore, World of Warcraft had an unprecedented quarterly amount of active players per month; they increased by an "double-digit" proportion.
For Activision Publishing, which covers World of Warcraft, Skylanders, Destiny, and others It had the most successful quarter of its history, with 46 million active monthly players. Destiny monthly active users rose quarter-over-quarter, though a specific number was not provided.
For King, it has 394 million monthly active users during the quarter which was "down only a little." Players played 10 billion hours of Activision games in the period, according to the company.In the earnings call which followed the statement, Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg stated that Infinite Warfare is not expected to cheap WOTLK Classic Gold be as successful as the game released in 2015, World of Warcraft. He also pointed out the fact that Infinite Warfare is a World of Warcraft brand, whereas Black Ops is an established top-selling brand.
