Activision went out of its way to say that its marquee AAA franchise, Call of Duty, has nothing to fear from Facebook. While its biggest Rival, Electronic Arts has invested billions of dollars in the social gaming space, Activision has no interest in tackling the space, and isn't concerned one bit with what is going on there. The company says that focusing its resources on a few core franchises for traditional gaming platforms is the right path to take.
"Call of Duty has more players who pay-to-play online than any Facebook game, and our players pay more per player on average than any Facebook game," Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg said in a statement at the 13th Annual Pacific Crest Global Technology Leadership Forum. "They're also more engaged - the percentage of Call of Duty's monthly unique players that play the game every day is higher than that of the top three Facebook games."
"Despite all the hand-wringing in our industry right now, people aren't gaming less. In fact, they're gaming more than ever. They're just doing it with fewer games, and they're spending more time playing those games than ever before. Last year, of the top ten best-selling games, all ten of them were based on strong existing franchises, and nine of those ten were online enabled."
It's certainly a unique strategy but one that may change as Activision sees how much money other companies are making by contributing to the space.
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Re: Activision Not Concerned with Facebook Space
Why would they want to buy more baskets? All of their eggs fit so nicely into the one they have!