Activision was #1 US publisher in 2007

by Alexander Sliwinski { Jan 18th 2008 at 4:30PM }

Activision became king of the hill in 2007 as the number one US publisher. According to NPD data the company's current market share is 17.7%, a 7.2% increase over last year. Of course, Activision utilized the powers it has as a third-party publisher to sell Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare,the number one and three titles in sales respectively, across multiple platforms. This is the first time in the company's history that it reached the top spot.

Activision was certainly on a financial and critical acclaim rampage in 2007. COD4 got a spot on our Top 10 list and GHIII was the number one game for our significant others. As successful as last year was, it's now looking like Rock Band is poised to make GHIII yesterday's news, which could be troubling for Activision considering how financially successful the Guitar Hero series has been. Then again, this year we'll start seeing the armed and fully-operational Blizzavision (yeah ... still working on that name).

Tags: activision, activision-blizzard, callofduty4, cod, cod4, ghiii, guitarhero, npd, publisher

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

paragraph @ Jan 18th 2008 4:36PM

No love for Guitar Hero :'(

Activision makes great games other than the ones mentioned.... they made Pitfall... remember Pitfall... that was a good game....

Anyways: Kudos to Activision, may the evil spirits get confused on the way to your house.

CB @ Jan 18th 2008 4:40PM

Surprise!

seki @ Jan 18th 2008 4:44PM

How about Actiblizzion?

Alex M @ Jan 18th 2008 5:53PM

Activizzard?

Abuzar @ Jan 18th 2008 9:20PM

That actually sounds not that bad.

Activizzard FTW!

Obie @ Jan 18th 2008 4:46PM

As long as they start to implement some kind of quality assurance/control and not spam us with unnecessary sequels....yeah right!

ThornedVenom @ Jan 18th 2008 4:47PM

Although it's an ogre replacing another one, it's good that the first ogre got reminded that he can't always shit on people the same way for so long.

Thatoneguy64 @ Jan 18th 2008 6:23PM

Yeah, but now the first ogre is turning into a good, respectable guy while the second ogre is becoming way worse than the first one ever was.

DangerMouse @ Jan 18th 2008 4:51PM

Quick! Everyone turn your hate from EA to Activision! All the cool internet users are doing it!

RPGJock @ Jan 18th 2008 5:25PM

Don't worry, I have for the whole Rock Band issue.

Dale @ Jan 18th 2008 6:00PM

I don't hate either of them... my internet stock has plummetted.

Dopple Boppler @ Jan 18th 2008 6:09PM

I don't see why Guitar Hero and Rock Band can't both coexist peacefully. My friends love both of them, and from what I've seen, the big divide between the two groups is mainly, once again, among the "hardcore" gamers and not the general public.

ThornedVenom @ Jan 18th 2008 6:37PM

What is that? A consumer who pleads for care?

HAHAHHAAHHAHAHA!!!!

mj @ Jan 18th 2008 7:35PM

BlizzAct, baby!!!

LAY DOWN THE SMACK WITH BLIZZACT!

Anticrawl @ Jan 18th 2008 7:46PM

Eh I like Guitar Hero III better, I won't buy into this MTV bullshit with broken guitars.

Purple Haze @ Jan 18th 2008 8:06PM

Last year was good for activision, but I don't see much coming anytime soon. Mind you we hadn't really seen anything for cod 4 until e3 so I trust they'll have something in store, but I don't think cod 5 will be anywhere near as good as cod 4.

Anticrawl @ Jan 18th 2008 8:08PM

Call of Duty 5: Corporate Warfare

Steve @ Jan 19th 2008 1:09PM

Rock Band makes Guitar Hero III a thing of the past?

Sorry, Rock Band sold less than a million across all systems, while Guitar Hero III sold six million across all systems.

People who bought Rock Band spent $170 for some pieces of plastic and a relatively modest track list. Of course they're buying downloadable songs. What else can they do? People who bought Guitar Hero III are, you know, playing it.