Activision was #1 US publisher in 2007
by Alexander Sliwinski 
on Jan 18th 2008 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).
