No WoW causes Vivendi Q1 sales to drop 24%
by Alexander Sliwinski 
on May 14th 2008 6:15PM
Vivendi Games, soon to merge with Activision and become the goliath
Activision Blizzard, saw its
sales fall 24% from Q1 last year, thanks to the lack of a
World of Warcraft expansion. The percentage may be down, but the money still flows like an Azerothian river, with Blizzard contributing €192 million of Vivendi's €221 million in sales this quarter. Vivendi also announced that
WoW added another 700,000 players and the Sierra divisions performed "slightly higher" than last year.
With Vivendi expecting the next
WoW expansion,
Wrath of the Lich King,
sometime later in 2008, we'll plan on a Naaru size jolt to Activision Blizzard's cash flow at that time. For now, Vivendi will just have to enjoy the disgusting amounts of cash it gets from
WoW, instead of the nauseating amounts Activision Blizzard will make from the
WotLK release.
