According to the pre-order charts, Ghosts is tracking behind BO2 and Skylanders is losing ground up against Disney Infinity. (It's just a matter of time)

Now that I think about it, Activision's only two major revenue sources were those considering that they killed all the rest like Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk, etc. It seems that they need Destiny being a huge success.

So if Destiny underperforms or loses the shooter war against Titanfall or something they might be in a bit of a bind, right after they became independent from Vivendi too.

Don't they own Blizzard stuff as well?
Not to mention that almost everyone would kill for Ghost's numbers (i admit I don't know what they are)

So I wouldn't say they are in trouble.

Well, they are still printing money with Blizzard.

CoD's death won't be quick, either. There are still billions to be made with that franchise. Destiny is the only game they make that interests me, though, so I hope it's a success. Titanfall taking the up-front money from Microsoft might have been a long-term mistake, though, which might allow Destiny to do very nicely on Playstation.

Of course, I'm sure EA and Respawn were thinking that the Xbox One would take North America easily when they worked out that deal, which is kind of funny in retrospect. I wonder if they're as pleased with that move now?

COD, WoW, Diablo, Starcraft, Skylanders. They're all money making machines with huge profit margins. And Activison kicked everything else out. Every risky game, every game without upside potential they kicked out.

So no, even though their total revenue might decline, they have kept the money makers.

I dont think Activition is going anywhere anytime soon. Theyre just just slowly loosing the ability to milk their consumers with copy and pasted games, dlc, and endless expansions

I was thinking that the other day. Like you said, the deal was probably made back when the Xbone looked like the most probable winner for the US. The amount MS paid EA was likely also based on this too. 

No doubt we will see EA carry Titanfall over to the PS4 the second they can (wouldn't be surprised if it's already in development), which will be good for everyone. Its looks like a great game ^^ I doubt I’ll be getting it myself, such games have never been my cup of tea, but it certainly looks much more interesting than many of its competitors.

Putting out yearly iterations of the same series can only be sustainable for so long. Just ask Guitar Hero.

Activision is smart in that they have Destiny to grow as COD fades. Also, whatever Blizzard comes up with next will sell millions.

destiny won't lose against titanfall because they are totally different from a gameplay perspective. it's like borderlands vs . cod, they don't take sales from each other.

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Based on the complete change in perception about the XB1 outside of the core gaming sites, I think they willl be OK.  Now that all of the XB1/Doritos/COD ads start beating people down, the US market will be in M$'s corner.  Now, with the NFL season starting, it will only add to it.  The bad buzz is mostly in the past for the XB1.  Now they have to fight the $100 price difference.  That's what the ads have to do with.  Providing reasons beyond just gaming to buy the system or pay $100 more for it.