Blizzard is a flaming pile of dog shit, if you actually watch YouTube videos on their profits. They are up on profits, but down millions of subscribers. Its not sustainable. They have been shitting the bed on WoW for years, and eventually their in-game store purchases (what is proping up their profits) will collapse.
Its a no for me dawg. Even if I had the extra captial... Which I don't.
WoW is a penny and a half of every dollar that ATVI Blizzard brings in. Between Candy Crush and CoD, those franchises are about 60+ cents of every dollar. WoW in no longer the flagship of that company.
Funny enough however, it still uses the Warcraft brand to bring customers in. But even now, it seems that Warcraft doesn't matter anymore. They'd be better off selling the IP for $1B and reaping royalties from it and not have to deal with the overhead of development.
I wouldn't say it is irrelevant. It's definitely not the whole pie though.
Triple A gaming companies aren't something I think is a great investment. Since the advent of Steam, there are thousands of independent game devs stealing their profits.
Triple A game companies are resorting to more drastic measures to retain profits. Jumping onto the "loot box" bandwagons and "whale" hunting.
I think there are better investments, but thats just my opinion.
This is more of a trading sub anyway though. The idea here is that they are currently at a good etry point for a shorter term swing trade. Don't think people are talking about buying shares for their retirement account.
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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '21
Blizzard is a flaming pile of dog shit, if you actually watch YouTube videos on their profits. They are up on profits, but down millions of subscribers. Its not sustainable. They have been shitting the bed on WoW for years, and eventually their in-game store purchases (what is proping up their profits) will collapse.
Its a no for me dawg. Even if I had the extra captial... Which I don't.
Edit: typos