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Vivendi's Revenues up 35 Percent

Posted by Zonk on from the can't-imagine-why dept.

Vivendi Universal Games, the publisher for games from Blizzard Entertainment and Valve Software, posted high revenues for last year. The company showed an increase of almost 35% over 2004. From the article: "Vivendi also reported its revenues for the fourth quarter of 2005, VU Games' revenue actually dropped from 2004, down 7 percent from 264 million euros ($319 million) to 245 million euros ($296 million). The company blamed the slide on 'an exceptional quarter in 2004,' in which Half-Life 2 and World of Warcraft both debuted." Update: 01/30 21:12 GMT by Z : It helps if I pay attention to what I'm typing.

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  1. Not owned... by avalys · · Score: 3, Informative

    Valve is not owned by Vivendi. They do have a (somewhat rocky) business relationship: Vivendi has published most of Valve's games. But Valve is independent.

    Blizzard, on the other hand, is a subsidiary of Vivendi.

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    1. Re:Not owned... by VGPowerlord · · Score: 2, Informative

      Technically, wasn't it Sierra that published most of Valve's games, back before they were swallowed by Vivendi?

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  2. Valve isn't owned by Vivendi by Tankko · · Score: 4, Informative

    >> Vivendi Universal Games, owner of companies such as Blizzard Entertainment and Valve Software

    Valve isn't owned by Vivendi. How can you miss something that blatant. Gads! It's starting to feel more like digg around here every day.

  3. Re:Personally I'd like to see them go under... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Blizzard North which created the Diablo/Starcraft series has been dissolved. Bill Roper and many of the other talents left to start their own companies or work with others (NCSofts Guild Wars has people from Bliz North).