5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Activision Blizzard

• Report this Comment On September 09, 2009, at 10:39 AM, Broken196 wrote:

  If you don't like the sound of game delays you'll be seeing red for as long as you own this stock. Blizzard is notorious for delaying titles. It has never hurt the company before and many players respect the "when it's ready it's ready" mentality Blizzard prides itself on. Other great developers that use that philosophy are Bioware and Valve BOTH owned by EA. Another being Square Enix.

  Let's not forgot Blizzard does not drive the Activision ship alone. Thankfully this distances ATVI from one trick ponies like TTWO.

• Report this Comment On September 09, 2009, at 10:44 AM, wumingbo wrote:

  I have to disagree with Sweetsonic. Blizzard has always operated this way with their release dates. It's not the shareholders they cater to, but the consumer. Blizzard has always come out with quality. They usually don't post release dates until they are very close to completion, but if a release date is ignored because it's in the way of quality, so be it. They have proven this method over and over again with the overwhelming success of every product. A christmas release date has nothing on having a reputation for the greatest games in the world. I believe this is the biggest difference between them and EA, who goes for volume and games that the consumer will only care about for a month. If you look at all the games that Blizzard has come out with for the last 20 years, people are still playing them to this day! Perhaps Sweetsonic is dissapointed because they cannot simply purchase ATVI for 3 mo's before selling them off. Call be brand loyal, but I like the way Blizzard does business.

• Report this Comment On September 09, 2009, at 12:05 PM, mikecart1 wrote:

  ATVI will be the next MSFT in about 10 years. Anyone not in, is out.

• Report this Comment On September 09, 2009, at 3:17 PM, hoobler wrote:

  I agree that guitar hero is losing steam, however Blizzard is still making (and selling) expansion packs for WoW; in fact, a new expansion was just announced (no release date yet though...). These expansions will keep the monthly subscription fees rolling in. WoW isn't new, but I don't think it's going anywhere any time soon either!

• Report this Comment On September 09, 2009, at 7:40 PM, Varchild2008 wrote:

  MSFT rallied HUGE this year... Mikecart1

  Outperformed MSFT February 5th 2009.

  Up 36.5% since then.

  So.... ATVI up 36.5% in 2010 off the sales of COD: Modern Warfare II + Starcraft II ???

  That would be: $15.91

  Standard and Poor's 12 month target price? $15.00

  Hmm I like the odds.. I like the chances...

  I'll take the 36.5% annual gains starting in 2010 while I create bigger profits off of trading BIOTECH plays.

• Report this Comment On September 10, 2009, at 8:52 AM, Sweetsonic wrote:

  I was a little hard on Blizzard I admit. But I really do think that the delay (again) of the Starcraft II release is affecting investor sentiment. And as a player, I'm also anxious to get my hands on the products, and I think others feel the same way. I have all confidence on ATVI to continue producing great games and lead the industry. But I'd like to see some major releases by Q2 to keep the stock soaring through 2010.

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