Activision Blizzard admits its player base is collapsing

Go to http://shopify.com/insidegaming to get a free 14-day trial. Activision Blizzard’s most recent earnings report confirms what many of us already knew - that their player base is collapsing at an alarming rate. The number of players lost this year alone is staggering so we are running through the details and how Activision Blizzard plans to recoup its loses. In other news, Xbox had a record-breaking March, more PlayStation games are on their way to PC, Ubisoft is shutting down servers for ov 90 games, and PlayStation has a new preservation team. This week’s 5-Second review make Brian think twice about his favorite outdoor activities and the Coming Soon section has giant robots, dying moms, big samurai energy, and lots of space marines. Thanks for watching everyone and have a great weekend. 00:00 - Activision Blizzard admits its player base is collapsing 05:37 - Xbox had a great March 06:46 - More PlayStation games on PC? 07:44 - Ubisoft shuts down servers for lots of older games 08:18 - PlayStation starts ‘game preservation’ team 09:23 - 5-Second Review 09:44 - Coming Soon Buy our shirt! https://is.gd/u3xCtA Listen and subscribe to Ship Hits the Fan at https://bit.ly/shiphitsthefan OR follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/briangaar https://twitter.com/DarthBurrit0 http://twitter.com/InsideGaming SOURCES [Eurogamer] Activision lost a third of it’s players https://www.eurogamer.net/activision-lost-a-third-of-its-active-players-in-past-year [Eurogamer] Call of Duty Warzone to revealed laster this year https://www.eurogamer.net/new-call-of-duty-warzone-to-be-revealed-later-this-year [GameSpot] Activision Blizzard loses 60 million players in past year https://www.gamespot.com/articles/activision-blizzard-loses-60-million-monthly-active-users-in-past-… [Games Radar] CoD Modern Warfare 2 said to be most advanced experience in franchise https://www.gamesradar.com/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2-said-to-be-most-advanced-experience-in-fran… [Twitter] Diablo Immortal status and release date https://twitter.com/DiabloImmortal/status/1518553373477412866?s=20&t=vp5p7F8PVBbUvJXV_r1N_w [Geekwire] US Regulators seek more info on Microsoft's acquisition https://www.geekwire.com/2022/u-s-regulators-seek-more-info-on-microsofts-68-7b-activision-blizzard-… [Twitter] Mat Piscatella March NPD thread https://twitter.com/MatPiscatella/status/1518583633891659776?s=20&t=Ou7PbyD_sd6eVMMSxT0ucA [Sony Jobs] Senior Director, PC Planning and Strategy job post https://boards.greenhouse.io/sonyinteractiveentertainmentglobal/jobs/4460967004 [VGC] PlayStation bring a whole slate of games to PC https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/playstation-is-bringing-a-whole-slate-of-games-to-pc-includ… [Ubisoft] Ubisoft shuts down servers for 90 games https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/help/article/multiplayer-and-online-services-availability-in-ubisoft-g…