Activision Blizzard found themselves yet again at a revenue high this past week after the launch of the new Call of DUTY: Black Ops 2 release. Activision stocks rose tremendously after the release. In the first 24 hours, they saw an extreme amount of 500M dollars. Every November, Call of Duty of releases a new game, and they have found themselves yet again at the top of the IT Gaming Industry. It is amazing to see how much the COD release surpassed their Microsoft competitor game (Halo) which was released just a couple of days before.
The Information Technology world is rapidly increasing and the graphics coming out nowadays is amazing. Nothing like, the orginal ninetndo’s we grew up with. The graphics and the industry are so fast paced where Activision is definitely ruling. In such a rapid moving industry, it takes creativity and extreme recruitment for the best of the best in the Information Technology Systems pool of talent.
Refer to : http://www.businessweek.com/videos/2012-11-16/call-of-duty-game-rings-up-500m-in-sales#r=nav-f-video