Activision Blizzard (ATVI)

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Activision Blizzard R&D Expense: 124.00M

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ATVI R&D Expense Rankings

Overall 6th percentile 1647 of 1764
Sector 8th percentile 591 of 646 in Technology
Industry 5th percentile 19 of 20 in Multimedia & Graphics Software

ATVI R&D Expense Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum 32.90M Jun 2007
Maximum 274.00M Dec 2010
Average 144.92M

About R&D Expense

R&D expenses are a line item from many companies' income statements.

R&D expense (short for research and development expense) is essentially the amount of money that a company spends to develop new products and services each year. For example, if a pharmaceutical firm hires research scientists to develop new drugs, the salaries of these researchers will generally be expensed in the R&D expense category.

Like marketing expenses, but unlike capital expenditures, R&D expenses are subtracted from revenues every year directly. Therefore, accountants treat R&D spending as an expense rather than as an investment, though there is continuous debate over whether this is the correct classification.

An investor looking at companies with large R&D expenditures should think hard about whether a single company's R&D spending is an expense (like buying rubber to produce tires) or whether it is an investment (like buying machinery to produce tires more efficiently). Determining the answer to that question can have a large impact on how the company is valued.
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ATVI News

Oops... E3 (Jun 5-7) exhibitors: $ATVI $CSCO $DIS $EA $MSFT $SNE $PWRD $EQIX $KNM $COOL $NVDA $QCOM $ZNGA - and $THQI http://stks.co/3zt0
about a day ago by abubnic
E3 (Jun 5-7) exhibitors: $ATVI $CSCO $DIS $EA $MSFT $SNE $PWRD $EQIX $KNM $COOL $NVDA $QCOM $ZNGA - and $THQ http://stks.co/3zsz
about a day ago by abubnic
$EA $ATVI $THQi --this news upsets me to absolutely no end: http://stks.co/3zkV If Big Huge Games had an IPO this would not have happened.
about 2 days ago by shark_filet
I spent many yrs attending E3 as a member of broadcast/print media. Major buying decisions made here $ATVI $CSCO $DIS $EA $MSFT $SNE $PWRD
about 2 days ago by abubnic
$ATVI There is mobile auction house for WoW, perhaps it will come to diablo, couples nicely with real money Auction house.
about 4 days ago by gizmo727
@eh791114 http://stks.co/3xSD $ATVI They may actually sell a few more authenticators...
about 4 days ago by Skyshark29
@PositiveCarry Diablo 3 Sells 6.3M, PC Record. $ATVI
about 4 days ago by emana
$ATVI buying 12 and selling 13 still working like a dream...
about 4 days ago by Wisedom
$ATVI
about 4 days ago by rocketship
$ATVI 200 Day SMA Cross - Price crossed above 200 day SMA (12.2444). Confirmed by volume.
about 4 days ago by TradeIdeasQuant
RT @Benzinga $ATVI Diablo 3 Sells 6.3M, PC Record
about 4 days ago by StockSage1
$ATVI Diablo 3 Sells 6.3M, PC Record
about 4 days ago by Benzinga
@PositiveCarry you didn&#39;t buy it? http://stks.co/3wfY (ups who lied?) $ATVI
about 5 days ago by emana
Diablo 3 took 4 years to make...it flop big time, check amazon reviews of more than 1100 reviews of real buyers. $ATVI is going lower.
about 5 days ago by PositiveCarry
@PositiveCarry everyone can check server status. everyone can check amazon reviews. you paid for the game, 1 in millions :) $ATVI
about 5 days ago by emana
RT @emana @eh791114 i just made login and everything is working fine... $ATVI &gt;&gt; lol why lied?
about 5 days ago by PositiveCarry
@emana Diablo3 sux...just admit it. Look at amazon reviews. $ATVI will print single digit soon.
about 5 days ago by PositiveCarry
@eh791114 i just made login and everything is working fine... $ATVI
about 5 days ago by emana
$ATVI servers are closed for 8 hours due to some account thefts and bugs. Expect more bad news to come out and drive down the stock.
about 5 days ago by eh791114
@PositiveCarry you bought the game and you keep playing it... i guess that&#39;s all. $ATVI
about 5 days ago by emana
@eh791114 I complained about lagy blizzard&#39;s server, and how you can&#39;t play it without connecting with it. diablo 3 is big time FLOP. $ATVI
about 5 days ago by PositiveCarry
@eh791114 yesterday i have played with a asian player... i guess they are using the new server transition mode. $ATVI
about 5 days ago by emana
$ATVI Asian Servers are still really cramped and people still have troubles buying the game. ATVI should move big when sales numbers are out
about 5 days ago by eh791114
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