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Activision Blizzard (ATVI) Slips Following Initial 'Destiny' Sales Numbers

September 17, 2014 11:06 AM EDT

(Updated - September 17, 2014 11:44 AM EDT)

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) shares are down Wednesday following new numbers for Destiny.

According to the latest Activision release, sales of Destiny were over $325 million within its first five days. The number compares with the company reporting first-day Destiny sales of $500 million into retail stores and first-party locations globally.

UPDATE - More comparison numbers below:

Notably, last year, Activision reported Call of Duty: Ghosts had sales of over $1 billion on day one.

Peer Take-Two Interactive (Nasdaq: TTWO) also posted $1 billion of sales for Grand Theft Auto V within its first three day sales period, which was released last September.

Shares of Activision are down 1.4 percent.



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