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"Vivendi, the media company that owns Activision Blizzard, recently laid out its plans for 2009 and, unsurprisingly, World of Warcraft plays an important role. During a recent conference call, Vivendi Chief Executive Jean-Bernard Levy stated that the company is \"extremely confident and resilient despite the current market conditions.\" Reuters reports that 70% of Vivendi's revenues are generated by \"phone, Internet, pay-TV and online video games subscriptions,\" which help shield the company from current economic troubles.\"We expect video games to continue to show a nice growth,\" said Levy. He added, in what is perhaps the greatest understatement ever recorded, \"We started the year with 12 million subscribers for World of Warcraft, which is a good base.\" With Activision Blizzard pumping out sequels to its major franchises and promising one major Blizzard release per year, we'd say Vivendi's gaming front is on fairly solid footing."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/world-of-warcraft-key-to-vivendis-2009-revenues/>