IVivendi Games Yasindiswa Kanjani yiWorld of Warcraft

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Iyunithi yamageyimu wevidiyo weVivendi, obevele iyibhizinisi elenza imishanguzo eqenjini labezindaba laseFrance, manje lijabulela enye yezinhlaka ezinkulu zemboni ngenxa yomdlalo othi: World of Warcraft.

Umhlaba womdlalo we-warcraft uqoqe abasebenzisi abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-10 selokhu wethulwa ngo-2004 futhi umongameli weVivendi Games, uRene Penisson, uthi usungule imakethe entsha yenkampani kanye nomkhakha wonkana. ‘Ngikholwa ukuthi imakethe enkulu iyavuleka’, kusho uPenisson kwabakwaReuters, kwinhlolokhono ngemuva kokwethulwa kwemiphumela yonyaka yeqembu. ‘kuguqula indlela njengoba abantu bedlala imidlalo yamavidiyo.’

Imbangi yaseFrance yeVivendi, i-Infogrames, elawula i-Atari e-United States, iqinisekisile kule nyanga ukuthi le midlalo eku-inthanethi izoba yinjini yokukhulisa imboni futhi izokwakha igumbi elilodwa layo yonke imidlalo yomkhakha eminyakeni emithathu. IWorld of Warcraft ngumdlalo lapho abasebenzisi benza khona abangani nezitha emhlabeni obonakalayo owenziwe ngama-druid, imikhovu kanye no-fairies, futhi ezinye izikhathi zithola iwele lazo lomphefumulo empilweni yangempela. Unyaka odlulile, iphakethe lokunwetshwa ‘I-Burning Crusade’ lidlule okulindelwe ekuthengisweni kanti iVivendi ilinde ukuthi kwenzeke okufanayo nangephakeji lomdlalo, ‘Ulaka Lich King’, oluzokwethulwa kwisemester yalo nyaka .

Phakathi kuka-2003 no-2007, iMidlalo yeVivendi yaphindaphinda ama-invovo ayo angaphezu kwezigidigidi ezi-1 zama-euro (izigidigidi eziyi-1,52 zamadola) futhi yaguqula ukulimala kokusebenza okungama-euro ayizigidi ezingama-200 kwaba inzuzo yezigidi eziyi-181. ‘IWorld of Warcraft ibe yinto ebalulekile ukuthi iguqule imidlalo yeVivendi’, kusho uPenisson. Ukube iMidlalo yeVivendi ibingenaso isihloko esithandwa kangaka, inkampani ibingasoze yathola uthando lwe-Activision, umkhiqizi osekela impumelelo njenge ‘Guitar Hero’ futhi iqembu laseFrance elivale ubudlelwano bamadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-18 ngoZibandlela kudlule unyaka, kusho uPenisson. Imidlalo yeVivendi izoba namaphesenti aphakathi kwama-52 68 enkampani okuvunyelwene ngayo i-Activision Blizzard, kuya ngomphumela wokunikezwa kwesenzo.

Ngonyaka ka-2009, imidlalo yeVivendi Games yabikezela ukuthi ama-invoicing avumelane ngemali engu-4,3 billion dollar, inzuzo yokusebenza eyizigidigidi eziyi-1,1 zamadola.

UPenisson uzoba ngumqondisi wenkampani entsha. ‘ukuhlanganiswa kwalezi zinkampani ezimbili kudala iqembu le-bonanza ngokuya ngemisebenzi yephothifoliyo namandla okuthuthuka’, kusho yona.