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Difficult to move, as the draft of Warcraft Blizzard Q4 net loss 72 million U.S. dollars
 

Despite the "World of Warcraft" This the most successful products, Blizzard's shareholders will still be frustrated. Actin as the Blizzard today announced fiscal 2008 fourth quarter results, the report shows, moving as the Blizzard of the quarter revenue 2.34 billion U.S. dollars, 72 million U.S. dollars net loss, a loss of 5 cents per share, in equal shares.

But the move, as Blizzard said that this situation is because the fourth quarter special items related costs arising due. Excluding these special items, then move the fourth quarter, as the snow is still profitable, earnings per share of 31 cents. This performance is better than analyst expectations, analysts expect the move after heavy snow in the fourth quarter, as earnings per share of 29 cents.

At the same time, Blizzard is expected to move as the 2009 fiscal year earnings per share will be 61 cents, revenue will reach 4.7 billion U.S. dollars. Although the figure seems staggering, but still less than analysts expected. Reuters Financial survey shows that analysts consider moving after the 2009 fiscal year, as the snow will be a profit of 67 cents per share, while revenue will reach 5.17 billion U.S. dollars.

On that day, heavy snow in the regular trading on the Nasdaq fell 0.14 U.S. dollars, to close at 9.48 U.S. dollars, or 1.46 percent. In the ensuing hours trading, the snow fell 0.29 U.S. dollars to 9.19 U.S. dollars, or 3.06 percent. Over the past 52 weeks, the highest price for the Blizzard 19.28 U.S. dollars, the lowest price for 8.14 U.S. dollars.