On Thursday, Activision Blizzard Inc. announced record fourth quarter and full year earnings per share. For calendar year 2014, Activision Blizzard delivered record non-GAAP earnings per diluted share of $1.42, compared to $0.94 per diluted share for the previous year. On a GAAP basis, the company delivered record earnings per diluted share of $1.13, compared to $0.95 per diluted share for the prior year.
For calendar year 2014, Activision Blizzard delivered non-GAAP net revenues of $4.81 billion, as compared to $4.34 billion during the previous year. On a GAAP basis, the company delivered net revenues of $4.41 billion, as compared to $4.58 billion during the prior year.
For the quarter ended December 31, Activision Blizzard’s non-GAAP earnings per diluted share was a record $0.94, as compared to $0.79 during the fourth quarter of the previous year. On a GAAP basis, the company’s earnings per diluted share was a record $0.49, more than double the earnings per diluted share of $0.22 during the fourth quarter of the prior year.
Activision Publishing’s Skylanders Trap Team was the No. 1 top-selling kids console game globally for the calendar year, and for the third consecutive year, Skylanders was the No. 1 kids video game franchise of the year in the U.S. and globally.
