Activision Blizzard (ATVI) Q3 2011 Earnings Call November 8, 2011 4:30 PM ET
Executives
Michael Morhaime - Chief Executive Officer of Blizzard Entertainment and President Blizzard Entertainment
Thomas Tippl - Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Kristin Mulvihill Southey - Former Vice President of Investor Relations
Robert A. Kotick - Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
Eric Hirshberg - Chief Executive Officer of Publishing Unit
Analysts
Edward S. Williams - BMO Capital Markets U.S.
Douglas Creutz - Cowen and Company, LLC, Research Division
Jeetil J. Patel - Deutsche Bank AG, Research Division
Neil A. Doshi - Citigroup Inc, Research Division
Brian J. Pitz - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division
Operator
Good day, and welcome to the Activision Blizzard's Third Quarter 2011 Earnings Conference Call. Today's call is being recorded. At this time, for opening remarks and introductions, I'd like to turn today's call over to Ms. Kristin Southey. Please go ahead.
Kristin Mulvihill Southey
Good afternoon, and thank you all for joining us today. With me today are Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard; Thomas Tippl, COO and CFO of Activision Blizzard; Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing; and Mike Morhaime, CEO of Blizzard Entertainment.
I would like to remind everyone that during this call, we will be making statements that are not historical facts. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties. As indicated in the slide that is showing, a number of important factors could cause the company's actual future results and other future circumstances to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements.
Such factors include, without limitation, the sales levels; increasing concentration of titles; shifts in consumer spending trends; current macroeconomic and industry conditions and conditions within the video game industry; our ability to predict consumer preferences among competing genres and
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