Analyst: ‘Poor’ Call of Duty and Skylanders sales dampen expectations for Activision’s first quarter

Call of Duty and Skylanders are two of publisher Activision’s most-important game properties, but they struggled to carry their weight in January and February.

Sales for both Call of Duty: Ghosts and Skylanders: Swap Force failed to perform as well as expected in the first quarter of 2014, according to industry-intelligence firm Cowen & Company. The games are so important to Activision’s bottom line that Cowen is reducing its estimated earnings per share (EPS) for the company’s first quarter from 14 cents to 10 cents. Both franchises are seeing major competition from other publishers’ games either for the first time or the first time in a while.

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