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A C T I V I S I O N , I N C . • • 2 0 0 7 A N N U A L R E P O R T
label release, LucasArts’ Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy. The decrease in international publishing
net revenues was partially offset by a year over year strengthening of the EUR and the GBP in relation
to the USD, which increased reported net revenues for fiscal 2007 by approximately $24.2 million.
Excluding the impact of changing foreign currency rates, our international publishing net revenues
decreased 23% year over year.
Publishing Net Revenues by Platform
Publishing net revenues decreased 3% from $1,154.7 million for the year ended March 31, 2006 to
$1,119.0 million for the year ended March 31, 2007. The following table details our publishing net rev-
enues by platform and as a percentage of total publishing net revenues for the years ended March
31, 2007 and 2006 (in thousands):
Year Ended
March 31,
2007
% of
Publishing
Net Revs
Year Ended
March 31,
2006
% of
Publishing
Net Revs
Increase/
(Decrease)
Percent
Change
Publishing Net Revenues
PC $ 78,886 7% $ 183,457 16% $(104,571) (57)%
Console
Sony PlayStation 3 53,842 5% — —% 53,842 n/a
Sony PlayStation 2 500,927 45% 422,239 36% 78,688 19%
Microsoft Xbox360 200,394 18% 102,809 9% 97,585 95%
Microsoft Xbox 54,232 5% 205,864 18% (151,632) (74)%
Nintendo Wii 54,636 5% — —% 54,636 n/a
Nintendo GameCube 22,761 2% 80,964 7% (58,203) (72)%
Other 3 —% 469 —% (466) (99)%
Total console 886,795 80% 812,345 70% 74,450 9%
Hand-held
Game Boy Advance 48,478 4% 79,738 7% (31,260) (39)%
PlayStation Portable 49,931 4% 52,016 5% (2,085) (4)%
Nintendo Dual Screen 54,948 5% 27,107 2% 27,841 103%
Total hand-held 153,357 13% 158,861 14% (5,504) (3)%
Total publishing net
revenues $1,119,038 100% $1,154,663 100% $ (35,625) (3)%
Personal Computer Net Revenues
(in thousands)
March 31,
2007
% of
Publishing
Net Revenues
March 31,
2006
% of
Publishing
Net Revenues
Increase/
(Decrease)
Percent
Change
$78,886 7% $183,457 16% $(104,571) (57)%
Net revenues from sales of titles for the PC decreased 57% from $183.5 million and 16% of publishing
net revenues for the year ended March 31, 2006 to $78.9 million and 7% of publishing net revenues
for the year ended March 31, 2007. The decreases were primarily due to the strong performance of
our fiscal 2006 PC releases, as well as a decrease in the number of titles released for the PC during