Operating Segments and Geographic Area (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

			Years Ended December 31,
			2012		2011		2010		2012		2011		2010

			Net Revenues						Income from operations
	Activision		$	3,072	$	2,828	$	2,769	$	970	$	851	$	511
	Blizzard			1,609		1,243		1,656		717		496		850
	Distribution			306		418		378		11		11		10
		Operating segments total		4,987		4,489		4,803		1,698		1,358		1,371

Reconciliation to consolidated net revenues /
	consolidated income before tax expense:
	Net effect from changes in the deferral of net
		revenues and related cost of sales		(131)		266		(356)		(91)		183		(319)
	Stock-based compensation expense			---		---		---		(126)		(103)		(131)
	Restructuring			---		---		---		---		(26)		(3)
	Amortization of intangible assets			---		---		---		(30)		(72)		(123)
	Impairment of goodwill/intangible assets			---		---		---		---		(12)		(326)
Consolidated net revenues / operating income			$	4,856	$	4,755	$	4,447	$	1,451	$	1,328	$	469
	Investment and other income (expense), net									7		3		23
Consolidated income before income tax expense									$	1,458	$	1,331	$	492

Revenues by geographic region

		Years Ended December 31,
		2012		2011		2010
Net revenues by geographic region:
	North America	$	2,436	$	2,405	$	2,409
	Europe		1,968		1,990		1,743
	Asia Pacific		452		360		295
Total consolidated net revenues		$	4,856	$	4,755	$	4,447

Revenues by platform

		Years Ended December 31,
		2012		2011		2010
Net revenues by platform:
	Console	$	2,186	$	2,439	$	2,330
	PC and Other ¹		1,214		374		325
	Online subscriptions ²		986		1,357		1,230
	Handheld		164		167		184
Total platform net revenues			4,550		4,337		4,069
Distribution			306		418		378
Total consolidated net revenues		$	4,856	$	4,755	$	4,447

Long-lived assets by geographic region

		Years Ended December 31,
		2012		2011		2010
Long-lived assets* by geographic region:
	North America	$	90	$	105	$	113
	Europe		40		46		46
	Asia Pacific		11		12		10
Total long-lived assets by geographic region		$	141	$	163	$	169

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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