Income Taxes (Details 2) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 11, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Difference between income taxes computed at the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate and the income tax expense (benefit)
Federal income tax provision at statutory rate		$ 462,000,000	$ 510,000,000	$ 466,000,000
Statutory income tax rate (in percent)		35.00%	35.00%	35.00%
State taxes, net of federal benefit		6,000,000	31,000,000	18,000,000
State taxes, net of federal benefit (in percent)		0.00%	2.00%	1.00%
Research and development credits		(49,000,000)	(10,000,000)	(21,000,000)
Research and development credits (in percent)		(4.00%)	(1.00%)	(2.00%)
Domestic production activity deduction		(9,000,000)	(17,000,000)	(15,000,000)
Domestic production activity deduction (in percent)		(1.00%)	(1.00%)	(1.00%)
Foreign rate differential		(174,000,000)	(241,000,000)	(202,000,000)
Foreign rate differential (in percent)		(13.00%)	(17.00%)	(15.00%)
Change in tax reserves		89,000,000	53,000,000	23,000,000
Change in tax reserves (in percent)		7.00%	4.00%	2.00%
Shortfall from employee stock option exercises		0	8,000,000	9,000,000
Shortfall from employee stock option exercises (in percent)		0.00%	0.00%	1.00%
Return to provision adjustment		(3,000,000)	(4,000,000)	(44,000,000)
Return to provision adjustment (in percent)		0.00%	0.00%	(3.00%)
Net Operating Loss tax attribute received from Internal Revenue Service audit		0	(46,000,000)	0
Net Operating Loss tax attribute received from IRS audit (in percent)		0.00%	(3.00%)	0.00%
Net Operating Loss tax attribute received from Purchase Transaction		(16,000,000)	0	0
Net Operating Loss tax attribute received from Purchase Transaction (in percent)		(1.00%)	0.00%	0.00%
Other		3,000,000	25,000,000	12,000,000
Other (in percent)		0.00%	2.00%	1.00%
Income tax expense		309,000,000	309,000,000	246,000,000
Total (in percent)		23.00%	21.00%	19.00%
Purchase Transaction [Line Items]
Potential Future Tax Benefit		309,000,000	309,000,000	246,000,000
Net Operating Loss Carryforward Indemnification Amount Obtained	200,000,000
Indemnification asset recorded in other assets		16,000,000
R&D Tax Credit		49,000,000	10,000,000	21,000,000
American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012
Difference between income taxes computed at the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate and the income tax expense (benefit)
Research and development credits			(12,000,000)
Purchase Transaction [Line Items]
R&D Tax Credit			12,000,000
New VH
Purchase Transaction [Line Items]
Net Operating Loss Carryforwards	676,000,000
Net operating loss utilized - New VH NOL		45,000,000
Indemnification asset recorded in other assets		16,000,000
Vivendi Games
Purchase Transaction [Line Items]
Net Operating Loss Carryforwards			132,000,000
Expected | New VH
Difference between income taxes computed at the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate and the income tax expense (benefit)
Income tax expense	(237,000,000)
Purchase Transaction [Line Items]
Potential Future Tax Benefit	$ (237,000,000)