In the end, you have 2 very, very profitible companies merging into one single entity, instantly making them worth a cool 4.8 billion bucks more than EA.

Some of the stuff that amazes me is comparing the $$ these companies make. EA for example, made 4.02 billion last fiscal year, roughly 339 million profit. Activision, while reporting "only" 2.9 billion during the same time, made a profit of 344.9 million. Make a billion less than the largest competitor yet take home more money? Someone's doing something going right for them.

On the other hand, Blizzard made just over 1 billion last fiscal year (no idea on profit), yet they have only released 1 game and 1 expansion pack since 2004.

Mow the merger of these two? Yeah, I am glad i got plenty of stock in this new company.