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Computation of Earnings (Loss) Per Basic/Diluted Common Share (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Numerator:    
Consolidated net income (loss) $ 394us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 293us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Less: Distributed earnings to unvested share-based awards that participate in earnings (4)us-gaap_DistributedEarnings (5)us-gaap_DistributedEarnings
Less: Undistributed earnings allocated to unvested share-based awards that participate in earnings (3)us-gaap_UndistributedEarningsAllocatedToParticipatingSecurities (3)us-gaap_UndistributedEarningsAllocatedToParticipatingSecurities
Numerator for basic earnings per common share-income (loss) available to common shareholders $ 387us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic $ 285us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic
Denominator:    
Denominator for basic earnings per common share - weighted-average common shares outstanding (in shares) 723us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 709us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Effect of potential dilutive common shares under the treasury stock method:    
Employee stock options and others (in shares) 8us-gaap_IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToShareBasedPaymentArrangements 11us-gaap_IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToShareBasedPaymentArrangements
Denominator for diluted earnings per common share - weighted-average common shares outstanding plus dilutive common shares under treasury stock method (in shares) 731us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 720us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding
Basic earnings per common share (in dollars per share) $ 0.54us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 0.40us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Diluted earnings per common share (in dollars per share) $ 0.53us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 0.40us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
Performance shares not included in the computation of EPS 4atvi_ContingentlyIssuableSharesPerformanceCriteria 3atvi_ContingentlyIssuableSharesPerformanceCriteria
Common stock weighted-average shares, unvested restricted stock rights (in shares) 10us-gaap_IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToParticipatingNonvestedSharesWithNonForfeitableDividendRights 17us-gaap_IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToParticipatingNonvestedSharesWithNonForfeitableDividendRights
Options    
Antidilutive [Line Items]    
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of diluted earnings per share (in shares) 6us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount
/ us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareByAntidilutiveSecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_StockOptionMember
3us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount
/ us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareByAntidilutiveSecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_StockOptionMember