playstationlifestyle.net - 19 days ago
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Over the past year, Bobby Kotick , CEO of Activision Blizzard , has frightened and angered many gamers, particularly PS3 fans. A few months ago, before the September price cut, he publicly threatened (whether his words had substance is another story) Sony to cut the price of the PS3, or ...
Why We Love To Hate Activision — And Might Be Wrong [Feature]
kotaku.com 9/30/2009 — The games biz has a new favorite bad guy, and its name is Activision. Do the mega-publisher and its aggressive, polarizing CEO, Bobby Kotick , deserve the bad rap? Or do we just love to hate? Who is this man, anyway? Though always an industry ...
Pot Meet Kettle: Activision, the new Black
playstationlifestyle.net 7/17/2009 —
Bobby Kotick’s choice words for Sony sparked outrage amongst PS3 fans, and quickly became one of the most controversial subjects of the summer. The outspoken CEO suggested Activision would drop support for PlayStation if Sony didn’t lower the price point on the PlayStation 3. ...
Activision’s Kotick shuns new IPs, says gamers want more sequels
thatvideogameblog.com 8/19/2009 —
Like many delusional, highly paid executives with no tangible connection to the whims of the general public, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick is convinced that he knows exactly what gamers want. While a good portion of the gaming community continues to demand new, original IPs from major ...
Angry Gamers Considering Activision Boycott
gamepolitics.com 8/10/2009 — Activision Blizzard, the world's largest video game publisher, has been raising the ire of many gamers of late. So much so, in fact, that there is at least preliminary talk of a boycott of Activision products. So what has the publisher done to create ...
Kotick: Unemployment Likely To Affect Activision Sales [Activision]
kotaku.com 15 days ago — Appearing on the Fox Business network on Friday, the same day U.S. unemployment passed 10%, the head of Activision acknowledged that high jobless numbers will challenge the gaming business, but vouched for the value of playing games in tough times. ...
Counterpoint: Activision doesn't believe in PS3 resurrection
classygamer.blogspot.com 8/6/2009 — Activision Inserito originariamente da Abriael Conflicting with Electronic Arts' results (who else could conflict with EA?) that i listed in the previous post , is Activision, that seems not to believe at all in a possible turn of the market in favor of the Playstation 3. During their ...
Activision CEO makes money on Modern Warfare 2 launch day
thatvideogameblog.com 9 days ago —
So everyone knew that Infinity Ward’s latest installment in the Call of Duty series was going to make oodles of money . Every now and then, we get numbers on these hot selling games that blow us feeble working people’s minds. Here now is a report on publisher Activision’s ...
Kotick questions continued Activision support of Sony platforms
joystiq.com 6/19/2009 — Activision CEO Bobby Kotick is starting to believe that there isn't enough incentive to release games on the PlayStation 3 or PSP. Proving how confident he is that fanboys don't have his email address, he told The Times , "I'm getting concerned ...
[Multi] Activision's CEO, Bobby Kotick - Is This Guy Serious?
totalgamingnetwork.com 9/15/2009 — Activision's CEO, Bobby Kotick, may be doing well financially within his position at Activision, but if he was in any position besides the CEO, he would not be allowed to open his mouth to any media outlet. Please, read this interview with Mr. Kotick on Gamespot below, and do not forget to ...