Bobby Kotick Quotes

Bobby Kotick

Profession : Businessman

Birth : March 1, 1963

I think the reason why video games are more popular as entertainment in difficult economies is that the cost per hour of video games is lower than any other form of entertainment.

Bobby Kotick

One of the reasons the games business has become more popular and more broadly appealing is that it's gone from this very solitary experience to this very social experience.

Bobby Kotick

I just don't want to pay taxes.

Bobby Kotick

When I got to Activision, it was like a carnival. They had a recycling container filled with cans and a sign over it that said 'Activision Takeover Defense Fund.' Activision was making games based on passion and gut instinct. We needed to develop games based on P&L statements and what was going to sell.

Bobby Kotick

What I'm good at is making sure we have the best resources, the best talent, the best marketing, and the best access to distribution.

Bobby Kotick

I never studied business. It's either in your DNA, or it isn't.

Bobby Kotick

It's very easy to criticize the CEO of the market leader.

Bobby Kotick

You put some things out there. Some work, some don't, and then one really takes off, and that pays for your failures. Then you go on to the next one.

Bobby Kotick

I'm not really a music person.

Bobby Kotick

We've always operated under the belief that you could run a video game business as professionally as you could run a consumer packaged goods business, and you wouldn't diminish creativity.

Bobby Kotick

We don't view the App Store as a really big opportunity for dedicated games.

Bobby Kotick

The audience for 'World of Warcraft' is a pretty committed group of players.

Bobby Kotick