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" If you want to retain your identity and culture, we're a really great mothership. If you want to sell out... there are definitely other companies to talk to. "

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" Most people play games alone, against the machine. But if you're playing against a real person, it's going to be that much more fun. "

" I really like video games, and that passion has never really gone away. "

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" 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. "

" I think Steve Wynn, who was like my mentor and a second father, has been a great inspiration. He's a great mentor because he's a guy who's had great business success but also has always been driven by creativity - and inspired creativity. "

" 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. "

" Veterans Day is a time to reflect and renew our commitment to ensure our military heroes have the tools to reintegrate successfully back to civilian life. "

" 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. "

" We want to give our audiences flexibility in the way they're commercially engaged in the content. "

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" I would have 'Call of Duty' be an online subscription service tomorrow. I think our audiences are clamouring for it. "

" Don't focus on reaching the C-Suite. Focus on doing great work and serving your customers and community. That's how you can find the right opportunities and get the skills and experience to get to the top in your career. "

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

" If I go play 'Modern Warfare,' I'll find a hundred different things I'd like done differently. And I don't have the discipline to not express my opinion. "

" Our customers need to be satisfied that there is a price-value relationship that they feel great about. "

" If you talk to people about the history of the games business during economic downturns, they'll tell you that it's a recession-proof industry. "

" In the mid 1980s, video games as an industry had lost its way a bit. Atari had collapsed. There was this widespread collective belief that it was because video games were a fad. "

" Very early on, when I was in my twenties, Steve Jobs convinced me to quit college. He talked to me after I had spent about a year in Michigan studying the history of art. "

" Our responsibility is to deliver the most compelling content to our players. and if we do that, the audiences are there. "

" I've been very, very lucky because I've had so many great mentors. "

" 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. "

" When employees can bring their full selves to work, we get the full benefit of all their perspectives and experiences. "

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" As business models evolve, as the way you distribute content evolves, as the ability to do things online changes in terms of pricing or trial or sample, I think we've definitely always been out in front of the rest of our competitors. "

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

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