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" The Call of Duty Endowment is a natural philanthropic extension of our brand. "
Robert Kotick
Duty
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" The audience for 'World of Warcraft' is a pretty committed group of players. "
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" All my life, I've been the rebel in the X-wing fighter, and then one morning, I woke up, and I was on board the Death Star. "
Robert Kotick
Life
Morning
My Life
" We have an obligation to provide a return for our shareholders. "
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Return
Obligation
Shareholders
" 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. "
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Carnival
" I would have 'Call of Duty' be an online subscription service tomorrow. I think our audiences are clamouring for it. "
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Service
Call
Duty
" We want to give our audiences flexibility in the way they're commercially engaged in the content. "
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Way
Give
Flexibility
" I never studied business. It's either in your DNA, or it isn't. "
Robert Kotick
Either
Never
Your
" Our customers need to be satisfied that there is a price-value relationship that they feel great about. "
Robert Kotick
Need
Our
Feel
" 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. "
Robert Kotick
Work
Focus
You
" 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. "
Robert Kotick
Business
You
Run
" Our mission is to inspire audiences to play, connect, and compete by making the most engaging entertainment in the world, and our talent evaluation process ensures that each new hire shares that commitment. "
Robert Kotick
Play
Inspire
Commitment
" 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. "
Robert Kotick
People
Alone
You
" 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. "
Robert Kotick
Good
Best
Resources
" To allow our audiences to watch more professionally produced video content, we acquired Major League Gaming - MLG - and we expect MLG to become the 'ESPN of Videogames' with a focus on the celebration of gamers, both amateur and professionals. "
Robert Kotick
Become
Content
Focus
" I really like video games, and that passion has never really gone away. "
Robert Kotick
Never
Gone
Games
" I think running Apple is a great job, but it suits Steve Jobs so well. I wouldn't want to be the person that ran Apple after Steve, but he has a great job. "
Robert Kotick
Apple
Great
Job
" 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. "
Robert Kotick
Think
Reason
Difficult
" The video game business is primarily a male-oriented business. And I have three girls. And you see the things that are important to them in their game experiences are the social interaction. They love the ability to chat with their friends. They love the ability to have some connection online with other people. "
Robert Kotick
Game
Friends
Business
" I ran a hot-dog-and-soda stand at Little League, and I started a business planning parties in high school. "
Robert Kotick
School
Planning
Business
" 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. "
Robert Kotick
Quit
College
Art
" Our responsibility is to deliver the most compelling content to our players. and if we do that, the audiences are there. "
Robert Kotick
Most
Responsibility
Players
" The social element has really transformed the gaming experience. "
Robert Kotick
Experience
Element
Social
" 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. "
Robert Kotick
Time
Back
Day
" I go to these cocktail parties now, and I say I make video games, and people go, 'Wow.' I can attract crowds. "
Robert Kotick
Go
Say
Now
" How do you expect people to actually join the military if, when they leave the military, they can't integrate back into the free market they're supposed to be protecting? "
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You
People
Military
" 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. "
Robert Kotick
Talk
You
People
" If it's compelling and engaging enough, customers will consider paying for it. If we don't deliver something that has value, we won't expect value in return. "
Robert Kotick
Will
Return
Expect
" What you do in film and television is really different than what you do in video games. "
Robert Kotick
You
Television
Games
" We'd love to see Led Zeppelin on 'Guitar Hero.' "
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Hero
Led Zeppelin
Love
" When employees can bring their full selves to work, we get the full benefit of all their perspectives and experiences. "
Robert Kotick
Experiences
Bring
Employees