7 Quotes by Robert Kotick

Our association with DreamWorks has resulted in some of the most critically acclaimed and successful movie-based video games ever, ... This announcement enables us to continue to build on our strong creative collaboration and underscores Activision's ongoing commitment to developing exceptional games based on the highest quality intellectual properties and brands.

Thomas is an energetic, experienced and far-sighted executive with a strong track record as a financial professional from one of the world's most respected companies. His experience in business development, organizational management and international commerce make him the ideal choice to drive and manage Activision's strategic direction and growth and help us continue to deliver superior financial returns to our shareholders,

We welcome Richard to the Activision Board. His substantial experience in the mobile and wireless arena coupled with his strong corporate development background and distinguished career will be an asset to our Board and management team as we continue to pursue our strategic objectives.

Despite these achievements, we were disappointed with our earnings performance this quarter which was the result of weaker than expected market conditions in the U.S. and Europe due to the transition from current-generation consoles to the next generation of video game systems.

You're likely to see price declines on the older- generation software,

I'm a pretty big believer that history is likely to repeat itself,

In the long term, we are planning for market growth that historically follows the introduction of new console hardware. To leverage this future growth and prepare for fiscal 2008, which we expect will be the biggest year in Activision's history, we will continue to focus on investment in our product development resources and intellectual property portfolio, growing our international operations and optimizing our worldwide cost structure and resource allocation.