Meh. The Majority of their games are average or below average. I'm not saying losing a big publisher isn't a bad thing but I can easily get another FPS on ps3 and Guitar Hero? Well that would easily leave the door open for Rock Band or for Sony to transform Singstar into a band game. Instead of Tony Hawk PS3 users would buy skate. The only loss I see here which is significant would be the X-men games. I wonder if Activision purposely left out ps2? (not looking for an answer, just pondering).

It seems to be an ROI decision, not something particularly pointed at Sony...they just have 2 platforms that is causing a serious concern for his company.  Developing for the PS2 is old hat for them at this time, so he's making good money off that console.

could you tell me how can you explain to the shareholders the missing % in Profit when the yearly COD, GH are not released on the PS3 ?? in the business world if you cut a profit source you better have something as good or better to replace it

all this is a way to pressure sony to a price cut this is an empty thread I would bet my house(if I had one) if he ever gos throw with it

and BTW what the hell does Sony's games have to do with Act financial ??

i agree activision just adding pressure - everyone already expects sne to cut px's for ps3 sometime this year to get to their 13mm unit guidance, bobby just wants it to happen faster. also i doubt diablo3 comes to consoles, doesn't make sense for blizzard start cannibalizing their higher-margin pc biz by paying hardware royalties to msft/sne.. few ppl have a video game console and no pc so it wouldn't drive incremental sales imho

They paid Sony $500 million...I think Sony would be in the bigger hurt locker...and I'm sure Activision would focus more on Wii projects.  I'm sure he's locking at EA Active on Wii selling like hotcakes, and thinking...hmmmm.....

Would hurt sony pretty bad to lose a big 3rd party developer.

Kotich is a very smart CEO, but this comment will anger many PS3 fans. His statement may reflect the real situation, but it is not a smart move to state so publically. And like many forum members had said, it is only a matter of months before a PS3 price cut happen. So what does Kotick gain by jumping the gun now?

He can say it's because of him now that you're getting your PS3's cheaper?

problem is i doubt sne is breakeven on their hardware sales right now, and they clearly envisioned this hardware cycle to last much longer and for price points to remain a lot higher for a lot longer.  lowering prices helps them in the short-run on the top-line and for software tie-ins but only accelerates their hardware losses.  bobby kotick i think is just power tripping a little..  at most he probably does a few more exclusives with msft where they'll compensate him for that anyway.  

i also doubt he's focusing on the wii.. aside from the guitar hero franchise, activision's strategy has been to focus on the hardcore gamers, and taking into account that these some of these games take 2+ years to develop now, its not so easy to decide suddenly to switch to developing games for the wii.  

i also think ppl forget that a lot of their biz is non-console.. blizzard is only 27% of their revenue but 60% of their operating profit.. so clearly consoles are not his focus area right now

Sadly it might be true.