Did Activision ever think that maybe their problems isn't the fact that consoles are too expensive, but the answer is that they haven't been able to meet the interests of the videogame market and return a profit? Nah, might as well blame the console makers for the fact that Activision can't get its house in order.
I have doubts that Activision would make a profit if videogame consoles were free. And it is a bit odd the Blizzard, which has nothing to do with video game consoles believes there is greater need for cheaper consoles. They make games for cost ineffective devices... that being PCs.