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Bobby Kotick

5 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Feb 26, 2019 by Bobby Kotick · across every show →

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Feb 26, 2019 bullish
Assertion Partly supported
Activision Blizzard serves 400 million customers across 196 countries
“Today, we sell in a 196 countries around the world. We have four hundred million customers and anyone in any socioeconomic strata can actually play games.”
Bobby Kotick Feb 26, 2019 ▶ 19:42 a16z Podcast | Gaming Goes Mainstream
Feb 26, 2019
Disclosure
Kotick bought a 25% stake in Activision for $440,000 in 1990
“So I bought a 25% stake in Activision for 440,000 dollars, and I became the largest shareholder.”
Bobby Kotick Feb 26, 2019 ▶ 9:45 a16z Podcast | Gaming Goes Mainstream
Feb 26, 2019
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Steve Jobs threatened to cancel Apple's contract unless Kotick dropped out
“I will rip, and I can't say the word, I will rip this effing contract up right now if you don't quit college. So I quit the next day.”
Bobby Kotick Feb 26, 2019 ▶ 5:35 a16z Podcast | Gaming Goes Mainstream
Feb 26, 2019
Assertion Contradicted
Activision offered up to $7B to buy Blizzard standalone from Vivendi
“And I asked them to sell us Blizzard, and we didn't have any interest in the rest of their games business, but we wanted Blizzard. And they said no repeatedly, and we offered them four billion, and then five billion, and then six billion, and then seven billio…”
Bobby Kotick Feb 26, 2019 ▶ 14:08 a16z Podcast | Gaming Goes Mainstream
Feb 26, 2019
Assertion Partly supported
Kotick built an Apple II GUI suite a year before Mac launched
“So we designed this mouse and a word processor and a spreadsheet and a database All for the Apple II with a graphical user interface about a year before the Macintosh was released.”
Bobby Kotick Feb 26, 2019 ▶ 2:07 a16z Podcast | Gaming Goes Mainstream
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