Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily

Activision Says It Might Stop Supporting Sony Playstation

June 19, 2009 at 2:40 pm PT

Activision Blizzard (ATVI) CEO Bobby Kotick the London-based Times that the video game company might stop making games for the Sony (SNE) Playstation.

“I’m getting concerned about Sony; the PlayStation 3 is losing a bit of momentum and they don’t make it easy for me to support the platform,” he told the Times. “It’s expensive to develop for the console, and the Wii and the Xbox are just selling better. Games generate a better return on invested capital on the Xbox than on the PlayStation.”

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