Bobby Kotick Quotes

Internally, we're focused on building our own technology, leveraging all the momentum that's out there around wearable computing and mobile computing and PC computing. But at the end of the day, all the code we've written and all the invention we've created has been focused on our own tech and our own products.

If we're trying to build a world-class News Feed and a world-class messaging product and a world-class search product and a world-class ad system, and invent virtual reality and build drones, I can't write every line of code. I can't write any lines of code.

Within HTC, hundreds of ideas are tested and discarded to find those rare ideas that define the HTC user experience.

I've always had a passion for the tech industry, and I like to help build interesting products.

It turns out it's important to build a product and not just a bunch of data models.

We are building a brain trust of leading app talent. These are very highly regarded developers, and SGN is blessed to have them join to help build a great company that brings innovation, creativity, and joy to our users.

No amount of tools can help a bad product. You have to remain genuine in your product development innovation and quality.

I'm an engineer. I see myself as a toolmaker and the musicians are my customers... They use my tools.

As a result, we will continue to see more innovation on the Internet and on mobile phones than on consoles.

It took us three years to build the NeXT computer. If we'd given customers what they said they wanted, we'd have built a computer they'd have been happy with a year after we spoke to them - not something they'd want now.

I think, with any new product that's difficult to understand, there are always lots of questions and criticism. I think we have all the right criticism. We're just going to keep executing on what we believe.

I think if companies start reinventing themselves and focus on the customer experience more, they will win out in the end.

My sweet spot is figuring out how to make a product that people love and how to refine it to make them love it more. All the rest is business noise.

It's not enough to have a hacker culture anymore. You have to have a design culture, too.

Good companies do whatever it takes to make sure apps are great and don't hesitate to add features.

Wealth won't give you satisfaction; creating a good product that's well received by users is what matters most.

My background was computer science and business school, so eventually I worked my way up where I was running product groups - development, testing, marketing, user education.

We built the iPod in weeks. It had to be what I thought it was going to be because there wasn't time for endless refinements.

If you write your own tools, you can sort of see new things, design new things.

Steve Jobs just made a product. He started off where a lot of people were skeptical of what he was doing, and he basically just focused on the product and making it the best he could, and really focused on what it was that these products would take into your lives.

There is a constant need for new systems and new software.

If you don't have the best product, you're not going to make it in open-source.

The interesting products out on the Internet today are not building new technologies. They're combining technologies. Instagram, for instance: Photos plus geolocation plus filters. Foursquare: restaurant reviews plus check-ins plus geo.

To ensure we are meeting the demands of existing customers while also attracting new users, we remain focused on building cutting-edge technology and introducing new and innovative product offerings.

Our business is about technology, yes. But it's also about operations and customer relationships.