Bobby Kotick Quotes

Amazon creating GameOn could be a very good introduction into competitive gaming.

I don't know that I'll ever be the guy who needs to go to a tournament to be seen and to spectate. I feel like I can accomplish spectating from home.

If you play the video game, you become more interested and you want to know more about it. You want to read as much about it as you can, see it live and watch as many games as you can. If you're the type who wants to be as involved as you can in the sport, you're probably going to want to play 'Madden NFL.'

You want maybe to be that guy or one of the few guys who can help develop the game in the United States.

I'm good but not great at 'Madden'. I have friends that their whole life is based around this video game.

I think they're taking a little bit of the fun out of this pro game.

I get asked constantly, what's Nintendo's approach to the esports community. And our approach is we want to enable consistent standards. We want to enable an approach to the competition that's fair, that's balanced, that enables the players to showcase their skills.

To allow our audiences to watch more professionally produced video content, we acquired Major League Gaming - MLG - and we expect MLG to become the 'ESPN of Videogames' with a focus on the celebration of gamers, both amateur and professionals.

Professional gaming competitions are creating celebrities who are recognized and revered as athletes were in prior generations. Spectator gaming is becoming as popular as mainstream sports.

I have learned from experience with the BDO and the ladies tournament.

I wouldn't have a career if it wasn't for the 'Fortnite' Community.

I'm big into video games, and when I joined FAZE clan, they're big into streaming. And they're streaming every day, like, six, seven hours a day.

While the Super Bowl still smashes records for butts in the seats, eSports often run longer and never blinks. There's no commercial break. There's no halftime show. From start to finish, someone is going to walk home a champion, and you don't want to miss a second of it.

I think these awards are always nice for a player but they also reflect well on the club. It shows that Arsenal's performance have been noted all around the world and it helps by having so many good players around me.

I have a little bit of that gamer spirit in me. I just don't have the time to be a gamer. But in another life, I would be one.

For me I love playing against the best players in the world, testing yourself and seeing whether you can get the better of them.

When you love the competition, the opportunity to achieve at simple but challenging games, some people are really into it, and I'm one of them.

I'm a think gamer with twitch tendencies.

I am a gamer. I became a gamer since I had kids... much more than I used to be when I'd play 'Madden' and 'NCAA Football' in high school and college.

Looking ahead, we see the popularity of eSports exploding as competitive gaming becomes more mainstream and eSports leagues like 'Call of Duty' World League and Overwatch League driving greater engagement and viewership.

I think the game will always be dependent on the players that are at its most elite level at that time.

Competing and streaming 'Fortnite' all night at the most iconic building in Chicago, a city close to my heart, is a dream come true.

With Anil bhai, it is not only Virat or any other big player, but every player is in his scheme of plans. Even the ones who will not be playing regularly in the side. I feel that is a very important thing.

You can't just drop everything and focus on playing video games for a living.

I just like playing the game. I don't like all the extra stuff that comes with it.