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From Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick:

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. 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…When we look at 2010 and 2011, we might want to consider if we support [PS3 and PSP].

Kotick wants to see Sony’s licensing fees reduced (Activision paid Sony $US500 million in royalties last year) and a PS3 price cut. He probably wouldn’t mind seeing some incentives like advertising dollars, either (something Microsoft can be pretty generous about).

Oh, and if there’s one publisher that can say these things, it’s the conglomerate makers of Call of Duty, Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk, multiple Dreamworks and Marvel movie titles, World of Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo—even if those Blizzard games aren’t on consoles at this time.

As of now, Kotick’s words are just corporate smacktalk (bottom line: Activision still makes money on the platform). But what if a company like EA came forward and said the same thing? No good can come of this for Sony. [TimesOnline]

We found a video showing an iPhone running World of Warcraft. It looks surprisingly full-featured, but this isn’t a standalone app— more of an evolution of what we’ve seen before.

We don’t think it’s fake; if it is, it’s an unbelievably elaborate one and we’d prefer to think nobody is willing to put in that kind of time and effort for such a dumb prank. It’s done using Vollee, which is used to stream games over 3G, so the video is actually just a stream and the rendering is done on the PC. But it’s much smoother than we’d expect over 3G, and comes with enough features that true WoW addicts will be able to get their fix on the run, buying and selling elves or whatever happens in that game.

According to the comments left by the video’s uploader, the game is completed but waiting for the rights issues to be ironed out between Blizzard and Apple (and, presumably, Vollee), so we have no idea when or for how much this might show up on iPhones near you. [Touch Arcade]

I’ve generally found that the only people who get to enjoy pay-per-view entertainment on Foxtel (or Austar and Optus) are those who like watching grown men fight with eachother (boxing) or pretend to fight with eachother (professional wrestling). Now a third group of people are being catered for: the gaming geek.

Main Event is broadcasting Blizzard’s annual conference, BlizzCon 2008 over two days in October. And while I personally can’t justify $30 over two days to watch stuff I can read on Kotaku, I’m sure there’s plenty of you guys who will thoroughly enjoy the experience. Plus, if you buy both days, you get some weird polar bear thing (WOW isn’t my thing, I’m afraid).

So the question needs to be asked: how many of you guys are thinking about buying this? Even if it’s just for the cosplay?

[Main Event]

[Kotaku]