In other news, Bobby Kotick was quoted as saying, "Well, damn. I didn't expect anyone else to make wild, unfounded claims too. That Smedley is a slick fellow."

John Smedley, President of Sony Online Entertainment, was quoted in a Game Daily interview as saying that their upcoming PS3 game would rival World of Warcraft.

"I absolutely do think we'll see that, and in fact I think by having a stable platform where every customer has an online capable box is a huge, huge potential advantage in building an MMO because you've already got an online userbase.

“It's a massive advantage over the PC and we don't have to worry about graphics cards or things like that. It's going to be very big. Console online gaming in general I think is going to be one of the next huge phases of growth in the online gaming space."

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