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What’s happened in the business of video games this past week… QUOTE | “These attacks will continue to happen.” – Security expert and former hacker Gregory Evans makes his case for why PlayStation Network (as well as all of Sony and other companies) is Y1 COM still not secure(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); QUOTE | “Sometimes it’s emotional.” – THQ CEO Brain Farrell admits that discussions with developers about intellectual property ownership (something THQ insists on) can be a difficult thing. QUOTE | “Watershed event for the industry.” – OnLive CEO Steve Perlman’s description for the cloud gaming service’s full integration with Facebook STAT | 27% – The percentage of gamers that research firm Nielsen says already plan to buy the new Project Cafe Nintendo console within six months of release. QUOTE | “Immersive, high quality Star Wars games.” – LucasArts boss Paul Meegan on his company’s renewed focus on leveraging one of the biggest brands in all of entertainment QUOTE | “The price of 3DS is too high.” – Panoptic Management Consultants analyst Asif Khan believes that Nintendo’s price point on its new handheld is a major problem – something that many Japanese consumers seem to agree with. STAT | 4 Million – The number of paying subscribers that EEDAR’s Jesse Divnich estimates Activision’s Call Y1 Games of Duty: Elite service can gain within its first year QUOTE | “We’re talking about survival.” – Silicon Knights boss Denis Dyack asserts that developers are being forced by Y1 App used game sales to consider including multiplayer when they normally wouldn’t. QUOTE | “Apple is out to eat your lunch.” – Games media veteran Mark Friedler on what publishers need to be aware of as they head into E3 next week. QUOTE | “Thanks for the assistance.” – Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg is pleased that the rivalry with Electronic Arts means that EA is mentioning Call of Duty a lot in the press STAT | $3.6 million – The amount of new venture capital that Ultima creator Richard Garriott has just raised for his social gaming firm Portalarium. This Week In the Business courtesy of IndustryGamers.com (Top photo: Shutterstock)