is owned by activision. >> how much more can that be a driver, heath?on't they have to update that or have they figured out other ways to make profit off that product space within the game as what shanda does with its game? >> absolutely. the way they update is through expansion packs. and they've had one consistently kind of every couple of years. there's a big one coming out next year that's going to drive additional subscribers for world of warcraft. and then there's also the next generation massively multiplayer game that blizzard's working on that's more of a 2012 or so type event. >> heath, thanks so much for your time. heath terry joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> are you going to pick up that beatles rock band? >> oh, yeah. what, are you kidding? how do you know i didn't do it already? i was playing it at home this morning. come on. yeah, giddy-up. >> so would you be a buyer of erts? >> valuations are not ridiculous. and i do think one of these guys gets bought by somebody, frankly. so i think on the fly you can known it, yes. >> i don't t

. >> we have the best name to play in the space right now is still activision.ou look at what we've seen over the course of the last year, you've had a very empty release schedule. they've got a huge product line-up that comes -- coming out really over the holiday season. easy competitive environment. you've got hardware price cuts driving growth in the installed base. that's the name you want to own. >> microsoft, a horde of cash on the balance sheet. apple same thing. any of these guys work they look to any of these names the thqistion the activision, the -- >> absolutely. you look at how important the games are becoming, whether it's the iphone and the amount of time they spent talking about games today, whether it's to what microsoft's doing with the xbox. it's all about the content when it comes to driving games on those platforms, and they're going to be looking to build the contents and acquisition's one of the ways they're going to go. >> does this make me want to run from the activision trade? the release today. >> no. not at all. this is one title. it'

last thing, activision, a story in the new york post is maybe they're going to skim the console people and create games to play straight from the box on your tv. we'll see how that goes. down 1.2%. let's go to bertha at the nymex. >> we're seeing a sell-off here in energy and commodities overall with the dollar weaker against the euro and equities lower. ms global says this is a market in search of direction. it's not clear whether we're going to break lower on oil or move higher here. if we get some more momentum in stock. he says it's more bearish right now as far as gasoline and the product for fundamentals. taking a look at gold this northern i morning, we dipped below the $1,000 an ounce. we are back above there. that's a number they're going to be watching today. >> thank you, bertha. trading in europe under way. asian markets looking ahead to f tomorrow. today is the day to go global. let's go to ross and mandy. ross is first. >> erin, thanks very much. you heard bertha there talking about the foreign commodity prices and one of the biggest sectors lose today, resource sector. b

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activision, what wasn't that in the "post"? >> yes. no, that's not going to happen.more likely, and this is all spec. would a comcast have an interest in buy that 20% stake? it's a total non-control stake. will see it perhaps a past in tom say to control or a lever to pry nbc universal out of ge. pure spec, ge has said nothing to indicate that at all. in fact, very contrary in the last report. >> yes. >> w. would time warner be interested? you know, who knows. we'll see. the logic of it from an economic standpoint is sort of strange because it's a non-controlled position. you're not getting anything. you're just investing. but companies that are interested in furthering their ownership of content will see it. >> comcast, i mean, obviously. what were they offering back then? >> they have no comment on that. came in way low on that disney, on that hostile. but comcast did succeed in the biggest acquisition ever, prying at&t broadband out of at&t, which would have seemed to be a mond menu mental task. >> what date? >> mid november? >> mid november. it's unclear. what do

activision, i would be stunned if they crossed the line because the liability would be fairly high. >they consulted with their attorneys and they were careful in drafting agreements here. this original story came out of a twitter post by courtney love saying she is angry about it. i don't know if she has consulted with a lawyer or anybody is serious about the lawsuit. i think it's about as serious as a twitter post. >> to take legal action they are going to take, it doesn't make sense. >> i mentioned, lawmakers like to protect dead celebrities. give us some examples of what they are trying to protect? >> there was a cases involving marilyn monroe's image. people started ex pliolgt it. much to the chagrin new york there was no protection. a lot of states are passing laws to protect the celebrities likeness after death. the rule was, the right of publicity dies at death. that is why lincoln and washington can endorse used car sales. >> i don't think they are explaining the likeness and the documentation that courtney love helped pick out the images. >> i don't think the image is very go