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▶ 47:25 Chris Dixon You know, well, you could debate it, but like blocking Figma or Activision is a sideshow.

▶ 14:06 Jonathan Lai It wasn't Electronic Arts or Activision or Microsoft. 2 times in the scene

▶ 21:14 John Riccitiello Um, Activision owns all of Call of Duty or Overwatch. 2 times in the scene
▶ 24:59 John Riccitiello That was Electronic Arts, and Activision, and Take Two, and Ubisoft, and some players from Japan like Square and others. 3 times in the scene
▶ 32:11 John Riccitiello Or like Disney, will companies like Electronic Arts and Activision and Bethesda and Take Two, Western strongholds for content, will they build that direct to consumer relationship?

▶ 4:06 Bennett Carrocchio The biggest example of this is Twitch's broadcasting deal for Overwatch, where in 2018, Twitch paid Activision Blizzard ninety million dollars to broadcast the Overwatch League's first two seasons.
▶ 16:42 Andrew Chen And so, you know, so you have things like that going, you have now all of a sudden, ah, you know, then you had sort of all, all the, you know, bottoms up kind of leagues and people trying to organize those, um, you know, the, the, for…

▶ 49:11 Chris Dixon Also, the other cool thing is that with, with the economic incentives, you suddenly, for example, you could imagine funding your game instead of going to Activision and asking them for money, you can fund your game by pre-selling some of…

▶ 0:04 Sonal Chokshi Today's episode features Marc Andreessen interviewing Bobby Kotick, CEO of Fortune 500 company Activision Blizzard, the largest game network in the world, responsible for popular entertainment franchises such as Call of Duty, Candy Crush,… 2 times in the scene
▶ 6:00 Marc Andreessen Um, so then fast forward a few years, so in 1990, you bought 25% stake in Activision, became CEO in 1991. 10 times in the scene
▶ 11:19 Marc Andreessen You then did one other really, really big deal that was transformative for the company, which was, and I don't quite know how to describe it, but I think it describes the merger with Vivendi Games that resulted in Activision Blizzard… 8 times in the scene
▶ 19:03 Bobby Kotick So I would say of the 28 years I've been doing Activision, thirty-some odd years I've been doing software, I've never seen more opportunities than exist today. 4 times in the scene
▶ 33:16 Marc Andreessen What's the one Activision game that has come out this year that people really have to play, and then, I know it may pain you, but I'm gonna ask you, what's the best non-Activision game that has come out this year that people really have to… 2 times in the scene

▶ 0:07 Sonal Chokshi The discussion takes place between A, Six, and Z co-founder Ben Horowitz and his mentor, Ken Coleman, who started his career at HP and then Activision, was later chairman of Accelerus and is on multiple other boards, and held several…

▶ 25:24 Chris Dixon Um, I think Oculus has a few partnerships, but, you know, what, what are you seeing in terms of like the, you know, is why, I guess the question I have is why isn't, you know, EA and Activision, all these guys, you know, going heavy into…

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