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Activision Blizzard

also referred to as: activision

4 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Mar 7, 2022 by David Rosenthal · said 18 times in 3 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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Mar 7, 2022 neutral
Prediction Held up
Microsoft will not make Activision games Xbox exclusive following the acquisition
“People are worried about with the Activision deal about whether Microsoft would make Activision's games exclusive on Xbox. I don't think they will.”
David Rosenthal Mar 7, 2022 ▶ 2:10:28 SONY (75 years of electronics history in 3 hours) · Acquired
Apr 26, 2023 neutral
Insight
Lasky: Microsoft's Activision deal mimics Netflix's exclusive content strategy
“And you look at the Activision deal, sixty-nine billion dollar acquisition of Activision. It's basically like, you know, Netflix or Apple or one of these other companies buying exclusive content.”
Mitch Lasky Apr 26, 2023 ▶ 29:48 Benchmark’s Mitch Lasky and Blake Robbins on The Art of Business in Gaming · Acquired
Apr 26, 2023 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Lasky: Bobby Kotick crashed Cattleman's Ball to secure Steve Wynn's Activision financing
“Because he basically, Bobby crashed the cattleman's ball, and without an invite, and basically did it so that he could buttonhole Steve Wynn and get him to put the money up for the act to buy Activision out of bankruptcy. And it was a genius deal because they …”
Mitch Lasky Apr 26, 2023 ▶ 13:03 Benchmark’s Mitch Lasky and Blake Robbins on The Art of Business in Gaming · Acquired
Apr 26, 2023 neutral
Assertion Contradicted
Lasky: Hasbro made an acquisition run at Activision in the late 1990s
“Hasbro made a run at Activision, little known fact, right? In the late nineties, when I was running the studios there, and I remember going to Toy Fair in New York, which I, which is a trip, man.”
Mitch Lasky Apr 26, 2023 ▶ 1:53:02 Benchmark’s Mitch Lasky and Blake Robbins on The Art of Business in Gaming · Acquired
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