Nintendo

includes Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 64, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo Wiis

8 statements across 3 episodes · 4 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Apr 26, 2023 by Mitch Lasky · said 167 times in 24 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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brought up most by David Rosenthal (104), Ben Gilbert (27), Mitch Lasky (26), Blake Robbins (8), Daniel Ek (2)

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2025 19 mentions in 7 episodes 3 per episode
2024 11 mentions in 5 episodes 2 per episode
2023 69 mentions in 6 episodes 12 per episode
2022 41 mentions in 3 episodes 14 per episode

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Everything said about Nintendo, oldest first

Apr 26, 2023 neutral
Assertion Supported
Lasky: Nintendo's third-party revenue per active user drastically lags console rivals
“I mean, they have the lowest third party revenue per active user by like an incredible amount, right? I mean, like hundreds of dollars to like 25 dollars. Right? Like, versus the rest of their console competitors.”
Mitch Lasky Apr 26, 2023 ▶ 28:55 Benchmark’s Mitch Lasky and Blake Robbins on The Art of Business in Gaming · Acquired
Apr 26, 2023 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Lasky: Nintendo will reveal its next-decade console strategy within 90 days
“I think we will learn a lot about what their strategy is gonna look like for the next decade in the next, like, 90 days.”
Mitch Lasky Apr 26, 2023 ▶ 36:11 Benchmark’s Mitch Lasky and Blake Robbins on The Art of Business in Gaming · Acquired
Apr 26, 2023 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Lasky: Nintendo is about to meaningfully expand its app store business
“I think the next one to go is going to be Nintendo, right? I think they're, I think that's, if you're looking for a reason to invest in Nintendo as a company, it's, I think they're about to crack that nut, right? And enter the app store business in a meaningfu…”
Mitch Lasky Apr 26, 2023 ▶ 28:40 Benchmark’s Mitch Lasky and Blake Robbins on The Art of Business in Gaming · Acquired
Apr 26, 2023 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lasky: Nintendo engineered artificial Black Friday scarcity to create retail panic
“They were very clever about only releasing a limited amount of inventory for Black Friday, and then the parents would go because that was on the kids Christmas list, and they would go to buy the disc and it, and they would be sold out and panic would ensue. An…”
Mitch Lasky Apr 26, 2023 ▶ 8:02 Benchmark’s Mitch Lasky and Blake Robbins on The Art of Business in Gaming · Acquired
Apr 26, 2023 negative
Opinion
Robbins: Sega fell behind Nintendo because it protected coin-op revenue
“And in a lot of ways, it's probably why Sega isn't what it was, or isn't Nintendo, is they were trying to protect what they had.”
Blake Robbins Apr 26, 2023 ▶ 1:42:23 Benchmark’s Mitch Lasky and Blake Robbins on The Art of Business in Gaming · Acquired
Jun 23, 2026 positive
Opinion
Disney and Nintendo are the only two true IP flywheel companies
“Which really just shows how the companies, they are the two flywheel companies. They are the two intellectual property flywheel companies out there.”
David Rosenthal Jun 23, 2026 ▶ 4:21:30 The Walt Disney Company: The most successful enterprise for monetizing human nostalgia (Audio) · Acquired
Jun 23, 2026 neutral
Opinion
Disney and Nintendo could only work together via an acquisition
“I kind of suspect the way that a relationship between Disney and Nintendo, the only way it could work would be if one of them buys the other.”
David Rosenthal Jun 23, 2026 ▶ 4:17:06 The Walt Disney Company: The most successful enterprise for monetizing human nostalgia (Audio) · Acquired
Aug 10, 2026 positive
Opinion
Nintendo's intellectual property rivals Pixar, Marvel, and Lucasfilm combined
“Nintendo is like Pixar, Marvel, and Lucasfilm combined. I mean, they have some of the very best IP in the entire world. They've got three franchises that can stand toe to toe with anything at Disney in Mario, Zelda, and Pokemon.”
David Rosenthal Aug 10, 2026 ▶ 4:17:29 Disney: The Renaissance and the Empire · Acquired
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