Xbox

includes Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Live, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Controller

3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Mar 7, 2022 by David Rosenthal · said 85 times in 8 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

Mentions by year, the whole family

brought up most by David Rosenthal (42), Ben Gilbert (31), Blake Robbins (5), Steve Ballmer (4), Mitch Lasky (3)

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2025 6 mentions in 2 episodes 3 per episode

The Steve Ballmer Interview · Acquired Jun 2, 2025 · 5 mentions · from 1:04:27
TSMC · Acquired Jan 21, 2025 · 1 mention · from 1:30:31
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2024 26 mentions in 1 episode

Microsoft Volume II: The Complete History and Strategy of the Ballmer Years (Audio) · Acquired Jul 22, 2024 · 26 mentions · from 0:51
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2023 11 mentions in 1 episode

Benchmark’s Mitch Lasky and Blake Robbins on The Art of Business in Gaming · Acquired Apr 26, 2023 · 11 mentions · from 29:23
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2022 42 mentions in 4 episodes 11 per episode

SONY (75 years of electronics history in 3 hours) · Acquired Mar 7, 2022 · 23 mentions · from 1:57:56
Nvidia: The GPU Company (1993-2006) · Acquired Mar 28, 2022 · 16 mentions · from 1:08:45
Nvidia: The Machine Learning Company (2006-2022) · Acquired Apr 20, 2022 · 2 mentions · from 8:38
Holiday Special 2022 · Acquired Dec 19, 2022 · 1 mention · from 13:10
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Everything said about Xbox, oldest first

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

Mar 28, 2022 positive

Assertion Partly supported

Nvidia Signed $500M/Year Xbox GPU Deal with Microsoft

“Five hundred million dollar a year deal for Nvidia to supply the graphics for the Xbox with a two hundred million dollar advance.”

David Rosenthal Mar 28, 2022 ▶ 1:09:11 Nvidia: The GPU Company (1993-2006) · Acquired

Jul 22, 2024 negative

Opinion

Gilbert: Xbox is culturally significant but insignificant to Microsoft's business

“Xbox has become an important part of our world. But not an important part of Microsoft's business.”

Ben Gilbert Jul 22, 2024 ▶ 2:10:08 Microsoft Volume II: The Complete History and Strategy of the Ballmer Years (Audio) · Acquired

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