personal computing

also referred to as: pc

2 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jul 8, 2026 by Ben Thompson · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2026 · across every show →

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Jul 8, 2026 neutral
Insight
Thompson: HD Asset Costs Forced Game Developers Cross-Platform
“Asset creation at HD was way more difficult, way more expensive than it was for standard-deficit TVs. And so the economic imperative for developers came, we can't just be on PlayStation. We need to be on everything, and so that was the ultimate generation, and…”
Ben Thompson Jul 8, 2026 ▶ 11:02 Ben Thompson Explains the XBOX Disaster
Jul 8, 2026 negative
Opinion
Thompson: Microsoft failed mobile through wrong PC-extension conceptual model
“Microsoft did not miss mobile. They, like, they came out with a Windows CE in, like, 1999. Like, they were, in mobile, they just had the totally wrong conceptual model because they were basing it around, you know, as an extension of the PC.”
Ben Thompson Jul 8, 2026 ▶ 5:09 Ben Thompson Explains the XBOX Disaster
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