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Episode 445 | Is 2022 the Year of Gaming Consolidation or the Metaverse Burn Pit

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Is 2022 the year of gaming acquisitions after we’ve seen over $80 billion spent in the first 5 weeks? Or will it be the metaverse burn pit after Meta has already blown through $10 billion & Microsoft cans Hololens creating turmoil in the halls of Redmond? Tune into episode 445 and hear what AC & CJ have to say!

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  • Andrew Connell’s Website
  • Black Creek Outfitters
  • The ‘End of an Era’ for Black Creek Outfitters
  • Black Creek Outfitters closing after 39 years of helping people explore, enjoy the wild
  • Black Creek Outfitters on Facebook
    • News
    • Try Microsoft Lists with your Microsoft account (Preview)
    • Take-Two Interactive to buy FarmVille creator Zynga for $12.7 billion
    • Sony buying Bungie for $3.6 billion
    • YouTube Q2 Ad Revenue Hits Record $7 Billion as Alphabet Trounces Estimates
    • Meta estimates Apple’s iOS changes will cost it $10B in 2022
    • Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘metaverse’ business lost more than $10 billion last year, and the losses keep growing
    • Inside Microsoft’s mixed reality mess, where confusion, rivalries, and canceled projects have roiled the company’s metaverse strategy
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        • CJ’s Pick

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