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What If? Microsoft Carved Out Xbox Business | Pixels & Profits #4 (Part 1 of 3)
Welcome, everyone; this week, we are doing a new format called What If? We want to speculate on several scenarios and evaluate the pros and cons and potential strategic and financial implications based on these hypothetical scenarios.
In this episode, we discuss the potential and hypothesize the impact of an Xbox console business carve-out from Microsoft
We recorded this episode in 3 parts:
#1. Xbox carve-out
#2. Gaming smartphone
#3. M&A scenarios
Stay tuned for future episodes!
OUTLINE:
0:00 Intro
0:57 Console economics from Microsoft disclosures
9:30 Xbox unitary economics
12:15 Positive trends for Xbox business
13:10 Attractiveness of Xbox business
16:00 Leadership for Xbox business
20:26 Should Gamepass and Xbox be together?
24:48 Xbox viability of carve-out and business valuation
33:55 Potential acquirers for Xbox business
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Welcome, everyone; this week, we are doing a new format called What If? We want to speculate on several scenarios and evaluate the pros and cons and potential strategic and financial implications based on these hypothetical scenarios.
In this episode, we discuss the potential and hypothesize the impact of an Xbox console business carve-out from Microsoft
We recorded this episode in 3 parts:
#1. Xbox carve-out
#2. Gaming smartphone
#3. M&A scenarios
Stay tuned for future episodes!
OUTLINE:
0:00 Intro
0:57 Console economics from Microsoft disclosures
9:30 Xbox unitary economics
12:15 Positive trends for Xbox business
13:10 Attractiveness of Xbox business
16:00 Leadership for Xbox business
20:26 Should Gamepass and Xbox be together?
24:48 Xbox viability of carve-out and business valuation
33:55 Potential acquirers for Xbox business
SUBSCRIBE TO GAMEMAKERS:
- Spotify Podcast: https://spoti.fi/3Cpyq7i
- Newsletter: https://gamemakers.substack.com/
😃 —CONNECT WITH ME! —
• MY INSTAGRAM → @jokim1
• TWITTER → @jokim1
• LINKEDIN → https://www.linkedin.com/in/jokim/
— POPULAR CONTENT —
🤑 Economy of the Metaverse with Tim Sweeney https://youtu.be/h6ClJxjuRvw
ℹ️ How to Build the Amazon of Game Companies https://youtu.be/bkd2TOpKt4I
🔮 Gaming Trends | A Look Ahead at 2021 https://youtu.be/NejFzHtpiZI
🖥️ The Future of PC Gaming https://youtu.be/_QT7O3Wxi2s
🔴 Games Industry M&A https://youtu.be/65nyPk6WNrs
🔴 Netcode for Multiplayer Games https://youtu.be/tHq3PzmjhLw
🔴 IDFA Deprecation Product Impact https://youtu.be/Ojec4wGKpso
🔴 Trip Hawkins on the New High Score https://youtu.be/5egTSQ6AiRA
🔴 LiveOps F2P Best Practices https://youtu.be/tmzqqnYbjNY
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