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Tom Warren

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
271 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

So I think there's no question that's going to happen there anyway.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

But I think...

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

Her background, if you actually look at core AI, she was more about platform scaling there with the foundry business at Microsoft AI, core AI.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

And that's kind of what she did at Instacart as well, platform scaling and then user acquisition at Meta.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

So I think if you look into what she's actually done and what she has expertise in, it's exactly what exports kind of needs, right?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

They need someone who can get teams executing properly.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

And get that user acquisition, the platform scaling, the stuff that they need to build and get ready to actually see this vision through.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

Because the exports everywhere vision, I don't think is terrible, but I think it's just trying to execute on certain parts of it.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

They've been really sloppy with it and just a little bit too early.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

So I don't think the strategy is going to change dramatically, but I think the next-gen console and the PC stuff and where they try and push that way is going to be the cover for the strategy they originally wanted to do.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

But yeah, I don't think she's some AI plant.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

I just don't get that impression.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

Do you think that's true?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

Is there a risk there?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

A few years ago, Nadella thought about spinning off Xbox, right?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

But instead, Phil convinced him to do all these acquisitions and do ABK.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

So he invested, obviously, heavily.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

That's Microsoft's biggest acquisition.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

I don't think shareholders are going to like them just writing off Activision Blizzard, right?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

That's just...