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Tom Warren

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271 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

It's still early days, and they've consumed it in a way that it's hard to tell, right?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

This is the classic thing with Microsoft's financials.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

Every quarter, they hide something else that's not quite working.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

Like they've done Surface devices.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

They used to do Surface revenue.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

Now it's Windows and OEM and devices, so...

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

They bundle that stuff when it's not quite working.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

So I think we'll know if it's not quite working when they start doing tricks like that.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

But at the moment, it's still too early to say.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

But I mean, the mobile side, like I said with the Xbox mobile store earlier, I think the King stuff would have definitely played heavily into that.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

They could have sold exclusive content in that store and not have to pay 30% cut to Apple, Google, Valve, etc.,

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

So I think there was a vision for that to be additive to the business and the growth and everything.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

But yeah, I mean, the mobile stuff is still, I don't know their mobile strategy really.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

Obviously, with Nintendo, they have a strong collection of IP, right?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

They can leverage and they can be exclusive and they're always putting out great content that people buy the hardware for.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

They don't have a problem there.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

Microsoft's gaming output over the last decade hasn't been the strongest, right?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

Recently, it's got a lot better, but they don't have the respect of the industry for their content either.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

They just don't do the sort of storytelling that Sony does with PlayStation games.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Inside Xbox's executive shakeup

They don't do...