The Rise and Fall of the Xbox Live

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Xbox Live was such a, you talked about it a little bit in the console castles that will sit. And I just remember playing Call of Duty Online for the first time and being like, oh my gosh, my life has like changed. My parents wouldn't buy me a gaming PC because they knew I'd be a total degenerate. So I loved just like Call of Duty and all of the competitive games, really. But we missed his wife and I. The console era really in a lot of waysBecause we went from sort of PC, like, you know, during that entire era, basically.

We sit down Benchmark’s legendary gaming investors Mitch Lasky and Blake Robbins (now also of the excellent Gamecraft podcast fame) to discuss the history and future of gaming business models. This episode is the perfect bookend to our Nintendo/Sega gaming series this season on Acquired — no one is more qualified than Mitch and Blake to breakdown how the business side of the industry has evolved so radically from the Periscope quarter-drop days to the forever games and platform based publishers of today.

Regardless if you’re a gamer, understanding the incredible innovation that’s taken place over the past two decades in gaming and what it portends for other industries is critical for any founder and investor to understand. Tune in!

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