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Benchmark’s Mitch Lasky and Blake Robbins on The Art of Business in Gaming

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The Revolution of Cross-Platform Gaming

I feel like Nintendo had the, in my mind, they did have one revolutionary idea that they have just run with for the past 40 years. The console when it entered the market was a revolutionary business model because at the time, the arcade was the dominant way and it was a quarter drop. So I accept that and that's why we're here. And I think we really end that episode to bring this full circle around cross-platform, which is sort of the latest evolution of where the console business has been. Up until this point, up until Fortnite, if you had an Xbox, you couldn't play with your friend who had a PlayStation or a Switch.

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