Episode 445 | Is 2022 the Year of Gaming Consolidation or the Metaverse Burn Pit Microsoft Cloud Show

Is 2022 the year of gaming acquisitions after we’ve seen over $80 billion spent in the first 5 weeks? Or will it be the metaverse burn pit after Meta has already blown through $10 billion & Microsoft cans Hololens creating turmoil in the halls of Redmond? Tune into episode 445 and hear what AC & CJ have to say!
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News

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Take-Two Interactive to buy FarmVille creator Zynga for $12.7 billion
Sony buying Bungie for $3.6 billion
YouTube Q2 Ad Revenue Hits Record $7 Billion as Alphabet Trounces Estimates
Meta estimates Apple’s iOS changes will cost it $10B in 2022
Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘metaverse’ business lost more than $10 billion last year, and the losses keep growing
Inside Microsoft’s mixed reality mess, where confusion, rivalries, and canceled projects have roiled the company’s metaverse strategy

Picks
AC’s Pick


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CJ’s Pick


North Korea Hacked Him. So He Took Down Its Internet