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Matthew Ball

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Entrepreneur, advisor, angel investor (not a VC), inter/national bestselling author, and TV/film/game producer. Retired wildfire fighter, active battle royaler.

MIA / NYC

https://t.co/yNIye9UGic

Joined April 2014

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Matthew Ball

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Excited announce my national best-selling book (US, UK, China, and Canada) will release a FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED edition in July 2024 (Amazon: ) The original was selected as a Best Book of 2022 by Amazon, Hudson Booksellers, The Guardian, FT China, The

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Matthew Ball

8 months

Google has paid Apple an estimated $120B since 2010 to be the default search engine on Safari/iOS, with $19.3B estimated this year alone (Source: GS) In 2022, Google's payment was equal to a third of its net income and increased Apple's by 25% (From: )

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The New York Times is now a gaming company on the basis of customer time spent (From ValueAct, Data estimated by Yipit, Source: )

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NEW: The Tremendous yet Troubled State of Gaming in 2024 --- If you’re a player or casual observer, the video game industry seems to have it all. Yet growth is now illusory, layoffs abundant, and game/studio shutdowns common. Why? How might things change?

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In Epic Games v Google, "Jury unanimously answered yes to every question put before them — that Google has monopoly power in the Android app distribution markets and in-app billing services markets, that Google did anticompetitive things in those markets... [con't]

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Last year, Google's payment covered three quarters of Apple's R&D budget

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Last year, Google's payment was roughly 60% more than Microsoft's total ad revenue

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[NEW] Parallel Bets, Microsoft, and AI Strategies --- Thoughts on corporate strategy formulation in the “age of AI,” the messiness of these strategies, and lessons from the past.

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One way to better understand gaming in 2024 Monopoly Go is the biggest game in years, generating $2B in 11 months @stephentotilo 's GameFile reports the customer acquisition spend was "under $500 million" - likely twice the *production budget* of The Last of Us 2, and more than

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Stephen Totilo

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NEW: Scopely's Monopoly Go, which has made $2 billion in revenue since its 2023 launch, is not a game to be ignored I spoke to an exec there about the key metric behind the game's success and Scopely's ambitions Plus: My surprising experience playing the game for a month

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Activision Blizzard now generates more revenue in each of mobile (41% of revenue) and PC (27%) than consoles (26%)

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Wow. RTrack finds Roblox $RBLX MAUs hit 355MM in December 2023. Larger than the de-duplicated Switch + Xbox + Minecraft + PlayStation MAU Wonder if DAUs will finally cross 75MM in Q4 (CC/ @rtrack_live )

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Matthew Ball

3 months

[NEW] On Spatial Computing, Metaverse, the Terms Left Behind and Ideas Renewed --- What’s old is new again, but sometimes reinterpreted, distorted, or weighted with what came in between. What matters, doesn’t, and where most agree we’re headed regardless.

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On Spatial Computing, Metaverse, the Terms Left Behind and Ideas Renewed — MatthewBall.co

What’s old is new again, but sometimes reinterpreted, distorted, or weighted with what came in between. What matters, doesn’t, and where most agree we’re headed.

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(Folks keep saying they don't believe in Zuckerberg's commitment to an open metaverse or open anything, but this keeps happening...)

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Apple's Vision Pro App Store submission guidelines tell you not to describe an app as AR, VR, XR, or MR app, only a "spatial computing app"

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Published 5 years and 3 days before the Disney x Epic deal. This piece was actually my first on any of Fortnite, Epic Games, or the Metaverse (and the still years-from-popular-mention M-Word was indeed the point of the essay)

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Matthew Ball

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Peacock: Way ahead on subscribers and revenue, but waaaaaaay behind on profit. These points are connected, but cume losses now 5x what was originally pitched to investors in 2020, and 2023 operating profit ($2.7B), versus ($2.5B) in 2022

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Just extraordinary

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40 years later. Here we go

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Essay on what the heck is happening in gaming should drop tonight or tomorrow. Thought it'd be 6k, will be 12k.

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@wbhub @chrisfralic The likely answer of course is an SL less than 6 months old 😉

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5 months

Nikkei: Japan to crack down on Apple and Google app store monopolies - focusing mainly on four areas: app stores and payments, search, browsers, and operating systems

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Japan to crack down on Apple and Google app store monopolies

Antitrust curbs to require tech giants to allow third-party app platforms and billing

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5 months

I loved TRUE DETECTIVE S4. It's as good as you've heard, eerie and moody in the best way, with terrific performances across the board. A spiritual return to S1. We binged as fast as we could through the holiday celebrations.

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Casey Bloys

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‘True Detective’ is Must-See TV Again Thanks to Jodie Foster and Co.

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Matthew Ball

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While a lot of the controversy on Apple's DMA "compliance" focuses on its install fee, the refusal to support alternative stores/distribution on iPad (or TV/Watch/VisionOS) seems undercovered. Not only does it appear to directly violate the EU's September decision (image), it

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Matthew Ball

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2022: 8,500 game layoffs (record) 2023: 10,500 (new record) 2024, day 9: 2,300 Man.

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Since I published this piece, Microsoft and Sony laid off 8% of their gaming staff, EA and Take Two did 5%, Riot 11%, among others

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Matthew Ball

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NEW: The Tremendous yet Troubled State of Gaming in 2024 --- If you’re a player or casual observer, the video game industry seems to have it all. Yet growth is now illusory, layoffs abundant, and game/studio shutdowns common. Why? How might things change?

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Despite Disney's troubles, pricing power w/ 100MM core customers is telling Ad-Free Disney+: • Nov 2019: Launch at $7 (3-year deal offered at $3.90) • May 2021: $8 (+$1 v. Launch) • Aug 2022: $11 (+$4 v. Launch, 3-year deal expires) • Oct 2023: $14 (+$7, or 100% v. Launch)

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Matthew Ball

7 months

Updated for Q3 2023: Lifetime VC and PE direct investment in crypto start-ups now at $89.5B (*excludes secondary purchases) Half of this money was invested after September 2021 Q3'23 is 6th quarterly decline. 2023 trending for <$9B versus $30.2B (2021) and $29.3B (2022)

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Matthew Ball

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HBO's Outstanding Drama/Comedy/Limited Series Record at the Emmys since 'House of Cards' • Nominated in 30 of 33 categories (90%) • Average of 1.6 nominations per category • 53 of 217 total nominations (24%) • Won 16 of 33 possible categories (48%) No one else is close.

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Matthew Ball

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Satya's parallel bets strategy and the rationale behind it.

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Matthew Ball

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[NEW] Parallel Bets, Microsoft, and AI Strategies --- Thoughts on corporate strategy formulation in the “age of AI,” the messiness of these strategies, and lessons from the past.

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"Decentraland, arguably the largest and most relevant Metaverse" Uh. Where was the fact check on that one This is like saying Apple's "Ping" was the largest and most relevant social network

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David Wallace-Wells

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“Decentraland, arguably the largest and most relevant Metaverse platform, had only 38 active daily users. The Guardian reported that the monetized content ecosystem in Meta’s flagship product Horizon Worlds produced no more than $470 in revenue globally.”

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I finished THE STREAMING BOOK () in March 2023 with a discussion of how Sony and Microsoft seemed like inevitable re-entrants in the streaming wars, and that early moves were already visible PlayStation Plus now adding 2,000 movies (Including Spider-Verse)

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The Streaming Book | Matthew Ball

A free and chart-filled mini-book on where we are in the Streaming Wars, have been, and will go. From the national and international best-selling author, and former streaming executive, Matthew Ball.

www.thestreamingbook.com

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Introducing Sony Pictures Core (formerly Bravia Core), coming to PS5 and PS4 today. The entertainment app gives PlayStation players exclusive benefits including early access to select Sony Pictures films. First details:

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Disney's stock price at it's lowest since Q2 2014

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Matthew Ball

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In 2021, FaZe targeted $1.3B IPO, then $1B, then debuted in 2022 at $725MM Just sold for $16MM, having raised $40MM in VC + reported $60MM in SPAC (My 2020 Essay: Esports and the Dangers of Serving at the Pleasure of a King )

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FaZe Clan to be acquired by GameSquare

Burned by controversy and facing a collapsing share price, the embattled North American esports team FaZe Clan has been acquired by GameSquare, the Texas-based esports company backed by Dallas...

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Matthew Ball

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NYT-as-a-gaming company in another picture (Via @ankbul , Scopely's founder and CTO) Ranks third behind Call of Duty ($35 billion since 2002) and Monopoly Go ($2B+ in 11 months, biggest new game in years) on iOS

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The New York Times is now a gaming company on the basis of customer time spent (From ValueAct, Data estimated by Yipit, Source: )

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More folks are surprised (or alarmed) by this info than I would have thought. In 2000, 40% of U.S. newspaper revenue came from the sale of classifieds - a greater share than either subscriber or ad revenue. Engagement overall was boosted by functions such as stock prices, movie

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New York Times' gaming app consistently ranks in the top 30 (and often, top 10) games on iOS (From @MobileDevMemo / @eric_seufert , Data: Apple)

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7 months

45% price hike for Apple TV+

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Mark Gurman

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NEW on @TheTerminal : Apple is raising the price of Apple TV+ from $6.99 to $9.99 (and $69 to $99 annually), Apple Arcade from $4.99 to $6.99 and News+ from $9.99 to $12.99. Apple One bundle prices also going up + hikes are coming internationally.

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Not a scientific poll, but my followers (and extended network) should be way over-indexed to usage. Not great results.

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Only 40% of the famously fickle and valuable teen market? After less than a year?!?

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Matthew Ball

3 months

Disney's ever-diversifying approach to immersive: Vision Pro partnership w/ Apple, virtual theme park w/ Epic, AR/VR/LBE in DIS parks, many game licensing deals (inc. w/ Sony)... Brings to mind this October piece on using Parallel Bets to manage uncertainty in must-win segments

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Matthew Ball

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[NEW] Parallel Bets, Microsoft, and AI Strategies --- Thoughts on corporate strategy formulation in the “age of AI,” the messiness of these strategies, and lessons from the past.

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Disney on new partnership with Fortnite :) "An Expansive and Open Games and Entertainment Universe Connected to Fortnite" "A persistent, open... interoperable ecosystem"

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Disney and Epic Games to Create Expansive and Open Games and Entertainment Universe Connected to...

The Walt Disney Company and Epic Games will collaborate on an all-new games and entertainment universe that will further expand the reach of beloved Disney stories and experiences.

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Matthew Ball

3 months

[NEW] On Spatial Computing, Metaverse, the Terms Left Behind and Ideas Renewed --- What’s old is new again, but sometimes reinterpreted, distorted, or weighted with what came in between. What matters, doesn’t, and where most agree we’re headed regardless.

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Matthew Ball

4 months

Meta's Reality Labs P&L Q4'23: • $1.1B rev • $5.7B costs • $4.7B operating loss* My cumulative model est: • $11.1B rev • $63.7B costs • $52.6B op loss* Note this is an accounting determination; bulk is R&D investments for products/features yet to ship (e.g. optical AR)

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Just brutal. Unity laid off 1,200 last year, too, and this year is just a week in.

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Unity Software plans to reduce its workforce by 25%, eliminating about 1,800 jobs, according to a regulatory filing

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Matthew Ball

3 months

Joined Meta CTO @boztank to chat Metaverse, AI, Vision Pro's choices + tradeoffs (Boz: "I was ready to say the best value is with us, fuck that, the best headset is the Quest 3"), my next book (next tweet), and more SPOT: iOS:

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‎Boz To The Future on Apple Podcasts

‎Technology · 2024

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Boz to the Future Episode 18: The Future According to @ballmatthew 🎧

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The NBA built a 27-million-pixel basketball court (700,000 square inches) for the All-Star Game The display for the Apple Vision Pro (made by Sony) has 2 square inches... and 23 million pixels

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How the NBA built its 27-million pixel floor for the NBA All-Star Game

How the NBA built its glowing, 27-million pixel floor for the NBA All-Star Game.

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@SamThorntonEN Because no one is in the business of having costs or revenues.

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10 months

In Deadpool 3, the first entry under Disney ownership (and which is expected to cross into the MCU) Deadpool and Wolverine fight in the literal wreckage of the 20th Century Fox monument

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Pixar, Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, and NVIDIA Form Alliance for OpenUSD to Drive Open Standards for 3D Content (Big news that seems to release Pixar's control over USD, which Jensen Huang has declared the "HTML of the Metaverse")

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Pixar, Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, and NVIDIA Form Alliance for OpenUSD to Drive Open Standards for 3D...

Alliance to Foster Global Collaboration for Universal Scene Description (USD).

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TST, Hong Kong

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48% of public companies are unprofitable, up from 8% in 1960, 16% in 1980 and 35% in 1990. Flat v 2000, but average margin dropped Almost all share growth comes from those which previously held 0-5% profit margins, but doubtlessly saw little benefit to achieving such a margin

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Matthew Ball

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US video game revenues though July (no adjustments for inflation, which is up ~19% since 2019): • 2019: $22.5B ($26.5B in 2023 dollars) • 2020: $29.4B • 2021: $33.9B • 2022: $30.3B • 2023: $30.8B

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Matthew Ball

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Due to (supposed?) strength of secular trends, medium-term challenges of VIDEO GAME revenues are overlooked In real terms, spend down 18% since 2021 alone despite substantial cost increases (and $60 to $70 price hikes) Real spend up only 11% total since pre-COVID, or 2.7% CAGR

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Matthew Ball

10 months

1/ Three adaptations I'm helping produce were unveiled at SDCC! •Silent Hill: Ascension •Borderlands EchoVision •DC Heroes United (debuted on stage by DC President Jim Lee!) Each is a canonical interactive series where millions of viewers influence the story in real-time

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Matthew Ball

4 months

Gross reported layoffs in gaming: • 2022: 6,500 (record) • 2023: 10,500 (new record) • 2024 (Day 25): 5,850 (Is not net of hiring, does not include all layoffs)

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Matthew Ball

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NEW: The Tremendous yet Troubled State of Gaming in 2024 --- If you’re a player or casual observer, the video game industry seems to have it all. Yet growth is now illusory, layoffs abundant, and game/studio shutdowns common. Why? How might things change?

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Netflix finally streams video games, too via @Verge

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Netflix finally streams video games, too

The future of Netflix games may be televised.

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I can't believe what Co-Pilot can do yet Office bullets autoformatting cannot.

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Matthew Ball

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Meta Reality Labs P&L (Q1'19-Q1'2024) Usual disclaimer: Costs includes R&D and other investments into products that have yet to even ship (e.g. optical AR devices, electromyography, games) or been scrapped (some watches, Portal), plus device subsidies, marketing, and some M&A

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Ooph. Circana estimating that the "optimistic case" for 2024 US consumer spend on video games is a 2% YoY decline (2023 was already 4.1% down from 2021 *before inflation*). Circana warns it could be a 10% decline or worse.

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Matthew Ball

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NEW: The Tremendous yet Troubled State of Gaming in 2024 --- If you’re a player or casual observer, the video game industry seems to have it all. Yet growth is now illusory, layoffs abundant, and game/studio shutdowns common. Why? How might things change?

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Meta's CTO asked me to come chat metaverse, sci-fi, AI, simulations, and emerging hardware (Apple Vision Pro included). A great hourlong podcast. Links below! Spotify: Apple:

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‎Boz To The Future on Apple Podcasts

‎Technology · 2024

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Boz

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Only a matter of time before I got *the* @ballmatthew on the podcast to talk metaverse, sci-fi, simulations, and emerging hardware (Apple Vision Pro included). Don’t miss this one:

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Rerunning my May 2020 essay for no reason at all Digital Theme Park Platforms: The Most Important Media Businesses of the Future --- An essay on theme parks, platforms, and the importance of hugs. Mar 8, 2020

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Digital Theme Park Platforms: The Most Important Media Businesses of the Future — MatthewBall.co

An essay on theme parks, platforms, and the importance of hugs.

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Matthew Ball

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I've known two founders to go through SPEEDRUN in the last year and they both benefited greatly and recommend it publicly and privately to all other gaming (and gaming adjacent) founders. Glad it's running back another edition so soon.

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andrew chen

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BIG NEWS: i'm investing $30M in the next 45 days via the a16z SPEEDRUN program 😎 Yes, $750k per startup that joins the SPEEDRUN program plus obv it'll be a great way to work together on something. So come work with me at a16z's SPEEDRUN program -- we'll invest, work with you,

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Matthew Ball

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Wow. By @cecianasta via

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(I'm still not sure why the narrative Apple sold out of launch Vision Pros stock is continuing when one can still order for Feb 2 pick-up. Either it didn't sell out, or it did and many have cancelled since?)

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Matthew Ball

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As a Ukrainian-Canadian, I've been especially looking forward to this Ukrainian local translation of my book - the 19th language, with 6 to come - and touched that it was still possible despite the atrocious, ongoing invasion that preceded the English publication by 18 months

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@3579975227O Why doesn't Disney pay its fans?

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Matthew Ball

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Wild trendlines for PC and Smartphones. Blip is COVID

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Matthew Ball

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Gross reported layoffs* in video gaming: • 2022: 8,500 (record) • 2023: 10,500 (new record) • 2024, Day 59: 8,000 + "several hundred" at ESL FACEIT (*Not net of new hires, does not include all layoffs)

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Matthew Ball

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NEW: The Tremendous yet Troubled State of Gaming in 2024 --- If you’re a player or casual observer, the video game industry seems to have it all. Yet growth is now illusory, layoffs abundant, and game/studio shutdowns common. Why? How might things change?

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Mr. and Mrs. Smith (Prime Video) was terrific.

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Matthew Ball

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Looks like Netflix had a strong Q2 and strong start to Q3

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The Hollywood Reporter

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Netflix Removes Ad-Free Plan in U.S. and U.K.

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Sara Fischer

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Exclusive: @nytimes to debut new generative AI ad-targeting tool later this year — Will start testing it w beta partners in Q2 — Tool will align ads with relevant articles in real-time based on the ad campaign's objectives More on @axios

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With 71 days left (+24%), the 2023 domestic box office has passed 2022

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Matthew Ball

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PUBG-maker Krafton and Naver to launch blockchain-based virtual world platform Overture in H1 2024, using Unreal Engine 5 and the JV's pupose-built blockchain, Settlus, to run its “transparent and secure... create-to-earn economy"

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PUBG Creator Krafton Unveils 'Overdare' NFT Game With AI Creation Tools - Decrypt

Overdare looks to deliver a Roblox-like game creation experience within an open-world metaverse, built on top of the Settlus blockchain.

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Matthew Ball

3 months

Nice from Ben: "I agree w/ Ball that “Metaverse” is the best term... that it describes more of an end state than a transition is a challenge but exactly what makes it right... The Metaverse is the “3D Internet” to the extent it is interoperable with + additive to the Internet"

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Stratechery

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Sora, Groq, and Virtual Reality OpenAI's new video model and a new chip for Groq are important developments in not just AI but also virtual reality.

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Matthew Ball

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@DKThomp Read this Tim Sweeney thread. It rocks (NB: Fortnite was still on iOS at the time - not the point)

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Ok, let’s try to find Fortnite on the iOS App Store. What’s the top result?

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A year ago, the bets for biggest film of the year were mostly: • The Little Mermaid • Super Mario Bros. • Fast X • The Flash • Aquaman 2 • Mission Impossible 7 Seems assured Barbie will win the year's revenue and profit crown

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5 months

As the Streaming Wars ramp down, aged pretty well

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Matthew Ball

3 months

RE: Microsoft's new deal with OpenAI rival Mistral AI (and rumors OpenAI is now prepping a dedicated search engine)

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Matthew Ball

7 months

[NEW] Parallel Bets, Microsoft, and AI Strategies --- Thoughts on corporate strategy formulation in the “age of AI,” the messiness of these strategies, and lessons from the past.

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and Project Hug deals with game developers and deals with OEMs were anticompetitive too."

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Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight

Victory Royale.

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5 months

and that Epic was injured by that behavior." They decided Google has an illegal tie between its Google Play app store and its Google Play Billing payment services, too, and that its distribution agreement... [con't]

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9 months

Oh how dearly I wish my smart TV were dumber or actually smart/cared

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7 months

@borrowed_ideas Two years after iPhone...and then two years after that. Note this is a carrier that didn't even have the iPhone for close to four years (And the carrier that had the highest smartphone penetration)

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This remains Popular Mechanics cover from 1995 remains the best tho The cyberspace homeboy wears a raiders cap, a collared buffalo plaid shirt, and an earring

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10 months

Microsoft joins Sony in placing cloud game streaming into their highest-priced subscription tier, rather than offering as a free perk to it's basic tier content subscription

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GPT: Game Pass Tracker

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BREAKING: Xbox Live Gold is ending and is being replaced by #XboxGamePass Core You receive: • Online console multiplayer access • catalog of over 24 high quality games on console • Member deals & discounts Games With Gold is also officially ending. Current Xbox Live Gold

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Matthew Ball

7 months

During the "Streaming Crash," old school Netflix sure came back fast as legacy studios rushed to generate cash. Look at this AAA film library

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MCU output by year: 2008-'12: 1.2 films annually 2013-'16: 2.0 films annually 2017-'19: 3.0 films annually 2021-'23: 3.3 films + 3.7 TV seasons + 0.7 TV Specials annually Also... The 365 days from 9 July 2021 - 8 July 2022: 6 films + 5 TV seasons!

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Bob Iger announces that Marvel Studios will reduce their output to: • 2-3 movies per year • 2 TV shows per year

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8 months

Great chart on the Unity fee dynamics by scale and ARPU

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Sos Sosowski

8 months

A chart showing how much you have to pay Unity for your mobile game, depending no your average per-install revenue. The existance of the black color on this chart is the BIG problem here. Do people who came up with this pricing scheme don't know how to use Excel?

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Vision Pro owners (who are not developers): when did you last use the device?

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Though the exclusion of FTP titles as Fortnite (which was definitely the revenue winner for several years) is a big limitation, the list of the BEST-SELLING game in the United States by year is remarkable. --- 2009 — COD: Modern Warfare 2 2010 — COD: Black Ops 2011 — COD: Modern

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Matthew Ball

10 months

Ticket prices are 20-40% higher, but extraordinary all the same #Oppenheimer

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10 months

Why Apple bet on Pixar tech to make the metaverse work via @Verge

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Why Apple bet on Pixar tech to make the metaverse work

It could help creators make great Vision Pro experiences.

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Matthew Ball

10 months

Delighted to be a producer on BORDERLANDS ECHOVISION, an interactive series focused on the (mis)adventures of eight tourists marooned on Eden-6 after following the footsteps of storied Vault Hunters. Millions of viewers will decide who rises to the occasion, survives, or _____.

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In case you missed it, we partnered with @GenvidEnt at #SDCC2023 today to announce our new @Borderlands interactive series #BorderlandsEchoVisionLive . More to come!

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Matthew Ball

10 months

Seventh Hulu CEO/GM since debut (Kilar, Forssell, Hopkins, Freer, Campbell, Earley, Tempest) Netflix only just made it's first CEO turnover

@THR

The Hollywood Reporter

10 months

Hulu Names Lauren Tempest As General Manager

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2 months

Apple buckles to DMA compliance criticisms and inquiries again, only days after launch Will now allow true sideloading (versus needing to install from an app store) and companies to operate their own app stores just for their apps

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9to5Mac

2 months

Apple will allow users to download apps directly from a developer’s website, in latest EU App Store rule change by @ChanceHMiller

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7 months

Congrats to @arjunmeta and the rest of the Moment House team. Proud to have been a Seed investor Patreon acquires livestream platform Moment

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Patreon acquires livestream platform Moment

The deal is part of a broader push to strengthen creators' connections with their communities.

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10 months

"Unorganized Part, Greater Subury Area, Ontario, Canada"

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2 months

The Monarchy is now getting mocked by a daisy chain of airports. What a historic PR collapse.

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