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Ben Thompson
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calls4traced speaker calls
avg P&L-2.4%per call
win rate25%resolved calls
total P&L-9.6%expert engine
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win rate17%1W · 5L
resolved6settled on TRACE
scored calls10published & scoreable
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Microsoft's Xbox is stuck in the middle and needs to be spun out or its games sold; the strategy failed.
the whole Xbox saga is filled with regrets, I think, first and foremost for Microsoft, but also for me, because I from the beginning is like, they need to kill this program or they need to spin it out or get rid of it.
▲+2.90%years and years
GTA 6 pricing power is underpriced at $80; huge demand plus premium editions lift Take-Two per-unit revenue.
charging way too little for this game. They're charging what, $80?... No, they should be charging like $200.
▲+1.27%open horizon
Xbox strategy is a multi-billion dollar disaster that only cannibalized sales, and the reset is far from over
None of that happened. All they did was cannibalize their existing business.
▲+2.46%open horizon
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