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

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!

• Andrew Connell’s Website
• Black Creek Outfitters
• The ‘End of an Era’ for Black Creek Outfitters
• Black Creek Outfitters closing after 39 years of helping people explore, enjoy the wild
• Black Creek Outfitters on Facebook

• Try Microsoft Lists with your Microsoft account (Preview)
• 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

AC’s Pick

• Arecibo Observatory Movie - The Biggest Dream TRAILER

CJ’s Pick

• North Korea Hacked Him. So He Took Down Its Internet