TWIG #361 WB Games’ Fate, CoD’s Apology Tour & the UA Financing Trap

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Deconstructor of Fun

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Deconstructor of Fun podcast is created by games professionals for games professionals. We explore the business side of the games industry with the goal of bringing listeners content that is relevant, insightful, and entertaining on a weekly basis. Hosts: Michail Katkoff www.linkedin.com/in/michailkatkoff/ Eric Kress www.linkedin.com/in/erickress/ Phillip Black www.linkedin.com/in/phillip-black-economist/ Jen Donahoe www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferdonahoe

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TWIG #361 WB Games’ Fate, CoD’s Apology Tour & the UA Financing Trap

Deconstructor of Fun

1 hour 3 minutes 20 seconds

3 weeks ago

TWIG #361 WB Games’ Fate, CoD’s Apology Tour & the UA Financing Trap

FNaF 2 crushes box office expectations, proving (again) that game IP owns Hollywood. We break down Matthew Ball’s take on the EA/PIF deal, why 93% ownership signals a sports-media empire play, not an LBO, and why the press got the story wrong.

Then: the Nex Playground, a $200 kids’ console that quietly outsold PS5 in November. Is this the next underserved frontier in family gaming?

We also tear into UA financing schemes masquerading as “cohort funding.” Spoiler: the effective interest rates rhyme with credit-card debt, and studios have died using them.

Call of Duty launches an apology tour for Black Ops 7 and vows to stop annualized crunch. We assess the odds.

And we close with AppLovin beating Google on Android e-commerce ads, inside Google’s own OS. A massive signal for the future of UA as e-comm competition starts eating the gaming pie.