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Ben Gilbert: belief

11 Apr 2023 Acquired Nintendo: The Console Wars

“I think the way they basically operate is as if they're a studio of Nintendo at this point.”

— Ben Gilbert

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Ben Gilbert
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Claim type
belief
Recorded
11 Apr 2023
Publisher
Acquired

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…That's awesome. Yeah. We'll come back to when we talked about Pokemon Go later, but it would evolve into the Pokemon Company, which is the licensing body that is 32% owned by Nintendo and the other thirds are owned by Game Freak and Creatures. I think the way they basically operate is as if they're a studio of Nintendo at this point. It's the most successful second-party business of all time. I don't know that for a fact, but I assume it is a fact. I can't think of anything else that is a second-party business that would be as big as Pokemon. Obviously, the kids' market is huge.…

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