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A podcast about the business of games... for the rest of us
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Signup to Generate a PitchRecent episodes include "Episode 212: Ex-Box (News Show)" (30 September 2026, 65 minutes), "Episode 211: EA Sportswashing (News Show)" (25 August 2026, 137 minutes), and "Episode 211: EA Sportswashing (News Show)" (25 August 2026, 137 minutes).
Virtual Economy publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 103 minutes across 10 episodes.
Booking probability for Virtual Economy is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Virtual Economy requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Virtual Economy's contact route on record: verified email.
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Virtual Economy is a leisure podcast with 10 episodes published.
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We’re breaking up with Xbox. It’s not us, it’s you. More layoffs, closed (and practically closed) studios, shuffling of IP, and fawning executives that are trying to convince you that everything’s just ducky, when...
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We’ve been head-down doing developer things (more on that very soon)! That makes this quite the episode. Earnings! Circana! EA is now privately held! Microsoft is biffing it! Roblox is screwed! And much, much, much...
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We’ve been head-down doing developer things (more on that very soon)! That makes this quite the episode. Earnings! Circana! EA is now privately held! Microsoft is biffing it! Roblox is screwed! And much, much, much...
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Joining us on this episode is friend of the show Mat Piscatella, Executive Director and Video Game Industry Advisor at Circana. Our discussion includes the state of the industry, the component crisis and hardware...
Virtual Economy
Joining us on this episode is friend of the show Mat Piscatella, Executive Director and Video Game Industry Advisor at Circana. Our discussion includes the state of the industry, the component crisis and hardware...
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Since 2022, the industry has slid into chaos and disarray, with developers and players abandoned by platform holders and publishers. Now, we’ve reached a tipping point, and only we can rescue ourselves. We’ll discuss...
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Since 2022, the industry has slid into chaos and disarray, with developers and players abandoned by platform holders and publishers. Now, we’ve reached a tipping point, and only we can rescue ourselves. We’ll discuss...
Between GameStop and Ryan Cohen’s clownery and new Xbox leadership’s 100-day death march, it’s another grim moment for the game industry. Former OpenAI head (now Xbox CEO) Asha Sharma laments the hardware crisis caused...
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Ryan Cohen was only offered store credit as trade-in value for his time as GameStop CEO, so he’s trying to buy eBay in one of the most foolish business moves we’ve ever seen. Also: Circana...
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With Epic laying off 1,000 people, the game industry job market has gone from “extremely chilly” to “nearing absolute zero.” Also: a recap of GDC’s challenged year, Circana Report on U.S spending for February 2026,...
This was supposed to be a show just about earnings. All we wanted to do was cover the earnings… but Sony closed Bluepoint, Nintendo is releasing $20 Pokemon ROMs, and Microsoft appears to have ousted...
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Ubisoft employees are prepared to strike over a recent return-to-office mandate and extreme cost-cutting. Also: Circana Report on U.S. Video Game Spending for December 2025 and full year 2025, That’s No Moon at odds...
2026 is putting us through our paces right out of the gate (leading us to some unfortunate episode title symmetry with last year’s season finale). We’re hanging onto hope, but layoffs, consolidation, and private...
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