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For anyone who wants the long view on the games business: Stefan Lampinen on 40 years in games, from Xbox 360 in Russia to Minecraft's war room.


Stefan opened a game store at 18, launched Xbox 360 in Russia when people said it couldn't be done, watched the rise and fall of Nokia, and was in the room when Minecraft turned down buyers flying in from around the world.


In this conversation:

- Inside Minecraft's war room, shielding the team from would-be buyers

- Why he thinks GTA 6 will take players and money from everything else

- Why Sweden became gaming's best sandbox

- Europe's struggling studios, The Last of Us on TV, and Saudi Arabia's move into games


TIMESTAMPS:


0:00 – The Gift from Bill Gates.

2:45 – 18 years old. Opens game store, becomes Nordic's gaming gateway.

8:30 – Xbox 360: How they beat PlayStation to digital.

15:20 – "Russia was impossible" - How he conquered it anyway.

22:15 – Nokia beat iPhone by 4 years (and still failed spectacularly. Why)

28:40 – Why Sweden is gaming's best sandbox.

35:10 – Inside Minecraft's war room (shielding them from the world's buyers).

42:30 – "The industry just hit maturity" - What that actually means.

48:15 – GTA 6 will eat EVERYTHING (The industry doesn't understand what's coming).

52:40 – Europe's studios are dying - The exodus nobody's discussing.

58:20 – The Last of Us changed the game (Hollywood finally gets it).

1:04:00 – Saudi Arabia's power play (it's not what you think).

1:08:30 – His #1 career lesson after 40 years.


KEY REVELATIONS

"People were flying in from all over the world wanting to buy Minecraft. My job was to shield them."

"GTA 6 is going to take enormous amounts of players and money from EVERYTHING. The industry doesn't understand what's coming."

"Sweden had 70% gaming penetration because we don't dub. We had to learn English. We had to think global from day one."


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