{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/69612d9223ce58f14619a8f6/6a5800e0cebd1afd44852268?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Game Over for Video Games?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/69612d9223ce58f14619a8f6/1784152254585-95855b86-74e2-4b97-ab80-327179e7248d.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Is Microsoft laying off 3,200 employees from the Xbox division just a new boss coming in and pruning an overgrown asset, or is it a sign that console gaming is coming to the end?&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Guest: <a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/jasonschreier.bsky.social\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jason Schreier</a>, reporter at <a href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AUvqMRVAZCw/jason-schreier\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg News</a>, cohost of Triple Click, author of <a href=\"https://toolbox.marketingtools.apple.com/en-us/apple-books/us/book/6477373327\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Play Nice</em></a>, <a href=\"https://books.apple.com/us/book/press-reset/id1530772857?itscg=30200&amp;itsct=books_box_link&amp;mttnsubad=1530772857&amp;at=1000l38Mz&amp;ct=TBD\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Press Reset</em></a>, and <a href=\"https://books.apple.com/us/book/blood-sweat-and-pixels/id1187887392?itscg=30200&amp;itsct=books_box_link&amp;mttnsubad=1187887392&amp;at=1000l38Mz&amp;ct=TBD\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Blood Sweat and Pixels</em></a>.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at<a href=\"http://slate.com/whatnextplus\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> slate.com/whatnextplus</a> to get access wherever you listen.</p><p><br></p><p>Podcast production by Rob Gunther, Evan Campbell, Madeline Thames-Ducharme and Patrick Fort.</p><p><br></p><p>Paige Osburn is the senior supervising producer of What Next and What Next TBD.</p>","author_name":"Slate Podcasts"}