emily: that was take-two's ceo strauss zelnick from e3. one big winner as the exciting nba season wraps up. disney's abc. the golden state warriors championship clinching victory over the cavaliers was the highest rating for an nba game since 1998. the game was also the second-most streamed nba contest, with an average audience of over 500,000 viewers. the only other nba game with a larger streaming audience -- the decisive game seven final of the 2016 season. and that does it for this edition of the "best of bloomberg technology." we will bring you all the latest in tech throughout the week. tune in every day. 5:00 p.m. in new york and 2:00 p.m. in san francisco. remember, all episodes of "bloomberg technology" are live streaming on twitter. that's all for now. this is bloomberg. ♪ oliver: welcome to "bloomberg businessweek." i'm oliver renick. i'm coming to you from the magazine's headquarters in new york. in this week's issue, apple ceo tim cook talks about doing business with president trump while western union finds itself in the cros

we caught up with ceo strauss zelnick asking exactly what is , driving videogame stocks? re a couple of things driving growth in our stock. the first is, i think, the promise of the business is beginning to be translated into the reality of how these companies are doing, ours included, and the promise has been interactive entertainment is the most rapidly growing part of the entertainment business and has been for some time. and with a cohort of consumers, that is now about 37 years old on average, and skewing only slightly more male than female, there is plenty more growth in the population ahead. we also have the explosion of new gen platforms. about 85 million of them are out there, and we expect that to nearly double in just the next you years. the launch of nintendo switch. and most importantly, the ongoing engagement of consumers in between big releases. what we call "recurrent consumer spending." consumers are not only buying big video games now. they are staying engaged in the products they love. and we and our competitors are able to monetize that engagement. emil

emily: that was take two's ceo strauss zelnick.is one big winner as exciting nba season wraps up. it disney's abc, the golden victory overars the cavaliers was the highest rating for an nba game since the 1998. second-most streamed nba contest with an average audience of 500,000 viewers. the only other nba game with a larger streaming audience was the decisive game seven final of the 2016 season. and that does it for this edition of the "best of bloomberg technology." tune in every day at 5:00 p.m. in new york, and remember all episodes of "bloomberg technology" are live streaming on twitter. that's all for now. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ ramy: coming up on "bloomberg best," the stories that shaped the week in business around the world. markets brace for policy decisions from central banks. the surprises are not in what they do, but how they do it. >> amazing the fomc basically lost that glossed over both of those readings. >> i was expecting a 7-1 vote, so this is clearly a hawkish surprise. >> another hearing raises hackles on capito