Welcome to What's the Matter With... the Video Game Industry!

In today's episode we're going to talk about how the landscape of the video game industry has changed significantly in recent years. While in the past developers had more autonomy and control over the games they created, nowadays there seems to be a shift towards bigger companies and commercial interests taking over. So, what's happening? Are game studios losing their creative autonomy?

Get ready for a thought-provoking discussion on the video game industry, its changing dynamics, and so much more!

Sources:

• Wikipedia (2023) ‘Video game industry’; Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_industry (Accessed: 22 March 2023).
• Wikipedia (2023) ‘United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.’; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Paramount_Pictures,_Inc.(Accessed: 22 March 2023).
• Andrew Bettie (2021) 'How the Video Game Industry Is Changing'; https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/053115/how-video-game-industry-changing.asp (Accessed: 22 March 2023).
• Ian Thomas (2022) 'How free-to-play and in-game purchases took over the video game industry'; https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/06/how-free-to-play-and-in-game-purchases-took-over-video-games.html (Accessed: 22 March 2023).
• Jessica Conditt (2022) 'Microsoft consolidating the video game industry is bad for everyone'; https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-xbox-activision-blizzard-consolidation-exclusives-222028443.html (Accessed 22 March 2023).

Reference:

• How Money Works (2022) 'Why Game Companies Stopped Making Games - How Money Works'; https://youtu.be/TnsdRa_KvbI (Accessed 24 March 2023).

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