The video game industry has entered a baffling new era. Never before have the numbers looked so contradictory on a single page. In 2025, global gaming content revenue soared to an unprecedented $195.6 billion, a figure that would have seemed ...

For nearly fifteen years, the rules of digital game distribution were simple. If you wanted to sell a game or an in-game item to a player on a console, you went through the platform holder's store. Sony took its 30 percent cut. Microsoft took its ...

For decades, the video game industry knew its competitors by name. Sony fought Microsoft. Nintendo fought everyone. PC gamers debated console gamers. The rivalries were clear, the battle lines drawn, and the enemy familiar.In 2026, the industry's ...