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Gaming Industry will literally kill itself with how this year is going. Give it roughly 8 more years. What XBOX is doing and now PlayStation yeah not going to do well in my opinion. This industry is just not becoming an affordable hobby for people anymore

The gaming industry has always been in the AI business, said Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick at WSJ Tech: California. Take-Two Interactive owns Rockstar Games, the company that is publishing Grand Theft Auto VI later this month.

The gaming industry has already lost 10,977 jobs in 2026, according to the ASGC Games Industry Layoffs Tracker. That’s more than the entire 2025 total, and the year isn’t even over. The tracker estimates that losses could reach 13,077 by December. Around 35 studios have also shut down, with 161 studios affected by layoffs. >BioWare: EA closed the studio and canceled the next Mass Effect, which was still in early development. >Sucker Punch: Around 24–26 employees were laid off. >Microsoft is planning around 3,200 job cuts >Arkane Lyon: Around 217 jobs are at risk. >Supermassive Games: More than 70 employees were laid off. >DON’T NOD: Up to 85 jobs could be affected by its restructuring. For comparison, the industry lost 15,631 jobs in 2024 and 9,197 in 2025. 2026 has already surpassed last year’s numbers

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GTA 6 could save the gaming industry. "[Gaming is] still bigger than movies and music combined, but it's been flatlining a little bit." "The biggest competitor really has been TikTok. Says @ysiu of @animocabrands

Former BioWare producer Mark Darrah thinks the gaming industry should explore product placement to help pay for game development and rely less on live-service monetization. Discussing how expensive AAA games have become to make, Darrah said the industry needs more revenue streams besides selling games, DLC, microtransactions, and battle passes. “Not every game can be a live service,” he said, warning that if the trend continues, most big-budget games could end up built around ongoing monetization instead of delivering a complete experience from the start. Darrah noted that movies have multiple revenue streams, including product placements and brand deals. He believes video games could do something similar to cover development costs without constantly asking players to spend more after buying the game.

Sony Interactive Entertainment says AI could bring “gaming experiences like never before” as the technology continues to grow across the gaming industry. The company believes AI can help create smarter characters, more realistic worlds, and games that adapt to each player’s style. AI may also help developers build games faster and improve storytelling and gameplay experiences. “AI will enable gaming experiences like never before,”

This is a huge humiliation for the Western gaming industry at the hands of IGN China. But honestly, they have a point. The Western industry seems to be losing its way, with massive budgets and corporate decisions and political agenda taking priority over just what gamers want, fun gameplay. Phantom Blade Zero shows that sometimes it’s really simple: make a game that’s fun to play, and people will play it