Pretty much where I am with it too
Game's obviously got mental health issues & 50 may be smart but he's been shot up to the point he's got issues and everybody's an enemy in time. Everyone loyal to him ended up publicly embarrassed by him, can't even give birth to the nikka's kids and escape it lol
Combine that with labels getting tired of his antics and hip hop changing sounds, it was going to end ugly for both 50 & Game in the business one way or another.
This thread made me look up old clips and found this one where 50 said Game's across the street and around the corner, not on Gunit anymore. Say whatever you want about Curtis, his broke dude's habits down before the world knew. Even had the answer in 05 for why Game wouldn't be as big an artist when he was one of the only things bigger than Game around then. Game can rap so it must be the songwriting never thought about it like that