The state of video games 2025
- Thread starter MeachTheMonster
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GambinoMakeItWork
Royalty
All I can do as a consumer is continue supporting quality games/studios with my wallet like I usually do 
2023 & 2024 were both amazing years for gaming and 2025 is looking like it'll be more of the same.
2023 & 2024 were both amazing years for gaming and 2025 is looking like it'll be more of the same.
Diondon
Thanks to the lawyers uh, I marbled the foyer
Circular reasoning is annoying
"PC is doing great, consoles not selling as much"
OK, stop putting games on PC
"No! Cost of AAA is too high! Exclusives are thing of the past"
"PC is doing great, consoles not selling as much"
OK, stop putting games on PC
"No! Cost of AAA is too high! Exclusives are thing of the past"
Removing games from the platform with the largest audience would not make them sell more copies.Circular reasoning is annoying
"PC is doing great, consoles not selling as much"
OK, stop putting games on PC
"No! Cost of AAA is too high! Exclusives are thing of the past"
That’s crazy talk.
Diondon
Thanks to the lawyers uh, I marbled the foyer
Well then no Playstation will ever match the PS2 sales
Console sales are no longer the measure of success for the industry.
PS4 was lots more lucrative for sony than the PS2 while selling like 70 million less consoles.
They have now pretty much exhausted that market and with costs going up the only way forward is to find customers outside of their console market, even if that means they sell a bit less hardware.
Live service kinda flipped everything on its head. Time is the most valuable resource and time spent on those games means way less oxygen for others. And now, Marvel Rivals is added to that mix.
Also since they last longer people aren’t gonna super pressed to upgrade systems
Also since they last longer people aren’t gonna super pressed to upgrade systems
Facts,
Brew when I tell you there is a mobile games I've been playing literally over a decade every week without fail I'm not exaggerating. In fact it's been 12 years
But overall It was a perfect storm brewing.
Diminishing returns graphically each generation.
Price increase for consoles
Cost of living jumping skyhigh
Rise of Mobile and tablet games.
Rise of sub services and social media (Netflix, YouTube, tictok)
Rise of live service games that you can play cross platform on mobile.
Few double A games
Generic Triple A Games.
The industry has flipped from fighting over money to fighting over time.
The most successful games going forward are those that capture and reward people’s time.
Past 2 years have had an insane amount of amazing games
I am sick of live service models in MP though
I am sick of live service models in MP though
Pubg and fortnight broke the industry
Grand Conde
Superstar
PRESENTATION: The State of Video Gaming in 2025 — MatthewBall.co
A (free) 220 page presentation on the past, present and potential future of the video game industry.www.matthewball.co
Lots of staggering numbers in here.
Will pull some of the slides out later.
Apparently he draws on a lot of untrustworthy sites for his numbers like vgchartz.
Grand Conde
Superstar
PlayStation games did for sure. There isn't a single PS3 1st game or exclusive I couldn't do without playing at all on that console besides the last of us.
The PS2 and PS1 though...
Too many to name
Uncharted 2 you clown.