It's no secret that the big-budget videogame industry is in a baffling state at the moment—despite games being a larger industry than movies and music combined, studios keep getting shut down, people keep getting laid off, projects keep getting cancelled. Games are both one of the most lucrative entertainment products out there and seemingly incapable of generating cash for anybody.
Per a video from Mark Darrah, a former producer at BioWare whose work includes the Dragon Age Games, videogames could stand to learn a little from Hollywood and the rise of streaming services.
Now, I know the instinctive gut reaction to that idea isn't great—if there's one thing that annoys me more than microtransactions, it's streaming services (though it's a pretty close race). ...
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