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Why the video game industry needs a 1UP

In the 2010s, the video game industry saw an ENORMOUS boom, with annual revenues jumping from 80 billion dollars to TWO HUNDRED billion over that decade, according to a report by investment research group Epyllion.

But in recent years, that exponential growth hit a plateau.

“Games were so successful both prior to & during 2020 & 2021, that they set kind of impossible standards for 2023 & 2024… And when the uptick flattened, it was seen as a tremendous failure.”

That’s video game writer and creator Alanah Pearce from her recent video titled, “The games industry…

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