Why Are AAA Games Struggling in 2025?

While it's no secret that AAA has been struggling for a while, I did a little digging and found some very interesting and revealing numbers on the situation. I think we're actually headed for a golden era of gaming, but what we know as AAA today will not be the ones leading the charge.

I'll get into a little speculation and some thoughts I have about the gaming industry as well as talk about how I believe what's happening today is very similar to the video gaming crash of the 1980s with some interesting twists when it comes to the players involved.

Gameplay (Windward Horizon): https://store.steampowered.com/app/2665460/Windward_Horizon/?curator_clanid=34907549

Charts: https://www.canva.com/design/DAGl3IkPEeU/EV69gv-SHGIfJ7TIY-_sDQ/edit?utm_content=DAGl3IkPEeU&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton

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Outro Audio: https://soundbible.com/1936-Crisp-Ocean-Waves.html / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/