Modern Gaming is Dying Sources:
1. The Games Market in 2022: The Year in Numbers https://newzoo.com/resources/blog/the-games-market-in-2022-the-year-in-numbers
2. Dentsu: ‘Gaming is bigger than music and movies combined’ https://mediacat.uk/dentsu-gaming-is-bigger-than-music-and-movies-combined
3. 50 Years of Video Game Industry Revenues, by Platform https://www.visualcapitalist.com/video-game-industry-revenues-by-platform/
4. The State of Video Gaming in 2025, Pg3-26 https://www.matthewball.co/all/stateofvideogaming2025
5. Online PC gaming market value worldwide from 2011 to 2028 https://www.statista.com/statistics/292516/pc-online-game-market-value-worldwide/
6. How Many Gamers Are There? (New 2024 Statistics) https://explodingtopics.com/blog/number-of-gamers
7. The State of Video Gaming in 2025, Pg48-64 https://www.matthewball.co/all/stateofvideogaming2025
8. The global games market will generate $187.7 billion in 2024 https://newzoo.com/resources/blog/global-games-market-revenue-estimates-and-forecasts-in-2024
9. The Tremendous Yet Troubled State of Gaming in 2024 https://www.matthewball.co/all/gaming2024
10. United States Fed Funds Interest Rate https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/interest-rate
11. The Gaming Industry 2021: Hiring Facts, Stats, and Trends https://zenexpartners.com/the-gaming-industry-2021-hiring-facts-stats-and-trends/
12. Raj Patel on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rajio_the-number-of-known-games-industry-layoffs-activity-7271915251795673088-IqAU/
13. GDC 2025 State of the Game Industry: Devs Weigh in on Layoffs, AI, and More https://gdconf.com/news/gdc-2025-state-game-industry-devs-weigh-layoffs-ai-and-more
14. Court documents reveal just how much more expensive Call of Duty games are to make compared to even PlayStation's biggest exclusives https://www.vg247.com/call-of-duty-development-costs-court-filing-black-ops-cold-war-modern-warfare-2019
15. Movie Budgets https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/budgets/all
16. Why So Many Video Games Cost So Much to Make https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-01-10/why-so-many-video-games-cost-so-much-to-make
17. The Story Behind the Story of ‘Red Dead Redemption 2 https://variety.com/2018/gaming/features/red-dead-redemption-2-narrative-interview-1202992401/
18. Software Engineer Salary by Country in 2024 Revealed https://www.orientsoftware.com/blog/software-engineer-salary-by-country/
19. The State of Video Gaming in 2025, Pg65-79 https://www.matthewball.co/all/stateofvideogaming2025
20. The Success of Black Myth: Wukong And What It Means for Media https://www.matthewball.co/all/wukong
21. Every game company that Tencent has invested in https://www.pcgamer.com/every-game-company-that-tencent-has-invested-in/
22. How the Stars Aligned to Create the Success of Baldur’s Gate 3 https://naavik.co/digest/baldurs-gate-3-stars-aligned-success/
23. Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3 Gameplay Frame-Rate Test https://youtu.be/s7gmgg5UzvY?si=AIwI9eXPuK2_enK7
24. What should my indie game marketing budget be? https://gameifyouare.com/2019/10/23/what-should-my-indie-game-marketing-budget-be/
25. Among Us’ Improbable Rise To The Top Of Twitch https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/09/among-us-improbable-rise-to-the-top-of-twitch/
26. What Do We Mean When We Say Indiepocalypse? https://youtu.be/r30CIneO534?si=A2hXZcyuCuz8-A_H
27. SteamDB Releases https://steamdb.info/stats/releases/
28. The State of Video Gaming in 2025, Pg80-124 https://www.matthewball.co/all/stateofvideogaming2025
29. Are video games really more expensive? https://www.gamesindustry.biz/are-video-games-really-more-expensive
30. "ConcernedApe Turned His Passion Into His Fortune": Stardew Valley Has Generated Billions Of Dollars In Sales https://screenrant.com/stardew-valley-sales-data/