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A weekly take on gaming, tech, and entertainment by business professor and author, Joost van Dreunen. Click to read SuperJoost Playlist, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

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Why gaming's investment boom is skipping game studios

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (797+ words) That changed rather dramatically in the wake of the pandemic, when consumer demand softened, and growth slowed. After reaching a peak of $20.1 billion in 2021, total deal value fell to $4.9 billion by 2023, roughly a 75 percent drop. A series of painful misses…...