In the past few years the gaming industry as a whole has taken a nose dive in quality. The modern day gaming landscape is aiming to exploit us and ironically itself to the fullest extent. They use varying strategies to squeeze every last cent out of our pockets while also attempting to cut corners at every opportunity. In other words: They are scamming us all. 🔴Subscribe To Keep Up To Date With My Newest Uploads!: https://bit.ly/JoinHawxYT 🐦Twitter: https://bit.ly/HawxChirp Sources cited: https://kotaku.com/loot-boxes-are-designed-to-exploit-us-1819457592 https://www.pcgamer.com/its-been-10-years-since-valve-invented-the-battle-pass-and-changed-gaming-forever/ https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/capcom-responds-to-criticism-of-dragons-dogma-2s-paid-dlc-and-performance-issues/ https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/apex-legends-season-2-changes-battle-pass-rewards/ https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-will-have-a-battle-pass-no-loot-boxes/ https://www.eurogamer.net/starfield-pre-order-bonuses-editions-explained-9352 https://screenrant.com/sonic-origins-game-preorder-chart-rewards-bad-sega/ https://www.thegamer.com/stellar-blade-demo-immediately-removed-from-playstation-store/ https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/video-game-ceo-pay/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/mitchwallace/2023/10/13/yes-a-digital-only-gaming-future-is-coming-and-we-cant-stop-it/?sh=23dfc52173bd https://www.ign.com/articles/ubisoft-exec-says-gamers-need-to-get-comfortable-not-owning-their-games-for-subscriptions-to-take-off https://www.eurogamer.net/what-is-going-on-with-the-video-games-industry https://metro.co.uk/2023/10/08/the-video-games-industry-is-broken-and-will-not-survive-for-long-19622474/ https://glarity.app/youtube-summary/gaming/Is-the-Video-Game-Industry-Collapsing-13281149_60422 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19549488 https://kotaku.com/microsoft-activision-blizzard-acquisition-cma-uk-xbox-1850864469 https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/microsoft-slash-activision-blizzard-merger-inquiry https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/2/24022293/microsoft-activision-blizzard-cma-tough-fair-comments-brad-smith https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/uk-regulator-drops-some-competition-concerns-microsoft-activision-deal-2023-03-24/ https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-microsoft-activision-deal-addresses-previous-cma-concerns-in-cloud-gaming https://www.macfarlanes.com/what-we-think/in-depth/2024/mission-complete-how-microsoft-rescued-its-activision-merger-from-the-cma-s-veto/ https://www.ign.com/articles/major-publishers-report-aaa-franchises-can-cost-over-a-billion-to-make https://kotaku.com/day-before-zombie-mmo-steam-refunds-1851092622 https://kotaku.com/unity-john-riccitiello-monetization-mobile-ironsource-1849179898 https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2023/12/21/a-300-million-spider-man-2-budget-sonys-future-and-aaa-unsustainability/?sh=5321b3183dc2 https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2024/03/06/wb-thinks-hogwarts-legacy-2-should-be-a-live-service/?sh=26df0e7226b2 https://www.gamespot.com/articles/warner-bros-discusses-volatile-aaa-console-games-will-lean-into-free-to-play-and-mobile/1100-6521597/ https://www.ign.com/articles/sony-commits-to-launch-just-six-of-playstations-12-live-service-games-by-march-2026 https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/what-the-heck-is-happening-with-live-service-games- https://www.thewilkesbeacon.com/uncategorized/2023/11/16/the-numerous-problems-with-live-service-video-games/ https://www.ign.com/articles/live-service-games-are-exhausting https://www.pcgamer.com/im-officially-exhausted-by-all-the-live-service-games-and-i-want-to-see-way-less-next-year/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2018/11/27/bethesdas-silence-of-the-state-of-fallout-76-at-launch-is-deafening/ https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/12/15788934/destiny-2-bungie-new-release-date-september-6-e3-2017 https://www.eurogamer.net/destiny-2-delayed-from-september-2016-report https://www.inverse.com/gaming/babylons-fall-beta-review https://www.inverse.com/gaming/marvels-avengers-devs-future-imperfect-update-road-map-news https://www.gameinformer.com/news/2023/11/09/sony-has-delayed-half-of-its-planned-playstation-live-service-games https://kotaku.com/we-sure-got-used-to-microtransactions-and-dlc-huh-1845772192 https://kotaku.com/why-video-games-cost-so-much-to-make-1818508211 https://kotaku.com/in-game-purchases-poison-the-well-1820844066 https://kotaku.com/how-much-does-it-cost-to-make-a-big-video-game-1501413649 https://www.pcgamer.com/when-games-are-too-bloated/ https://kotaku.com/what-hacked-files-tell-us-about-the-studio-behind-spide-1851115233 https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2023/12/21/a-300-million-spider-man-2-budget-sonys-future-and-aaa-unsustainability/?sh=371cac53dc20 https://www.polygon.com/gaming/24074767/video-game-industry-layoffs-explainer https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ps5-hits-25-million-but-sony-gaming-profits-fall-49-due-to-rising-costs/