About this episode

Dylan makes his podcast debut discussing the future of the games industry and its challenges.

Episode 261 In today's episode, Dylan makes his podcast debut! We speak at length about the future of the games industry and how it might parallel the film/music industries, as well as some of the challenges that the industry may face in the years to come. As always, we conclude with the games we're playing (Destiny 2, Resident Evil). This episode was recorded in June 2026. Intro and outro music composed for Gametalk by Dylan Chase. Chat us up in Discord - discord.gg/JZCj5Qn Or email us at gametalkpodcastofficial@gmail.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/369MuzfFy8RB6vFULVY7Zy?si=26cb1639927c4cc8 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PodcastGametalk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podcastgametalk Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@podcastgametalk Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgametalk.bsky.social Timestamps: 0:00 - Game Ownership Replaced With Access 11:13 - Game Companies Have Increased Risk Aversion 23:34 - Individual Creators Become More Valuable 27:29 - Increased Emphasis On User-Generated Content 35:01 - Game Discovery Becomes A Massive Problem 43:49 - AI Will Open Up Game Development To The Masses 55:31 - Attention Becomes The Most Valuable Currency 1:01:25…

People in this episode

Guest: Dylan

Topics covered

• future of the games industry
• challenges in gaming
• game ownership
• user-generated content
• AI in game development
• gaming as entertainment

Keywords

• games industry
• film industry
• music industry
• game ownership
• user-generated content
• AI development
• gaming challenges

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Destiny 2, Resident Evil

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