Video Game Economics

About this episode

The episode discusses the current economic state of the video game industry and its implications for gamers.

We are talking about the economic state of video games and what it all means for us the gamers.http://www.joystickandmouse.comhttp://shop.joystickandmouse.com Show Notes: Mention the t-shirts and Patreon - shop.joystickandmouse.comIn another sign of the hard times in the video game industry EA Lays off hundreds of employees and cancels a game in development.https://www.reuters.com/technology/electronic-arts-lays-off-hundreds-cancels-titanfall-game-bloomberg-news-reports-2025-04-29/ It has been over six years since Epic started undercutting Steam's 30 percent revenue share for developers, asking for just 12 percent of sales on its then-new Epic Games Store. Now, Epic is going even further by reducing those fees to zero for a game's first $1 million in annual sales.https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/05/epic-games-store-completely-eliminates-revenue-fees-for-smaller-developers/ Yay, we have a release date for Grand Theft Auto IV but it is later than expected. https://www.ign.com/articles/grand-theft-auto-6s-delay-just-affected-the-entire-video-game-industry?_gl=1*phkmq0*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTgwMzY2NzUyMi4xNzQ2NDg1NjIw*_ga_736S6FVMCL*MTc0NjQ4NTYxOS4xLjAuMTc0NjQ4NTYxOS4wLjAuMA.. Following…

Topics covered

• video game economics
• EA layoffs
• Epic Games Store
• Grand Theft Auto IV
• Xbox price increase

Keywords

• video games
• industry news
• game development
• revenue share

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Grand Theft Auto IV, Xbox, Epic Games Store, Xbox consoles

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