Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Everyone says gaming is dying. The data says something worse - we've been stuck since 2021. While commentators scream about the next 1983, they're missing what's actually happening to the $184 billion industry that can't grow anymore.

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00:00 Yup, Things Have Changed
00:51 What IS A Crash?
03:09 A Decade Of Success
06:09 THAT Crash Can't Happen Again
09:58 What's Really Happened
12:16 Funding Has Collapsed
14:59 Change Is The Only Constant

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