>>719990197
>The consumer is broke
They factually aren't. The value of the gaming industry has increased across any and all stats from any financial and economic source you wish to look up.
If value goes up, and keeps going up, but you have studio closures and mass layoffs, and indies whining about going bankrupt; the conclusion is simple: You have more production than you have demand. You are stretched thin. On top of that, you have other entertainment sectors also pulling away from you, like the Netflix situation, and other mediums. There's so many competitors, that they can't meet sustenance levels with the existing revenue pool.
You are simply wrong and operating from a flawed thinking point, either due to false data, or ignorance.