>>714918612Video games are like a golden goose. You can sell them like movies, run them like music on a streaming service, monetize the people playing them and the people watching them play them. If you/re sneaky you can put ads in them. and with things as they are now, you can shut them down whenever you feel like and release basically the same game and not have to worry about your old product or fan creations "competing" with your new product. They're also an effective propaganda tool.
Video games at the high corporate level are so profitable and are only going to get more profitable as they find new ways to monetize them and their byproducts.