If consoles and storefronts die, gaming is never coming back
Gaming was inherently tied to the sillicon valley and semiconductor capitalism that gave rise to the Personal Computer, and "going digital". Considering all the social media bans happening, and AI calling for regulation, I can see an overreaction happening, that cripples gaming, and then after that point, there's not the same incentive to start it back up. It's a bit like Indies tripping over "Retro Pixel Art" and despite having some popularity it's never the same, because it will never be what Pixel Art was when it was part of the growth of graphics technology.
The technological development will be "has been". And gaming loses its incentive to keep existing, unless it has some sort of societal benefit, but it much rather looks like gaming is frowned upon as a source of addictions and bad behavioral development. Once that is pinned on it, corporations will start abandoning it.
The technological development will be "has been". And gaming loses its incentive to keep existing, unless it has some sort of societal benefit, but it much rather looks like gaming is frowned upon as a source of addictions and bad behavioral development. Once that is pinned on it, corporations will start abandoning it.