Expensive Games Are Fueling Steam’s Most Lucrative Year Despite Players Trending Towards Older Releases

Kotaku | 13.07.2026 04:21
The video game industry is in dire straights. Years of mismanagement and atrophy of the cultural ecosystem has resulted in non-stop closures, cancellations and collapse. Does that mean the money’s gone? No, no. It seems the money is still there. And a whole lot of it seems to be going Valve’s way.