It was another astounding week of news for video games. Grand Theft Auto V sold more than $800 million on its first day of sales. Electronic Arts named its relatively young EA Sports chief, Andrew Wilson, as its new CEO. And, sadly, Nintendo’s pioneering former president Hiroshi Yamauchi passed away at age 85.
These events were disconnected from each other, but they happened against the backdrop of change in the modern video game business. What do they mean? Let’s take a minute to digest them together and interpret them in the big picture of the industry.
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