The DeanBeat: What’s game journalism’s next move?

I’ve been watching game journalists lose their jobs. I’m sorry for my colleagues, and I hope they find a way to stay in this wonderful industry. I’ve had a chance to cover games for 25 years. I hope that I can stay in it for another 25 or so.

But something is disrupting games media pretty big. We’re accustomed to seeing the games industry go through many gyrations. It has gone through so many changes in the past decade that it is almost unrecognizable. Console games have stayed flat at about $25 billion. But the global game industry has grown to $90 billion worldwide, according to market researcher Newzoo. This change isn’t just my problem. Almost every industry is undergoing drastic changes.