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[โ€“] Goronmon@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think this is just what happens when an art gets big and becomes an industry.

Video games have been an "industry" for decades though.

[โ€“] smeg@feddit.uk 3 points 8 months ago

Yeah but it's become way more mainstream with the rise of mobile gaming (because suddenly half the population of the world is a potential customer)