GamesBeat Summit 2025: Finding new ways for the industry to grow

The days of double-digit growth in gaming are over. But there are still ways to expand the market if companies start thinking outside of the traditional business models. At GamesBeat Summit 2025 in Los Angeles, behavioral game economist Catalin Alexandru, Wedbush Securities managing director Michael Pachter, and Alinea Analytics’s head of market research Rhys Elliott had a lively debate about the industry’s woes and how it could find new opportunities for growth. Pachter compared the current state of the gaming industry to where the movie and television industries were in the 1960s, back when people could only view programming either in theaters or on TV. Nowadays we have a wealth of options to watch that content, whether it’s through on-demand services, streaming subscriptions, or YouTube. “There’s just lots of ways to access that type of content. And I think the games industry is about to embark upon a new way of accessing games — I think that’s ad-supported,” said Pachter. “So we ... Read full article.