My 3 Predictions for Gaming in 2025

My 3 predictions for gaming in 2025 🎮

1. Gaming VCs will evolve beyond their traditional focus:
– Expanding into broader consumer tech (fintech, healthcare, e-commerce)
– Gaming expertise proves valuable across consumer sectors
– Pure gaming funds will face pressure to adapt or struggle
– Real example: 15 of 19 recent F4 Fund investments were non-gaming

2. The AI Gaming Tools Reality Check
Warning signs ahead for AI gaming startups:
– Many will hit funding walls
– Key challenges:
• Market oversaturation
• In-house tool development becoming norm
• Big AI players democratizing core tech
• Limited market size

Survival path:
– Expand beyond gaming
– Prove significant revenue growth
– Find sustainable niche markets

3. The Mobile Gaming Renaissance. Why mobile is back in focus:
– Strongest investor interest since 2021
– VC dry powder needs deployment by 2025
– Maturing UA landscape post-IDFA
– New channels emerging (incentivized ads)
– Fresh wave of well-developed games ready to scale

Thoughts? Have you noticed these shifts in your corner of the industry?

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