"The gold rush is over"

Full headline, due to PC Gamer headline logorrhea: "'The gold rush is over:' Slay the Spire and Darkest Dungeon devs say that big Game Pass and Epic exclusive deals have dried up for indie devs"

"It's not easy to get funding for a new game right now."

Fucking good. If you simply can't make "indie" video games without being able to rely on massive exclusivity bribes from Epic Gunk Shit or whoever anymore, then maybe your "indie" video games can just fuck right off and die.

C'mon, modern video game industry crash. C'mooooooooon, modern video game industry crash. (And may you take the modern vidya gaem jurnlizm industry with you when you go, too.)