Amazon is good at so many things. Why is it bad at games?

Investors consider the gaming industry unpredictable: building a “hit” game is a mixture of art/magic, a bit like investing in movies.

What's the best theory on why games have such a low cultural footprint despite the incredible economic prowess?

“The condition is extremely rare that a market is simultaneously large and technologically demanding. It is usually the case that the markets that require really powerful computers are very small in size, whether it’s climate simulation or molecular-dynamics drug discovery. The markets are so small, it [sic] can’t afford very large investments. Tha... See more

That’s a lot of buzzwords in one place, and meanwhile games people, like art people, don’t necessarily see any problem in their world that NFTs solve.