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Paul Thurrott’s latest Ask Paul column is a wide‑angle look at a familiar set of industry rhythms — nostalgia for old games, practical publishing choices, the slow evolution of operating systems, and a messy, high‑stakes reshuffle at Xbox — and it lands at the precise moment several of those...

Krafton’s pivot toward an “AI‑first” future and Pocketpair’s vow to ban generative AI in its new publishing arm have forced the games industry’s current fault lines into plain view: two very different answers to the same pressure—scale creative output, cut costs, and respond to players’...