Yeah but there's a red queen problem with games. Better GPUs come out that enable more capabilities mean more work to fully take advantage of them. Those that

Yeah but there's a red queen problem with games. Better GPUs come out that enable more capabilities mean more work to fully take advantage of them. Those that do are more likely to sell a lot of games. Producing a AAA game is about two orders of magnitude more expensive than thirty years ago -- compare Super Mario 3 at $800k with GTA V at $130m.