Longer-term successes do occur(Minecraft, the Sims, League of Legends are some of the biggest ones from the past decade or so) but the industry tends to quietly

Longer-term successes do occur(Minecraft, the Sims, League of Legends are some of the biggest ones from the past decade or so) but the industry tends to quietly ignore them because they don't fit well into established models and formulas. The "blockbuster hit" model itself is a legacy of games being intertwined with the early-adopter consumer tech business, and has lately been challenged by an array of slower-growth stories that are essentially community-oriented service businesses.