My comments will undoubtedly not make me mr. popular here, but anyway..
You asked for thoughts...
What do you think the problems are with the gaming industry in 2017 and beyond?
As a wargaming/boardgame /real game fanatic -
the biggest problem, I see in the whole of the computer game industry, will be the realization then every gamer is just following the trip of the designers -and any illusion of 'free will' or 'choice' had been programmed into it.
There is none.
It's similar to how TV news is seen as a joke nowadays - an illusion, and alternative news media is reality.
Real games are real. Comp games are illusionary, and stifle imagination.
I wonder how many upvotes my post will get......?