>A group of military trained criminals try pull a "bank heist" on Rockstar North HQ(steal dev project info and later re-sell it on black market) which leads to a hostage crisis, they all end up being killed with no civilians/workers harmed. If the perpetrators turn out to be mostly white then you'll have endless bitching about how gamers are toxic and its gamergate/trump's fault from the journos. If the perpetrators turn out to be mostly non-white, "thoughts and prayers" from journos but boomer politicians start making Jack Thompson tier arguments on why violent video games need to banned/censored and regulated. It becomes a massive cultural war issue online and GTA 6 gets delayed to 2026.
>MGS Delta sells like hotcakes, which gives Konami to greenlight MGS1, MGS2, and MGS4 remakes
>Death Stranding 2 is a surprising flop in terms of sales, so no DS3
>Some indie dev(betting its a troon)pulls a "Jussie Smollett" and blames it on "gamergate/gamers"
>F2P MMORPG's become flooded with advanced AI
>Ubisoft finalizes their sale to Tencent but its blocked due to geopolitical reasons, so the Saudis(SNK) buy them instead
>The Witcher 4 gets cancelled due to budget constraints and is later turned into a digital comic
>There will be a another American lawsuit regarding copyright and emulation preservation which would argue that older video game titles that are out of print can be used as a archive for recreational purposes like literature, film, and audio. Expect a massive astroturfing campaign from journos, fanboys, re-sell merchants, and video game companies on how "emulation hurts the industry" if the lawsuit is taken to all way to the Supreme Court