{
  "id": 9635792,
  "title": "Xsolla President’s New Book Reveals How Gaming Companies Can ‘Get Off That Hit-Driven Hamster Wheel’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/xsolla-presidents-new-book-reveals-how-gaming-companies-can-get-off",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-24T21:45:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/gaming/news/gaming-industry-book-ending-hit-driven-model-xsolla-1236874531/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Amid more layoffs and contraction and renewed going-discless discourse, we are facing no shortage of opinions about what strategies will finally rightsize the global-gaming-industry ship. Apart from relying on the highly anticipated release of “Grand Theft Auto VI” to solve for the nearly $350 billion industry’s problems, a new book by Xsolla president Chris Hewish […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}