One of the major reasons behind the growing popularity of game developers is the social media revolution. (game-designschools.com)
The rise in popularity of games like Dark Souls and indie titles such as 1001 Spikes seems to indicate people love challenging games. (snackbar-games.com)
I think that much of it has to do with the movement in the South African gaming community towards an appreciation of military shooters, and the long standing popularity of games in the Modern Warfare, and now Battlefield series. (egmr.net)