Analysis ID: 2026-03-26-mobile-gaming-marketplace-growth-impact
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Created | 2026-03-26 11:50 EDT |
| Last Updated | 2026-03-26 |
| Mode | Adaptive |
| Status | COMPLETE |
| Iteration | 3 |
Original Statement: Analyze the impact of mobile gaming on the growth of the gaming marketplace.
Reframed Statement: What role has mobile gaming played in shaping the size, composition, demographics, and competitive dynamics of the global gaming marketplace — and what are the competing interpretations of that impact?
| Order | Technique | Status | Artifact | Iter | Dispatch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Key Assumptions Check | COMPLETE | working/assumptions.md | 3 | tier-1 |
| 2 | ACH | COMPLETE | working/ach-matrix.md | 3 | tier-2 |
| 3 | What-If | COMPLETE | working/what-if.md | 3 | tier-3 |
| 4 | Contrasting Narratives | COMPLETE | working/narratives.md | 1 | tier-3 |
| 5 | Counterfactual | COMPLETE | working/counterfactual.md | 1 | tier-3 |
| 6 | Premortem | COMPLETE | working/premortem.md | 3 | tier-4 |
| Setting | Value |
|---|---|
| OSINT Enabled | YES |
| Firecrawl Available | YES |
| Sources Checked | PENDING |
| Evidence Items | PENDING |
| Themes (Core/Adaptive) | PENDING |
| # | Theme | Type | Sources Found |
|---|---|---|---|
| PENDING |
None yet.
- [HIGH] Engagement metrics may have compositional bias -- declining retention could reflect market cleaning (3a)
- [HIGH] Compound system dampening forces underweighted -- AI-UA, DMA fees, web stores (3a)
- [HIGH] Creative destruction alternative upgraded to viable thesis but not fully tested (3d)
- [HIGH] Confirmation bias in v3 evidence collection -- all 7 new items confirmed fragility (3g)
- [MEDIUM] Evidence imbalance reversed (~1:1.3 favoring structural concerns); 18/18 new items challenged conventional line (3b)
- [MEDIUM] Missing perspective -- emerging market developers (3e)
- [MEDIUM] Missing perspective -- regulatory enforcement intent (3e)
- [MEDIUM] Missing perspective -- adaptation/innovation evidence (3e)
- [MEDIUM] Anchoring -- monotonically decreasing confidence across 3 iterations (3g)
- [MEDIUM] Authority bias on academic studies E36, E37 -- pre-date stagnation (3g)
- [MEDIUM] Geographic bias in engagement evidence -- disproportionately Western (3g)
- [RESOLVED -- Iter 3] Revenue-as-proxy operationalized via parallel non-revenue assessment (3a)
- [RESOLVED -- Iter 3] Compound ATT + DMA + whale erosion modeled as integrated system (3a)
- [RESOLVED -- Iter 3] Structural fragility directly tested and upgraded to viable alternative thesis (3d)
| Criterion | Score | Weight | Weighted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evidence discrimination | 4/5 | 0.30 | 1.20 |
| Hypothesis separation | 4/5 | 0.25 | 1.00 |
| Assumption coverage | 3/5 | 0.20 | 0.60 |
| Cross-technique convergence | 3/5 | 0.15 | 0.45 |
| Deception resilience | 3/5 | 0.10 | 0.30 |
| Weighted Total | 3.55/5.0 |
Gate: ADVISORY
Note (Iter 3): Evidence discrimination maintained at 4 -- ACH v3 dual-matrix approach provides strong discrimination between hypotheses. Hypothesis separation maintained at 4 -- combined H1 (9 inconsistencies) vs H4 (3) provides clear separation but composite requirement reduces effective separation. Assumption coverage unchanged at 3 -- three linchpins now Unsupported (5, 6, 7) with no resolution path. Cross-technique convergence downgraded from 4 to 3 -- techniques converge on historical finding but diverge sharply on forward-looking interpretation (collapse vs creative destruction). Deception resilience unchanged at 3 -- no systematic deception analysis technique run.
Note (Iter 2): Cross-technique convergence downgraded from 5 to 4 because v2 techniques now show sharper divergence on current trajectory (historical agreement remains strong but forward-looking disagreement between KAC/Premortem and ACH is pronounced). Assumption coverage unchanged at 3 -- two linchpins now Unsupported (5, 6) with no resolution path from available evidence.
None yet.
| Iter | Date | Trigger | Scope | New Evidence | Key Changes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-03-26 | Initial analysis | Full | 44 items | Baseline assessment; H1 most plausible; Moderate confidence |
| 2 | 2026-03-26 | Auto-remediation (Layer 2) | Scoped: kac, what-if, premortem | 11 items | Addressed 3 HIGH flags: revenue-as-proxy, structural fragility, UA ecosystem gap |
| 3 | 2026-03-26 | User-requested iteration | Scoped: kac, ach, what-if, premortem | 7 items | Addressed 3 HIGH flags: revenue-as-proxy operationalization, compound interaction modeling, structural fragility testing. ACH rankings inverted. Confidence: Low. |
| Technique | Dispatch | Start | End | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evidence Collection | subagent | - | - | - |
| Key Assumptions Check | tier-1 | - | - | - |
| ACH | tier-2 | - | - | - |
| What-If | tier-3 | - | - | - |
| Contrasting Narratives | tier-3 | - | - | - |
| Counterfactual | tier-3 | - | - | - |
| Premortem | tier-4 | - | - | - |
| Report Generation | subagent | - | - | - |
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Total Analysis Duration | - |
| Evidence Collection | - |
| Technique Execution | - |
| Report Generation | - |
| File | Description |
|---|---|
report.md |
Final structured report |
monitoring-plan.md |
Indicators and signposts |
evidence-registry.md |
Source catalog |
meta.md |
This file |
working/assumptions.md |
Key Assumptions Check artifact |
working/ach-matrix.md |
Analysis of Competing Hypotheses artifact |
working/what-if.md |
What-If Analysis artifact |
working/narratives.md |
Contrasting Narratives artifact |
working/counterfactual.md |
Counterfactual Reasoning artifact |
working/premortem.md |
Premortem artifact |
monitoring-plan.md |
Indicators and signposts |
next-steps.md |
Iteration suggestions ledger |
working/review-summary.md |
Review summary for human review gate |
Generated by Structured Analysis Skill | 2026-03-26