:-( Today I am digging into a question that has come up ever since I

began playing shoot em' ups (shmups) as to how CAVE went from the "most

prolific" shooter developer of all time (according to Guinness World

Records) to a studio that hasn't made a new arcade game in the past

decade. It's going to be a very long, depressing, and interesting

journey and today I am doing my best to sort through all the public

information I can come across. Most of the data is from financial

reports that CAVE make to their shareholders, but I also dug through

VGcharts to see the sales data of the Xbox 360 era releases (a high

point in most bullet hell players minds). ONE IMPORTANT NOTE is that I

do not claim that the information we review in this analysis is 100%

accurate. @boghogstg and I did our best to sort through and analyze all

the scattered information we could, but these reports are very difficult

to interpret and then there could be all these crazy unknown factors

that we aren't even aware of. However, I did do the best I could to

cross verify the information we came to with stock value data and so

forth. So if you watch this video and have more accurate information,

please post in the comments and I'm going to make a pinned comments that

compiles all updated info.

For those new to CAVE, their famous games include: Dodonpachi, Guwange,

Ketsui, Deathsmiles, Mushihimesama, Futari, Esp. Ra. De., Espgaluda,

Dangun Feveron, Progear, Akai Katana, SaiDaiOujou, DaiOuJou, Dodonpachi

Ressurection, and many more! Same CAVE didn't follow a touhou model, but

that's the topic of another video.

Link to raw data: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BPKoII4JKHGMlpAPkDHInKEsEbxZWot1