Are we becoming a data or information driven economy?

Is the internet, game industry and IT industry becoming a data/information driven economy?

Advertisement, F2P, Facebook, Google are all trends towards data/information being the most valuable thing a company gathers and sells.

Unity is adding Advertising and Data gathering services built into the engine.

So is the game industry turning from a financial sales driven economy to a data/information driven economy?

What do companies like Google and Facebook sell, are games companies going the same way?

No.

Maybe.

Yes.

Well…

Depends.