On the contrary, consumption and energy use went up, not to mention waste. That video game needs 600-700 watts per client and most of it is created very inefficiently, using fossil fuels.
People still drive up and down too, and there are more people.
I don't even know what are you talking about, most teenagers didn't own a car in the 80's. In fact there are more cars now than there were back then, more people too. I don't see how the video game industry helped the environment, on the contrary it had a measurable negative impact on it thanks to the energy consumption and the waste.
The only thing video games have going for them is that they don't get you laid.
People still drive up and down too, and there are more people.
> the economy of 2200
The planet will be barely habitable, if at all.