The 82 collapse happened from over saturation in the market combined with shoddy broken or unplayable releases, the result was a soured market where consumers couldn't trust new releases to be worth the money and investors got spooked big time because big licensed games were flopping hard and investors didn't understand the medium so they couldn't invest wisely, essentially the market devolved to a cash grab and lack of insight into market variables created uncertainty and fear.<br><br>That's starting to sound familiar isn't it?<br><br>Have you noticed how non gaming industry business and stock rags are increasingly publishing articles on games in the last years? They see these companies as the next apple or Microsoft and right now they are being proven wrong.<br><br>Spooked investors means indies are fucked, not all of them but many wont even be able to get capital loans for a new business if the trend continues.<br><br>I think microsoft and nintendo will come out on top because they have some real insight, money in the bank, and can convince spooked stockholders/investors and consumers that they can right the ship but EA is probably going to collapse and either be sold for parts or bought by disney and rebranded. The EA collapse will spook investors and while activision is holding strong they and ubi have plenty of room for mistakes that could cripple them and likely they will make critical mistakes that compound during the stock decline, Sega, bamco and capcom could also be fucked and sony is a wildcard for me.