i just don't think the industry is capable of "collapsing" not really anyway. it can shrink, and some studies will do better than others, but you literally point to failing stocks of EA as an indicator for all major developers, when the industry as a whole is  actually still growing overall. the falling stocks are because the predicted earnings for EA slipped, as predicted future growth was reduced. they are still on track to grow over all, but their estimated value is based on their ability to earn investors returns on those investments in competition with other developers and other markets entirely. <br><br>the AAA gaming industry will no doubt restructure itself, but the idea that an actual collapse is happening is just foolish...<br><br>the entire stock market is in a sell off, and will be for at least another 3 months, the tech sector isn't doing spectacular over all, but it wasn't actually hit as hard as could have been. point is, a lot of this has literally nothing to do with practices within the gaming industry as its just part of greater market fluctuations.,(reply>), @derick moore a crash and a collapse are two different things, as are the industries in question. vastly different.,(reply>), Crashes happen in large industries all the time. 10 years ago several large resorts crashed and went under and several car companies had to get money from the government not to.