The current industry has survived tons of buggy and terrible games, but what will be the high profile bomb that does an ET and destroys the reputation of the entire industry?
Starfield is insanely hyped, if that bombs, it could have big repercussions.
Other than that, we could have the industry stagnate down to just first-party publishers, considering how Activision has become yet another part of Microsoft.
Maybe it's not possible to have another video game crash, maybe the industry is too established for that to happen again. It's an interesting discussion.
Unless I missed something I don't see how EA losing their license due to FIFA realizing how bad of a business deal it was, or Epic Games failing to increase their profit margins - both in terms of battle royale phase fading away and the Apple lawsuit - denotes a market crash.
Gacha and mobile gaming hasn't blinked an eye. They have infighting due to market saturation / time conflict, which is inherent in the F2P psychological model of grinding but that's nothing new. Attention may shift from game to game, but the overall base remains strong.
I imagine the same applies to console gaming. EA losing its license only means other publisher(s) pick up where they left, and sports fags continue to whale out.
I legit find AAA games super boring. I much prefer 2D aesthetics or smaller titles, but I'm also generally speaking a single player RPG fag. Much easier to avoid rot when not having to deal with multiplayer.