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.
Eh, Epic knows that their almost-monopoly on the licensed game engine market is relatively delicate. If their terms become oppressive, alternatives will quickly rise up. As is, they make insane money because no one is motivated to compete. UE is just too good and cheap.