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.
The problem isn't just what Tim wants, but what the CCP wants. The CCP own 40% of Epic. While that isn't a majority of the company, Tim is just one man. That means the CCP only needs to bully, coerce, bribe or otherwise exert influence over just one man to completely control the company.