Could the gaming industry ever crash again?

I think the question should be 'could the console industry ever crash again', because this question basically neglects the issue of the PC, a platform which never went under. (Thus by extension Nintendo did not save gaming, only console gaming).

But yeah, the console market could easily crash again. And I'd even say current trends seem to point to the environment which caused a crash last time (ie, lots of competitors, low quality licensed titles, influx of unloyal and disinterested casual markets).

But as a whole? The PC is sort of a safety net. As long as modern society uses computers, someone will decide to put games on them, whether they be professionally developed or indie. Consoles have no such luxury, they don't have uses besides gaming (and even their alternate uses as media players and web browsers are too inefficient).

thank goodness we have Nintendo.:)RedMarzBoy

And Wiifit :D

The only sort of market crash that I could imagine would be if there was only one video game console around because the rest of the companies went bankrupt or dropped out of the business.

The only sort of market crash that I could imagine would be if there was only one video game console around because the rest of the companies went bankrupt or dropped out of the business.

Thompsonwhore

Do I think it could? Of course it could, anything is possible.

Do I think it will? No, well at least not for many many years.