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[The_Observer]

Aren't we officially in the second video game crash already? When will we call it that? What does still need to happen to earn the title?

I'm not trolling, serious questions.

 

[U n i o n 0015]

Probably when revenues YoY drop.

 

[Artistic]

If Microsoft bows out on Xbox.

 

[T4keD0wN]

Arent all these companies reporting record profits?

 

[bender]

Aren't we officially in the second video game crash already?

 

[KenaiPhoenix]

Whe Halo studios closes then we can call it win... I mean, crash

 

[touchfuzzy]

Profits need to crash. Right now overall profits are just up, up ,up.

 

[Deerock71]

Probably when revenues YoY drop.

That'll be this month. This is when Switch 2 sales start charting.

 

[The_Observer]

Arent all these companies reporting record profits?

I guess so, but how long can they keep it with these news and happenings? Isn't this the start?

 

[GriffinCorp]

When the big 3 don't meet consoles sell targets each year for at at least two years. I think that would be a good Indicator of a crash.

 

[Fbh]

When gaming stops making insane amounts of money ?.

 

[begotten]

Seriously do people actually know what the crash of the 80s was or do they just like to throw that buzzword around because they read the internet crying all day and think noise = crash.

 

[Fahdis]

When I touch your mom.

 

[ReBurn]

When it crashes.

 

[nikos]

The only thing crashing is the people on this forum.

 

[Jesb]

When people grow a pair and stop buying games.

 

[The_Observer]

Okay, I guess we are not there yet but we are already on the road there.

 

[Sephimoth]

When Sony stops making discs

 

[I Love Rock 'n' Roll]

Not yet, bro. Let them get even worse, and they will. The next generations, with all their restrictions, are going to destroy them.

 

[nush]

Seriously do people actually know what the crash of the 80s was or just like to throw that buzzword around because they read internet crying all day and think noise = crash.

Seriously, I remember people saying there would be a crash back in the PS1 days. It's a buzzword for sure.

 

[Nocty]

If MS is laying off 3,200 staff it's just the beginning, it's about to get messy.

 

[dano1]

PlayStation (G&NS) segment over recent years:

• FY2026 (ended March 31, 2026): Operating income was ¥463.3 billion (approx. $3.1 billion). Despite a slowdown in console hardware, this was a record-breaking profit driven by the platform's recurring network services.
• FY2025 (ended March 31, 2025): Operating income was ¥290.2 billion (approx. $1.9 billion).
• FY2024 (ended March 31, 2024): Operating income was ¥253.2 billion (approx. $1.8 billion).
• FY2023 (ended March 31, 2023): Operating income was ¥250.0 billion (approx. $1.8 billion).

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[Hudo]

When Sony buries millions of unsold copies of Intergalactic in the Nevada desert or something.

 

[DarkShadowXI]

When most retailers refuse to carry gaming consoles because nobody is buying them.

 

[The_Observer]

When Sony buries millions of unsold copies of Intergalactic in the Nevada desert or something.

When I think about the Naughty Dog until 2020 that paints a sad picture, but on the other hand…

 

[R6Rider]

Video games can't "crash". There's too many options to play and too many systems in play.

It's impossible unless the internet itself gets shut down.

 

[ahtlas7]

I'm sure one of the investment advisors will let us know.

 

[PauloRoberto]

We are far from a video game crash (is this good or bad? ill leave it up to you).

 

[Varteras]

When it's a bandicoot....

Eh? Ehhhhhh??

 

[StueyDuck]

It hasnt crashed yet, but its trending that way.

I think people are wrongly expecting it to be similar to the first crash but it wont, its more going to crash like how the mobile gaming market crashed. As in it still technically exists but its mostly just scams and gambling and no one is actually making anything of value

 

[Revolutionary]

The only thing crashing is the people on this forum.

 

[GymWolf]

When it's not a spyro or a mario?

 

[undeadhero]

Nowhere near yet

 

[StoopKidz]

When they start burying copies of Gollum

 

[andreacusi]

When another remaster of this game happens

 

[Markio128]

I think if you read about what caused the last video-game crash then you'll realise that it won't happen this gen.

 

[Sethbacca]

 

[Arsic]

A crash isn't a bunch of decisions you don't like or games not being to your tastes.

So long as people consume and dollars go up, it isn't a crash.

Do you remotely understand how the housing market crash worked in 2008ish? You're looking for that.

 

[AJUMP23]

I don't know if this was meant to be positive. but I take it as a positive.

 

[Sintoid]

When you'll see PC prices next year

 

[coffinbirth]

When games stop making money.

 

[The_Observer]

It hasnt crashed yet, but its trending that way.

I think people are wrongly expecting it to be similar to the first crash but it wont, its more going to crash like how the mobile gaming market crashed. As in it still technically exists but its mostly just scams and gambling and no one is actually making anything of value

This is the post I agree with the most.

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

I don't know man looking at these balance sheets the industry seems to be crashing... pretty high

 

[Zacfoldor]

Would you say, the bubble has popped?

 

[Shifty1897]

It's not a crash unless you and everyone else stop buying games and gaming consoles.

Until then, it's just called big tech companies making us bitches.

 

[Loomy]

Aren't we officially in the second video game crash already? When will we call it that? What does still need to happen to earn the title?

I'm not trolling, serious questions.

Do you think Microsoft would be in this bad a shape if they hadn't gotten greedy trying to gobble up publishers & studios in 2021-2023?

EA is doing fine, Take-Two is doing fine, Playstation is doing fine, Tencent, Nintendo, Valve, Konami, Capcom, Square Enix(relatively) are all doing fine

Microsoft went spend crazy and are now paying for it. Embracer wet spend crazy and are now paying for it. Sony went spend crazy with Bungie and are trying to stop that bleeding now.

Let's not use the repercussion from a few stupid decisions as evidence of an industry wide problem.

Yes, the industry has issues, but it's not as bad as you think it is. Not yet.

 

[Holammer]

It's not a crash, it's natural selection in action.

 

[delishcaek]

Aren't we officially in the second video game crash already? When will we call it that? What does still need to happen to earn the title?

I'm not trolling, serious questions.

There are still like 30-40m consoles and 500m+ games (Nintendo and Sony alone are doing 480m already) sold per year. Record profits, revenue going up and up yoy

We will see how this year goes, but revenue needs to drop by at least 25% across PC and consoles for it to be called a light crash. Remember, back in the 80s, revenue dropped from 40b to 15b in the span of two years... general interest in video games pretty much vanished. However interest in video games right now is as high as it's ever been and again, numbers are going up and up.

 

[Dr Bass]

When people actually stop spending money, not when a failure's bad choices are finally catching up with them.

 

[Mownoc]

You can't call it a crash while the revenue of the gaming industry continues to increase.