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History is NOT repeating itself

Drift0r

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The gaming industry is crashing in 2026 because Hardware prices are driving up both game development costs and accessibility. Economic factors now are very different than they were during the 1983 video game Crash but the 2026 crash is going to be even more transformative. I expect we're going to see an increase in Mobile gaming and game streaming technology like Nvidia shield and Microsoft Xbox game pass.

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20 Comments

@anything4lroy 1 day ago

im so excited that when oracle goes under they will have a quarter million half-cooked server shelves. MAAAAHHH WE ARE SAVED!

@SnubLife59 11 hours ago

Hold on to what you got. Do not sell. You may not be able to get it back.

@ReboyGTR 1 day ago

History is NOT repeating itself but it does rhyme.

@djelirox5999 1 day ago

The snes came out in the early 90. You are talking about the nes

@MarceloCostaPlaxsin 1 day ago

Just happy to see you well, Drift0r!

@jimbolee1239 1 day ago

How is your health doing brother.

@gatlin1320 1 day ago

Let’s not pretend it costs a billion dollars to develop a game nowadays. Companies CHOOSE to spend that much developing games. There’s a difference. Indie games that pop off often have a budget of $12, a piece of lint, a shoe string, and a paper clip.

@PowerJae 1 day ago

Your voice sounds better hope things are improving for you.

@ConnorSeals 1 day ago

It’s only expensive if you want to play the current games or lots of online. A jailbroken switch, Wii or ps3 has never been cheaper

@FallenFox11 1 day ago

4:30 he's talking about the NES not the super Nintendo that came in the 90

@Camelotsmoon 23 hours ago

20:57 I disagree. A more accurate statement would be "It's as if you had a gold mine and your gold mine ran out of gold, but you still had an army of machines and heavy digging equipment. Just start a digging business".

@Purplepentapus_ 1 day ago

Was the video supposed to just cut off like that?

@gameon_ct 1 day ago

This is why I play pen and paper RPGs.

@Aries73 7 hours ago (edited)

Correction: 1983 saw the Atari 2600, Mattel Intellivision, and ColecoVision as the hardware competitors. SNES launched in 1991.

@gates69 1 day ago

I was around back in the day of the Atari 2600 and arcades and it was a glorious time to be a gamer.

@ifsnowdrop 1 day ago

i thought the whole point of body cam was that it used post processing effects and the different perspective to "appear" more realistic while actually being easier to run, its actually demanding?

@chibey-pq 1 day ago

missed this commentaries!! hope youve been doing well and have been healthy!

@grospoulpe951 20 hours ago (edited)

Ah, MSX/NES/SEGA/C64/CPC6128 and then Amiga 500 & Atari ST 512 (plus Acorn Archimedes / Amiga 1000) : nice decade (mid 80' till mid 90')
And also, The NeXT Cube 😋😋😋

@brodieGT 1 day ago

SNES came out in 1990. My guess is you meant NES which came out in 83 in Japan, 85 in USA

@grospoulpe951 19 hours ago

About Nintendo games (NES, SNES) : games on 2600 and such, most of them were not very good (to says the least). When you bought a NES game, it passes some NINTENDO qualification; if you search that, using image searching, you'll find their logo with this : Official Nintendo Seal of Quality.
And after Atari 2600 crash, then, Nintendo revived the gaming industry with the NES (aka consoles industry), then Commodore and Amstrad.