>>10839706>The 1983 Game Crash was caused in part because there was a lack of alternatives. Atari fucked up that it broke everything that was dependent on Atari.There were several causes of the 1983 Video Game Crash, including the rise of the PC, but one of the biggest causes was loss of consumer confidence due to market oversaturation with low quality product, which was also a factor in the 96 Comic Crash. That was the comparison I was trying to make.
>plenty of alternativesI'm not walking around like pic related, but even the collectors market feels like it is close to breaking point.
Super7 and NECA are having crazy clearance prices, as low as half price or more in some cases, as well as their goods ending up at Ollie's. Even imports are feeling the squeeze. Kaiyodo just posted a 200m¥ loss for the third year in a row. Figma is on the verge of dying because PuPs and Nendos are more profitable.
>But Hasbro deadI agree. Hasbro dead, gutted and sold off in parts. Maybe not two more weeks until two more weeks, but even if their shambling corpse survives, it will look very different in two years than it does today.