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casm Cinematronics > * Reged: 08/27/07 Posts: 668 Send PM Re: Yeah, that's not true..... 10/13/14 12:22 AM Reply > Yeah, the '83 crash was strictly console-only. Arcades were unaffected. While I agree with you regarding consoles, '83 and '84 were a crash for the arcade industry but in a different way: it was the start of a steady decline in arcade gaming (marked initially by a rapid drop-off in revenues) and the first rounds of arcade closures began to happen in those two years. We all know that there were a lot of reasons for this, but I'm looking more or less strictly at the financial indicators behind it; the reference that I'm drawing on for this does a fairly good job of putting those numbers out there. That said, there are some good points raised in the comments re: operators defaulting on payments to distributors for games as interest in them dropped off, and the knock-on effects that had on the rest of the industry. > On computers, > EA launched during the crash itself and did fine (they stayed out of consoles until > 16-bit), and Sierra's golden age started during the crash with the release of the > first King's Quest. True, but by the same token, I'd argue that the companies that survive to this day from that era largely managed to do so on the strength of how well they adapted to the PlayStation era. I'm not saying that that particular console made or broke them, but rather that the decade or so between the '83/'84 crash and (roughly) the launch of the PlayStation was also a weeding-out period for software houses due largely to the massive change in console capabilities and shifts in the home computer market over that time - and those changes also had a major long-term impact on the arcade industry, since that particular gaming experience could now be replicated or surpassed in the home.

Entire thread Subject Posted by Posted on End of arcade development ? Sonic 10/05/14 06:29 PM Re: End of arcade development ? xBEMANIxGIRLx  10/22/14 04:39 PM Re: End of arcade development ? Nightvoice  10/21/14 07:08 AM For what it's worth...... sirscotty  10/08/14 01:59 PM Re: End of arcade development ? Moose  10/06/14 04:30 AM Re: End of arcade development ? sirscotty  10/05/14 08:57 PM Re: End of arcade development ? Big Karnak  10/06/14 06:14 AM Yeah, that's not true..... Traso  10/06/14 10:18 PM Re: Yeah, that's not true..... R. Belmont  10/07/14 05:08 PM Re: Yeah, that's not true..... DMala  10/09/14 05:27 AM Re: Yeah, that's not true..... R. Belmont  10/12/14 09:11 AM Re: Yeah, that's not true..... casm  10/13/14 12:22 AM Re: Yeah, that's not true..... Vas Crabb  10/13/14 05:28 AM Re: Yeah, that's not true..... casm  10/13/14 08:45 PM Re: Yeah, that's not true..... Vas Crabb  10/14/14 01:56 AM Re: Yeah, that's not true..... R. Belmont  10/14/14 10:04 PM Re: Yeah, that's not true..... Outrun2006  10/15/14 02:49 AM Re: Yeah, that's not true..... casm  10/14/14 06:40 PM Re: Yeah, that's not true..... Anonymous  10/18/14 10:55 PM Re: Yeah, that's not true..... R. Belmont  10/22/14 05:30 PM Re: Yeah, that's not true..... Anonymous  10/23/14 07:08 AM Re: Yeah, that's not true..... Traso  10/24/14 02:23 AM Re: Yeah, that's not true..... Big Karnak  10/24/14 05:53 AM Re: Yeah, that's not true..... Outrun2006  10/23/14 02:50 AM Re: Yeah, that's not true..... casm  10/19/14 02:51 AM Re: Yeah, that's not true..... jonwil  10/09/14 05:34 AM Re: Yeah, that's not true..... DomingosDeMame  10/09/14 06:52 AM Re: Yeah, that's not true..... Heihachi_73  10/12/14 11:04 PM Re: Yeah, that's not true..... Traso  10/14/14 03:52 AM Re: Yeah, that's not true..... Heihachi_73  10/14/14 07:02 AM Re: Yeah, that's not true..... gregf  10/07/14 06:14 PM Re: Yeah, that's not true..... Traso  10/07/14 07:32 PM Re: Yeah, that's not true..... Anonymous  10/09/14 09:03 AM Re: Yeah, that's not true..... Traso  10/11/14 07:03 AM Re: Yeah, that's not true..... Anonymous  10/12/14 08:32 PM Re: Yeah, that's not true..... Outrun2006  10/11/14 10:19 AM Re: Yeah, that's not true..... Smitdogg  10/11/14 08:10 PM Re: End of arcade development ? Comboman  10/05/14 08:22 PM Re: End of arcade development ? lharms  10/05/14 07:13 PM Re: End of arcade development ? jonwil  10/07/14 12:04 PM Re: End of arcade development ? Big Karnak  10/07/14 01:49 PM Re: End of arcade development ? Smitdogg  10/11/14 08:14 PM Re: End of arcade development ? Big Karnak  10/12/14 04:53 AM Re: End of arcade development ? Smitdogg  10/19/14 04:00 AM Re: End of arcade development ? RATMNL  10/12/14 01:35 PM Re: End of arcade development ? Big Karnak  10/12/14 02:09 PM Re: End of arcade development ? CTOJAH  10/12/14 02:13 PM Re: End of arcade development ? Traso  10/14/14 04:03 AM Re: End of arcade development ? Big Karnak  10/13/14 04:06 AM Re: End of arcade development ? CTOJAH  10/13/14 05:50 PM Re: End of arcade development ? Heihachi_73  10/19/14 08:14 AM Re: End of arcade development ? Traso  10/21/14 01:07 AM Re: End of arcade development ? Big Karnak  10/21/14 05:31 AM Re: End of arcade development ? B2K24  10/21/14 06:13 AM Re: End of arcade development ? Big Karnak  10/23/14 06:41 AM Re: End of arcade development ? jonwil  10/21/14 04:46 AM Re: End of arcade development ? Bad A Billy  10/13/14 05:42 AM Re: End of arcade development ? Firehawke  10/14/14 10:47 AM Re: End of arcade development ? RATMNL  10/12/14 06:06 PM Re: End of arcade development ? Traso  10/07/14 07:20 PM

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