Video game crash of 1983

   The gaming industry is doing wonders today. Every year a huge number of hits are released, and cult games such as TES Skyrim, Warcraft 3, Fallout, Gothic, and many others. But few people know that the gaming industry, like these games, might not exist. Back in 1983, the gaming industry was about to die (At least in the USA) ... and it was due to the "Video game crash of 1983"

There were a lot of reasons for this, and these reasons must be analyzed.

The first glut of the game console market. In 1980, the Atari VCS became the most popular second-generation console. Following the success of Atari, a huge number of new manufacturers poured into the market.

Another reason is the quality of the games being released. By 1982, the number of developers was growing rapidly. It would be nice if they weren't so inexperienced. The result was thousands of junk games that undermined the credibility of the gaming industry.

And the third reason I would like to highlight is the game based on the E.T. Imagine the worst game that could have come out in 1982 ... if you imagine a game with terrible gameplay, storyline, and graphics (even by the standards of the time) then you probably guessed it. This game was the beginning of the crisis in the gaming industry. 3.5 million cartridges were returned to Atari. People simply stopped buying games, and profits were falling at an astronomical rate.

To summarize, the main reason for the crisis was the low quality of games, coupled with their number. But the gaming industry got out of that hole. The gaming industry in the United States was rescued by super Nintendo and its NES console, which restored people's confidence in the gaming industry.