well first of all, lets get one thing straight - we have no idea what would happen if they industry crashed. we may have guesses (educated ones) but when it comes right down to it, its a very unpredictable scenario. the way i see things happening is very different from the way you see things happening.

one thing that i think would be very important is the survival of nintendo. i believe nintendo would hardly be affected by such a crash considering that they are completely self sustainable. would a crash mean that there would be no more gamers? of course not. it would mean that third party juggernauts along with sony and MS wouldnt be able to profit from this industry. i believe nintendo's platform (whatever it would be) could be a starting point for a rebuilding period. i think nintendo would be a crucial piece as to how things would go down following a crash, and it seems to be a piece that you decided not to acknowledge for some reason. im interested to hear what you would have to say about that. im very open minded.

as far as sony goes, yeah it sucks because the only thing keeping them alive right now is gaming, but i strongly believe that things could be better. i could write responses to all your responses about the things i listed, but i dont want to make this post too long. 

sometimes things need to fall apart in order to get better. 

maybe nobody does. 

but i know sony sure as hell doesnt. the reason it is being bought in droves is because of the hive mind mentality of consumers, not because sony is aggressively putting out top of the line software. 

maybe nobody does. 

but i know sony sure as hell doesnt. the reason it is being bought in droves is because of the hive mind mentality of consumers, not because sony is aggressively putting out top of the line software.