If you mean Konami and SE, then the answer is never. I am not as sad as the others users, I see this as a big opportunity. Most third party developers will never be the same after this generation. A lot will fall (Take2, EA), some will rise (Activision, Ubisoft), others may lose marketshare (Capcom, SE, Konami). Despite all that, I can only think about who will rise to become the next Capcom (the next EA seems to be Activision or Ubisoft).
The small guys are doing fine. Suda 51 is working on more projects than ever, HVS may leave the shovelware market if The Conduit sells well, Marvelous is publishing several new titles, the developers of Lost Wind and Strong Bad are very pleased with Wiiware sales. My point is that some small developers will rise and fill the gap left by Capcom, Konami, SE.
Satan said:
"You are for ever angry, all you care about is intelligence, but I repeat again that I would give away all this superstellar life, all the ranks and honours, simply to be transformed into the soul of a merchant's wife weighing eighteen stone and set candles at God's shrine."
