Crash of 1983: Roll Credits

This video analysed the main reasons for  the video game crash of 1983. One of the reasons leading to the crash not discussed in class that caught my attention was the rise of 3rd party developers. Before the rise of 3rd party developers all games were made by within the company developers. This means Atari made all Atari games. They sold their consoles for cheap hoping to profit on the software sales. With the rise of 3rd parties companys like Activision, consumers would buy games engineered for the Atari console by Activision, but Atari would not be able to profit on those software sales. The US judicial system affirmed 3rd parties right to exist and Atari sales declined. To make matters worse, Atari’s best programmers left due to low pay and lack of recognition since Atari did not allow credits to show on games. Had the gaming industry not recovered our society would not be as heavily influenced by video games. So as much fun as we have playing video games we should take the time to appreciate the credits at the end of the game instead of turning our system off after beating a game.

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