The North American home-video-game market contracted by roughly 97% during the 1983 crash, falling from about $3.2 billion to about $100 million by 1985.

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"The North American home-video-game market contracted by roughly 97% during the 1983 crash, falling from about $3.2 billion to about $100 million by 1985."

The scale of the North American home-console collapse helps explain why surviving firms reconsidered product positioning and distribution after the crash.

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Source title From the Atari Shock to a Modern Crisis: Analyzing Mass Layoffs in the Post-Pandemic U.S. Video Game Industry

Source authors Jiesi Ma

Source year 2025

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