Even in the face of the current economical crunch, many analysts considered the video game industry to be untouchable. However, the recent woes of several big name publishers like Sony and Square-Enix (whose shares were revealed to be at a six-year low last week) as well as the closure of several talented development studios seem to indicate otherwise, to say nothing of recent outlets within the videogame journalism field getting the axe as well.

Still, however bleak the situation may be, the videogame industry has outlasted dire economic forecasts before, only to emerge even stronger on the other end. However, while the video game industry is quite resilient on the whole, what is the ultimate cost and what implications does it have?

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