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Another cultural what if for you. Here's the question: if the 1983 Great Videogame Crash had been avoided, what would the gaming industry look like today? In simplistic terms, it would mean that American producers would either remain dominant or at least successfully competed against Japanese ones. I'd be interested in more specific ideas from people who know more about the matter than me, but I can think of two knock-on effects -

1) Japanese cultural output is considerably reduced compared to OTL and America's is, insanely, even larger;

2) A lot of the 'weirdness' that we associate with Japan seems to be more a quality of early videogames and consoles (at least that's my observation) so in TTL Japanese culture might have a lesser reputation for oddity.

Thoughts?
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