Chaza ukuphahlazeka kwemidlalo yama-video ngo-1983 ngemisho emibili.
Context:Ukuwa komkhakha wemidlalo yama-video ngo-1983 (okwaziwa ngokuthi i-Atari shock eJapan) kwakuwukuwohloka okukhulu komkhakha wemidlalo yama-video okwenzeka kusukela ngo-1983 kuya ku-1985, ikakhulukazi e-United States. Ukuwa kwabangelwa izinto eziningana, kuhlanganise nokugcwala kwemakethe ngenani lamakhonsoli emidlalo yama-video nemidlalo etholakalayo, eminingi yayo eyayingeyinhle, kanye nesithakazelo esinciphayo emidlalweni yamakhonsoli esivuna amakhompyutha womuntu siqu. Imali engenayo evela emidlalweni yama-video yasekhaya yafinyelela cishe ku-$3.2 billion ngo-1983, yabe seyehla yaya cishe ku-$100 million ngo-1985 (ukwehla cishe kwamaphesenti angu-97). Ukuphahlazeka kwaqeda ngokuzumayo lokho okubhekwa njengesizukulwane sesibili semidlalo yama-video eNyakatho Melika. Ngokwezinga elincane, imakethe yemidlalo yama-video ye-arcade nayo yehla njengoba inkathi yegolide yemidlalo yama-video ye-arcade yaphela.  Le nhlekelele eyathatha iminyaka engaba mibili, yashayisa imboni yemidlalo yama-video eyayikhula ngokushesha futhi yabangela ukuba izinkampani eziningana ezikhiqiza ama-computer asekhaya nama-video game console zibhidlike. Abahlaziyi bangaleso sikhathi baveza ukungabaza ngokuphila kwesikhathi eside kwama-video game consoles nesofthiwe.  Imboni ye-video game console yaseNyakatho Melika yathola kabusha eminyakeni embalwa kamuva, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yempumelelo ebanzi ye-Nintendo's Western branding ye-Famicom console yayo, i-Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), ekhishwe ngo-1985. I-NES yayiklanyelwe ukugwema amaphutha abangela ukuphahlazeka kwe-1983 kanye nokucwaswa okuhlobene nemidlalo yevidiyo ngaleso sikhathi.
Imali engenayo yemidlalo yama-video yasekhaya eNyakatho Melika yehla isuka ku-$3.2 billion ngo-1983 yaya cishe ku-$100 million ngo-1985. Lokhu kwehla <unk> okwenzeka ngaphambi kokuphumelela kweNintendo Entertainment System <unk> kubizwa ngokuthi ukuphahlazeka kwemidlalo yevidiyo ka-1983.