Subcultural apocalypse

Some event that reveals a lot (sex scandals) or ruins a subculture (people stop buying the system or venue).
Indiepocalypse
The hot topic for independent developers these days is the so-called “indiepocalypse”.  It’s the notion that indies are going to have an increasingly difficult time making a living now that mobile and Steam are both “flooded” with games.  Indiepocalypse posts tend to focus on 5 key ideas:
# There is too much competition, especially now that so many games launch on Steam each week.
# Various charts are showing bad things, such as revenue per game declining.
# The App Store is a wasteland.  Steam will now become a wasteland.
# A few high profile indie games have had weaker-than-expected launches lately.  Surely this means that the apocalypse is upon us?
# Triple-I independent games are going to force indie budgets to rise inexorably, mirroring what happened with AAA.https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/RyanClark/20150908/253087/The_5_Myths_of_the_Indiepocalypse.php "by Ryan Clark on 09/08/15 01:36:00 pm"
== Rhizomata ==
Subculture; Culture; Apocalypse