Every industry has down cycles, but for several companies in the videogame space, 2012 can’t end soon enough.

While the year is likely to finish stronger than it started, with the launch of Nintendo’s Wii U console and the return of popular franchises like “Halo 4” and “Call of Duty Black Ops 2,” pretty much everything that could go wrong in the first half of the year has.

Read more at CNBC.com