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If by clean up you mean "the big publishers eat all the small studios for cheap" then I guess so?
Some people have this weird idea that big economic shake up (in this case, "people spending less money on games" is an economic shake up for the game markets) will magically only affect major companies.
Sorry, a recession means mom and pop stores (dev studios for this version) close while the giants keep going because they can operate at a loss for years without going under.
Smaller studios will fold long before ubisoft/ea/whoever is the current focus of ire.
In my fantasy everyone will crash. Small studios, big studios, all publishers. Everyone.
And then studios with creative new ideas will rise from the ashes while big studios making games solely for their investor's income will stay down. It will be a better industry afterwards. With nicer studios and more creative ideas.
... this is unrealistic, I know.