That is stellar conjecture and, sorry to sound harsh, complete bullshit. Fanatec is NOT going out of business.
The second best joke of 2014 I have heard.
He didn't say "the company was going out of business", he mearly stated he was fearful that due to Fanatec's current overwhelming warranty claims that they may lose their foothold share of the market.
Fanatec have made some big marketing blunders in my opinion, the 1st was having their products made in China, sure they manufacture at low rates, but the problem I see with that is that Fanatec can't really control the quality, they should of manufactured in Germany, but it would seem profits were the biggest concern, hence using an Asian manufacturer. Which is typical in today's money orientated world.
Another blunder is selling a product that wasn't fully tested in the field, the CSW and the CSS SQ have some major problems, which should of been ironed out before they were released, Fanatec could and would of saved themselves a lot of headaches in warranty claims if they had taken the extra time to make sure the products were at least 98% fault free, but as it stands it's seems to be about 25% of the products are faulty in some way.
When I received my CSW base and Rims the F1 rim was dead out of the box, a brand new rim totally unusable, that is very poor quality control in my opinion, can you imagine if a car maker released a new car with components that didn't work, they would be sued in a moment flat and end up going out of business.
My CSS SQ has an issue that I believe should of been sorted long before release, my Sequential return springs have failed and the shifter no longer resets itself to centre/center, this to me is unacceptable, it seems to be a design flaw and should of been eradicated before release considering the price of the product.
We consumers expect much for our money, especially when the product gets months of hype prior to release and costs a substantial amount of your hard earned income. Fanatec have already lost many prospective customers purely due to their products being faulty and problematic, you just need to read some of the hardware forums to see why, this one is no different.
Fanatec are also losing established customers, the one thing that is hurting them the most is their after sales service, and it's not the staff, it's the amount of claims they are getting from around the globe, they simply cant keep up and the consumer is getting annoyed with waiting so long for a reply or replacement. I have waited 3 to 4 weeks for a reply for info to test my FFB motors, sure it wasn't a high priority for Fanatec, but still to long to wait in my opinion.
These are just my opinions as a Fanatec product owner.
Cheers!