richardhutnik on 17 April 2009
| Dgc1808 said: Same goes for Atari when Nintendo came along.... Thing is Nintendo swept them away in on gen... MS didn't hit it right the first time but they're doing an impressive job this time around. |
Historically, NO company tends to stay on top forever. A challenger will come along, with a better combination and steal the thunder. Often a company will remain married to last generation way too long, and suffer. Sony has done better than normal though.
In regards to Nintendo coming along, the videogame business was in a shambles, the remains of the Crash of the early 1980s. Too much junk got produced and people got bored. Nintendo came up with a model that worked. Atari was just making the 2600 but that was it.
So, each time someone goes "Blah Blah Blah, ______ rocks!", all I have to do is remember the past. Nintendo is now back on top, after having Sega deal them a tough blow, and then Sony taking the lunch.
