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How much of the NES's success was attributed to good timing, being released after the video game crash of 1983? Was it a sudden lack of competition that helped? Obviously the NES was a quality console the likes of which we hadn't seen before. I'm just glad Nintendo came with the NES when they did, rising out of the ashes of fallen gaming companies to save gaming.