Nintendo: Too Big to Fail?

[kain_kusanagi]

Player2 said:

kain_kusanagi said:

"The mere thought of even a single generation without a Nintendo console seems unnerving and even blasphemous. Can the video game industry even exist without an active Nintendo system?"

 Sega fans thought the same thing when the Dreamcast got dropped and Sega went multiplatform.  It was a dark day indeed, but life went on.

Can the video game industry exist without Nintendo? Yes it can.

Before Nintendo there was Atari, people called all video games "Atari" because it was ubiquitous. If Nintendo dropped out of the hardware business it we would still get Nintendo games just like how we still get Sega games. It's not ideal, but life would go one. Even if Nintendo went bankrupt it's studios and IPs would just get bought by another company or companies. Again it's not ideal, but the industry would keep chugging along. When Atari fell from grace Nintendo jumped it. If the same happened to Nintendo another would fill the void too.

If Nintendo goes multi and the quality of their games drops as much as Sega games when they went multiplatform it will be the darkest day in the history of gaming.

As a big Sega fan I can assure you that it would be a sad day, but that the pain fades.

The Master System was fun, the Genesis was legendary, the Saturn was underappreciated, and the Dreamcast was before it's time. Some of my all time favorite games are on those systems and I'll never forget the those glorious days when Sega was at the top of its game. I still enjoy a lot of Sega games, but there are things I miss, mostly the experimental stuff like Rez or the artistic stuff like Panzer Dragoon Saga. I still play those games but I do long for more.

If the same happened to Nintendo it would be regretful. But there are more games out there, very good games, than just Nintendo games. It's unlikely that the quality would drop like it did for a time with Sega. What I loved about Sega was it was willing to put out a few misses if it scored a hit from its experiments. Nintendo is less about taking chances and more about capitalizing on what works with a twist. That's why Sega was hit or miss throughout each generations. I'm glad that Sega has found its way back to the light. I have no doubt Nintendo would be able to find its way back to the light as well if the same happened.

The world would keep on spining and Mario would keep on jumping.