Erik Aston on 03 February 2008
SNES had under 1000 games. 600-800, I believe. 682 in database.
Remember, Nintendo restricted third parties to 5 games a year for many years. Third parties would buy/create multiple labels to circumvent that, but it still kept the total number of games low.
PS and PS2 both had well over 1000 games, however. I have no idea what GB might have totaled, but I'm assuming PS1 was the first system to reach 1000.
"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.
