mutantclown on 09 April 2013
It's not like the N64 lost ALL developers because of the cartridge format. The reality is Nintendo had lost almost all third-party support over a year before the N64 released in Japan, because Sony opened their arms to the developers and made the difference clear as heaven from hell. After they were lured away by Sony, there wasn't much Nintendo could do, the cartridge format was just the nail in the coffin. It's not like the N64 had any support at the start and then it was abandoned (like Wii, Wii U) , they NEVER had any support to start with.
