Arius Dion said:
pauluzzzz1981 said:
Viper1 said:
pauluzzzz1981 said:
What is succes? Total units sold or a great market share? Or maybe the beginning of something great after a demise? I dont know. What i do know is that they paid a high price then with their third party strict business policy. So ironicly speaking, their great ''succes'' was the beginning of the end. And then came the wii.
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It was a market, sales and financial success that also single handedly revived a dead industry.
I'd call that a success.
And while their licensing practices are seen as poor today, they were revolutionary in their day and all 3 console makers still use it as the foundation for their licesing model.
You really need to consider the circumstances of the market and industry back then rather than looking at it from today.
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Great kickstarter indeed. But there ''good'' decisions then formed there arrogance later on. So no, it wasnt a succes. It was the beginning for someone else his succes. The revival of the industry? Ofcourse. But only in the handheldbussiness they hold there own.
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Then I'd assume you believe that there was and has never been a successful home console from any manufacturer; If the NES(!) wasn't a success according to you?
NES revived a dead home console market, and the Gameboy created the handheld market..Dude you're older than me, how do you not know this?
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I know they revived it. But that is not my point. It was good. Thats my opinion. The wii was a succes, because there idea was great. The idea with the nes wasn't great. Psx idea was great ( cd's ), Ps 2 was great ( dvd ), DS was great ( dual screen ). NES was not great with their third party restrictions. It looked great but it wasnt. It gave them a boost, but not on the long run. It gave them arrogance.
