'Nintendo could be on a path to irrelevance', says Atari founder

[richardhutnik]

MohammadBadir said:

richardhutnik said:

MohammadBadir said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y37tPc08v90

Atari tried to hack Nintendo at some point XD

Shift in the way videogames worked, and how money was made did in Atari and a lot.  Going from 8bit to 16bit also killed off a bunch of former videogame makers.  Rare exception was the likes of Activision actually.  The home computer got washed out by the PC, and it went on.  Now PCs are getting washed out by portable devices.

what

PC market growth has stimied.  The growth has been in smart devices, not PCs.  There is a shift afoot currently in regards to computing.

There ia cycle of unexpected disruption that goes on regarding videogames.  WAY back in the day, there were forecasts that dedicated game machines would vanish completely and be replaced by computer gaming.