Thank you Mr. Yamauchi. Thank you Yamauchi-san.

[Darc Requiem]

AstroGamer said:

Darc Requiem said:
Love him or hate, Yamauchi was responsible for saving the console industry after the hardware crash of the early 80s.

Well. Sort of. He never actually played a game. He just approved  concepts thinking they would sell good. He was a great businessman though it was the development staff at nintendo the did the real saving. 

It was his business savvy that got retailers to carry the NES in the first place. I'm not disputing Yokoi's or Miyamoto's contributions but their genius means nothing if stores won't even stock the product to begin with.