Sega Almost Licensed The Technology That Went Into The Virtual Boy

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AlfredoTurkey said:

JRPGfan said:

1) Thats unlucky. N64 turned out great for nintendo.

 

In what way? Yes, there are some legendary games on the N64 but, from a business standpoint, it got MURDERED. And when I say murdered, I mean it. It lost by 70 million units and is responsible for Nintendo's first WW lose in home consoles. It literally signifies the end of Nintendo's reign.

I don't think it turned out great at all.

I don't think it turned out great either.  Even so, if you're looking at it from a business standpoint the numbers that count the most are not the console sales numbers but the profit numbers.  And the N64 did make them money.  

Look at it this way,

Nintendo won with it's first two consoles and came in 2nd place with the N64 and made some money.  

Sony won with it's first two consoles and came in 2nd place with the PS3 and lost 3.5 Billion USD.

Technically that is what is getting murdered from a business standpoint.