rocketpig on 10 May 2008
| Godot said: Most mistakes people have said are mistakes in gaming but for the company that did it. The only huge mistake that altered the whole gaming Universe was ET for the Atari 2600. It sucked so bad that it took nearly a decade for gaming to recover. |
ET is unfairly blamed for the video game crash. Yes, it was a terrible game. Yes, it damaged the industry. There were also a dozen other things that caused the crash in 1983 that had more of an impact than ET.
Besides, it didn't take nearly a decade for the industry to recover. Games were bigger than ever by 1989, a mere 6 years later. It was pretty much recovered by 1987 or so when the NES started selling like crazy.
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