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KLXVER said:
It wasnt a non-factor. Sure the PS1 might have sold more, but that doesnt really mean much. I mean the DS sold a shitload in europe as well, but its not really more iconic than the PS1. |
I don't know about the other European countries, but here in Germany the NES (and even the SNES and the SEGA consoles) weren't much talked about in schools in the '80s and early '90s.
It was the Golden Age of home computers (especially C64 and Amiga, but also CPC, ZX Spectrum, Atari 800 and Atari ST... Apple II wasn't popular in Germany). There were a lot of German magazines in the '80s with previews and reviews of home computer games (64'er, Happy Computer and ASM were the most popular), but there were no dedicated Nintendo magazines or console magazines (without home console games) in the '80s.
- 64'er: 1984 - 1999 -> http://www.kultboy.com/64er-Zeitschrift/37/
- Happy Computer: 1983 - 1990 -> http://www.kultboy.com/Happy-Computer-Zeitschrift/22/
- Amiga Joker: 1989 - 1996 -> http://www.kultboy.com/Amiga-Joker-Zeitschrift/4/
- ASM: 1986 - 1995 -> http://www.kultboy.com/ASM-Zeitschrift/2/
The "Power Play" part of the "Happy Computer" computer magazine grew bigger and bigger over the years and was finally its own magazine. It included a few console game reviews and that part also grew over the years.The ASM also got some console game reviews in its later years.
- Power Play: 1987 - 1990 -> http://www.kultboy.com/Power-Play-Zeitschrift/1/
In 1991 the Power Play got a spin-off dedicated to console games, it was called "Video Games". In 1993 another very popular magazine dedicated to console games started: the "Man!ac"
- Video Games: 1991 - 2001 -> http://www.kultboy.com/Video-Games-Zeitschrift/5/
- Man1ac: 1993 - 2006 -> http://www.kultboy.com/Man-ac-Zeitschrift/75/
But the real home console breaktrough in Germany was with the PlayStation (and N64) in 1995/1996.
