KLXVER said:
Well first of all we are talking about Europe... |
http://www.atarihq.com/tsr/nes/euro.html
What I get from this article is that the NES struggled in all Europe as long as Mattel and local distributors were responsible for marketing + distribution.
The situation got better in 1990 when "Nintendo of Europe" was found in Germany (Großostheim) just in time for the launch of the Gameboy and they also took over marketing + distribution of the NES in mid-European countries.
"Mattel still held on to Italy until 1991, meaning that the NES had almost zero penetration in that country." - In hindsight not the best decision of Nintendo to not take control of the NES distribution sooner in Europe.
