Market for a playstation classic?

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KLXVER said:

Conina said:

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.

The NES was available in some parts of Europe almost at the same time it was available in the US. It first debuted in 1986, with local distributors releasing it in Scandinavia and Germany.

Well I guess its only in Scandinavia where its considered a very iconic console then. Hmmm...I always thought it was more loved outside of here.

 

I don't feel like the NES, in any region, is more iconic. But I do feel it's significantly more nostalgic, partially due to the fact that PS1 games didn't really ever "go away" long enough for anyone to reminisce. PS1 was present in the PS2 and PS3, then received a digital treatment for PS3, PSP, and Vita. NES, on the other hand, was gone from the point where the console was discontinued in the 90's all the way up to Virtual Console for the Wii (barring the handful of GBA ports).