| DonFerrari said:
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Yep. Nintendo got exclusives and a huge batch of third parties the old fashioned way, through threats and intimidation Yakuza-style courtesy of Yamauchi. Nintendo concluded they were the only game in town since they had the numbers with the NES, and wanted it to stay that way. There's a reason why people remember Nintendo's first party as fondly as they do, because they manipulated the market to bring the most attention to their games. Whether through their own publication (Nintendo Power), to making sure they had more volume than other games on their platforms.
Nintendo were the original sharks. They tried their damnedest to keep SEGA and NEC at bay. This is why Sony ended gaining much more favor with third-parties because they didn't spite them in favor of their own games. Well, and the format helped too.
