Was 2017 Nintendo's Best Year Ever?

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AlfredoTurkey said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

THIS!

AND THIS!

YES, YES THIS!!

If you have seen Thor: Ragnarok, then think of that scene where Hela says, "You don't know what the old Odin was like".  If you really think 2017 is their best year ever, then you don't know what old Nintendo was like.  They used to bury their enemies and take no prisoners.  That is because their games were so much better than everyone else's.  On top of that, many people often say, "Do I want a console with Nintendo's 1st party games or another console with with all the great 3rd party games."  The NES was both.  All of the best games were on one console.

People discount how successful the NES was, because they haven't looked at the data carefully.  In the US and Japan, the NES total sales were between PS1 and PS2 once you adjust for population growth.  Only the PS1 and PS2 were selling to people who were already enthusiastic about console gaming.  The NES started with a market that was actively hostile to console gaming and converted the people into enthusiasts.  Take the enthusiasm of the Wii + the staying power of the PS2 and you get the NES.

(And don't get me started on the Gameboy and SNES....)

*Stand and claps*

Considering that the majority of posters here weren't even born when NES or even SNES came out, I suppose it should be expected that they'd think what they're seeing now is the peak for the company. But a quick history lesson and studying of the data shows just how dominant and powerful they were during their 80's and early 90's reign. I mean, back then? The word "Nintendo" was synonymous with " game console". You didn't get an NES for Christmas in 1988. You got a "Nintendo". They were gaming personified.

All true.  

For me the most shocking moment in gaming was when everyone I knew bought a PS1 instead of N64, me included.  I only knew one guy with an N64, and he also had a PS1.  We were really just going where the games were, and they all seemed to be going to Playstation.  The success of the Wii and Switch were not shocking to me at all.  Nintendo losing home console gaming to another company?  That was shocking.