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AlfredoTurkey said:
PortisheadBiscuit said:

Games like Donkey Kong, Pacman, and even Tetris were ports and people LOVED them

Tetris on Gameboy, sure, people loved. But that was because it was the first time it released. The NES version was ignored for the most part. The other games you mentioned were also... you want to know the truth? I didn't even KNOW they existed in 1986 and I just got my NES. No one cared about those old games. We wanted Super Mario Bros., Metroids, Ninja Gaiden, Mega man and Zelda... we didn't give two shits about Pac-Man on our NES. That was old hat.

Tetris sold 5.5 million on NES and wasn't bundled IIRC, the Donkey Kong ports sold a combined 3.8 million...I wouldn't say "no one cared about those old games".