Did Nintendo save gaming with the NES?

[Leynos]

Had NES failed in the US I bet Nintendo would have given up in the west. SMS was a flop and Genesis was an answer to NES. So without NES succeeding in the US. Likely not had gotten SNES/Genesis and thus no PlayStation. So yes. They did crash or no crash in your region. NES made a big ripple effect in the gaming industry.