Did Nintendo save gaming with the NES?

[Mandalore76]

SpokenTruth said:

mZuzek said:

If Nintendo hadn't done it, someone else would have. I do believe that.

In other words, yes. Nintendo saved gaming. Because they were the ones who did it, and not someone else.

Are you familiar with the New York test market of 1985?  Go check it out.  No, someone else would not have done this.  It was single handily the boldest and riskiest move in the history of video games and was directly responsible for the resurgence of the US video game market.

Have any of you read the 1993 book 'Game Over'?  Or just read any review or story about it. 

Most of my video game history knowledge comes from this book, "The Ultimate History of Video Games - from Pong to Pokemon and beyond" by Stephen L. Kent, which is a good read as well.